At the pickup location, you will meet and greet your driver guide. While enjoying a cup of African coffee, you will be briefed and your paperwork will be validated. You will have an unforgettable experience travelling through Kigali city to Virunga national park in the democratic Republic of Congo. Kigali is one of the smartest cities in Africa. You will arrive in the park in the late afternoon or evening for dinner and to spend the night.

Get up very early, have breakfast, and then travel to the park headquarters for a pre-trek briefing with a packed lunch and other trekking supplies. The ranger guides will give you a briefing on the dos and don'ts of trekking, check the paperwork, and offer the necessary direction. The briefing lasts for around 30 minutes, and the duration of the journey depends on how far the gorillas have traveled. It can take anywhere from one to eight hours, plus an additional hour to spend with the apes, take pictures, and hear what the ranger guide has to say about them.

You will trek the apes on foot, and the search is conducted along the route where the apes were last seen. It gives the opportunity to see animals like monkeys in the jungle, birds, and rare plant species, among other things. After learning about the jungle's inhabitants, lunch will be served in the forest.

You will return to the lodge to recover and rehydrate after your trekking adventure. If not, a nature walks along the approved routes, the evening is devoted to an optional activity. The day ends after dinner and before bed.

You will check out of the resort following a morning breakfast and depart for a transfer to the volcanoes National Park in the Athousand hills of the Republic of Rwanda. It's a road trip with a lunch stop along the way. When you arrive at your lodging facility, you will be greeted and shown to your room, where you may have a relaxing nap and enjoy a delectable dinner.

You will eat a hearty breakfast at the lodge very early in the morning before leaving for the trailhead for a hike that starts at the headquarters of Kinigi about 7:00 am. At 4507 meters above sea level, Mount Karisimbi is surrounded by Mount Bisoke, Nyiragongo, and Mikeno. The mountain's summit becomes snow-covered during the dry season, giving it the name Karisimbi, which is Kinyarwanda for "white shell" and comes from the region. It takes two days to finish climbing and descending the peak.

With views of the neighboring mountains that make up the vast Virunga network, the lush vegetation, birds, plants, and primates on a lucky day, you will travel about 3700m (midway up the Mountain) today. physical condition is crucial to complete the seven-hour climb. When you get to your camping spot, you'll set up camp, have dinner, and take a restful nap before calling it a day. The hike includes a stop for lunch.

At day break, enjoy the spectacular vista of the dawn. The day finds you where you are, where you must switch to the mountain summit, snap pictures, enjoy the stunning scenery, distant views of lakes, and more. When everything is finished, you will descend to the location where the driver and guide will meet and drop you off.