Trip Overview

For travellers who want the deepest possible immersion in Rwanda’s primate forests, this five-day safari delivers two separate gorilla treks (each with a different family) and a golden monkey tracking morning that almost no other safari combines so cleanly. Volcanoes National Park’s twelve habituated families each have a distinct social dynamic, sleeping site, and trekking trail — meeting two over consecutive days creates a comparison and depth of experience that one-trek travellers rarely get. Add the playful golden monkeys (only found in the Virunga–Mgahinga ecosystem) and a cultural visit to the Iby’iwacu reformed-poacher community, and you have a comprehensive Rwanda primate week. This trip suits photographers, primate enthusiasts and anyone for whom the gorillas are the entire point of visiting Africa.