1 Day Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Tour

A 1 day Rwanda gorilla trekking tour is the best if you have a tight schedule or budget and you want to visit a gorilla group in Volcanoes National Park. This short gorilla tour packages offers a lifetime opportunity for you to visit mountain gorillas right in the wild regardless of your schedule or budget. Volcanoes National Park is Rwanda’s only safari park to go to for gorilla trekking.

Located in the Northwestern Rwanda, Volcanoes National Park a 160sq.kms conservancy area is a home to a section of the world’s rare mountain gorillas. Fewer than 1963 of these unique apes still survive in the African jungles, and only in Rwanda, Uganda and Congo.   

Volcanoes National Park Rwanda alone has 12 habituated families of mountain gorillas and they share the same habitat with other wildlife including golden monkeys, baboons, forest elephants, hyenas, 200 bird species. Five of the 8 Virunga Volcanoes are all in Volcanoes N/Park (Gahinga, Muhabura, Bisoke, Sabyinyo and Karisimbi Volcanoes).

It is at Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park where Dian Fossey camped while carrying out her research on gorillas in the Virunga region. Unfortunately, she was brutally murdered in 1985 but left a remarkable legacy and her work continues with Dian Fossey Fund. If you consider spending more days, it is possible to include the Dian Fossey tomb hike for you to explore and experience more about Dian Fossey and gorilla conservation she left.