Rwanda bird watching vacation and gorilla trek
With three national parks ranked as Important Birding Areas, and a wide range of habitats, a Rwanda bird watching vacation offers superb potential for enthusiasts. This bespoke tour is complemented by the expertise of local naturalist guides, and also includes chimpanzee and gorilla trekking.
Enjoy birdwatching in a number of prime locations around Rwanda Visit Akagera National Park, home to some 500 bird species Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest National Park Birding and gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park Explore a range of habitats in the company of expert local guides Tour contributes to habitat restoration and conservation
Price
US $6949ToUS $11818 excluding flights
More info
This pricing is based on midrange lodges.
Contact us for luxury lodging. The pricing includes permits - Gorilla, chimp & Colobus This itinerary is customisable and departs anytime of the year.
Extension Tours are available.
Contact us for luxury lodging. The pricing includes permits - Gorilla, chimp & Colobus This itinerary is customisable and departs anytime of the year.
Extension Tours are available.
Description of Rwanda bird watching vacation and gorilla trek
Price information
US $6949ToUS $11818 excluding flights
This pricing is based on midrange lodges.
Contact us for luxury lodging. The pricing includes permits - Gorilla, chimp & Colobus This itinerary is customisable and departs anytime of the year.
Extension Tours are available.
Contact us for luxury lodging. The pricing includes permits - Gorilla, chimp & Colobus This itinerary is customisable and departs anytime of the year.
Extension Tours are available.
Departure information
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Travel guides
Our guide reveals some of our favorite locations around the world.
This guide attempts to capture why this is considered by many to be one of the most magnificent wildlife safaris in the world.
Reviews
2 Reviews of Rwanda bird watching vacation and gorilla trek
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed on 13 Sep 2024 by Linda Green
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Highlights included seeing the gorillas and golden monkeys, watching a pride of lions ravenously eating their kill, seeing a Shoebill, cycling through villages in Rwanda, climbing Mount Sabinyo.
2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Miriam, who runs the host company, is fantastic - best organised vacation ever.
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Although we had the fabulous Frank as our guide and driver throughout, we also used local guides, stayed in national parks and visited a number of local
initiatives supporting villages. We met Dr Scott Kellerman who, together with his wife Carol, has built up at amazing community hospital at Bwindi.
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
One of the best we have had - extremely well organised and a great guide/driver with incredible knowledge of birding and wildlife as well as the history, etc, of
both Uganda and Rwanda. We learnt such a lot from Frank and nothing was a problem including changing the itinerary both before and during the trip.
Reviewed on 16 Jun 2023 by Gina G
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
Visiting the genocide museum, seeing the mountain gorillas, meeting the local people, the weather and seeing over 200 birds.
2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Tip well to make a positive impact in the community. Let the tour company know if you want to add something or change something, they are very flexible.
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Absolutely, I got 2-3 porters for each of the walks, tracking.
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Excellent. The tour operator organized a memorable trip, accomodations were great, food was awesome, guide was extremely knowledgeable, and I rated this trip/Rwanda one of my top 3 out of 46 countries.
Responsible Travel
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) vacation so that you can travel knowing we've worked to maximise the benefits of your vacation to local people and places, and minimise any negative impacts.
Planet
CARBON REDUCTION1. The accommodations you will use on this trip use both solar and hydro power/ generator for back up.
2. Vegetarian and Vegan food is available in every hotel on this safari.
3. Food is locally sourced from the surrounding communities except what is not produced locally like Bacon, Cheese etc.
ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
1. Ruzizi Tented lodge is owned by African Parks - the money raised from this lodge is used in conservation efforts.
2. African parks is managing Akagera national park. Money from visiting the park is used in conservation efforts of the park including giving to surrounding communities money for projects.
3. The money from gorilla trekking permits is used in running the park. Some of it has been used to buy land from the community to expand the park.
4. The tour guides and ranger guides on this safari are expert nature guides.
People
LOCAL ECONOMY1. Ingagi Park view Lodge is owned by Rwandans and employes Rwandans at all levels of the lodge.
2. The guides who take you on this trip are Rwandans - including the park rangers and community guides.
3. The porters are locals from the area where the park is located. They are passionate about conservation because they see the direct benefit of tourism to their local community.
3. You will visit the locally run Gorilla guardians village for an experience of Rwandan culture. Some of the members are former poachers from the Volcanoes national park.
EMPLOYMENT, INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY
1. The guides and lodge staff are Rwandan. This has been great contribution to conservation efforts because they are having opportunities they would otherwise not have if it was not for tourism.
2. This trip is LGBTQ friendly, all are welcome to book it.
3. We pay minimum wage to our staff. And the lodges we use on this trip equally pay minimum wages.
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