Departure dates 2012:
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16
- 20 June
(2
places available)
14 - 18 July
(10 places available)
15 - 19 Sept
(2 places
available)
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R18 368.00 pp sharing
R20 591.00 pp single room
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Experience
the Gorillas in their natural environment
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Includes:
- Flight from JNB to
Kigali airport
- Airport taxes
- Return airport
transfers
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1 Night in Kigali
Serena Hotel
- 3
Nights in Lake Kivu Serena Hotel
- Breakfast, lunch & dinner
- City Tour of Kigali
- 1 x Gorilla Permit pp ($500)
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EXCLUDED in
prices above:
Entry visa to Rwanda (SA passport DO NOT
require visas) / Yellow fever inoculation (COMPULSARY) / Travel Insurance
(Highly recommended) / Meals and drinks not specified / Laundry services /
Gratuities to driver/guide and hotel staff / All expenses of personal
nature.
IMPORTANT NOTICE INCREASE IN COST OF GORILLA
PERMITS
Avoid paying more for your gorilla permit
(currently US$500) and book
before 31 May as if you pay your permit from 1 June onwards the cost
will be US$750 per permit.
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Safari itinerary
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Day 1
Johannesburg / Kigali Airport /
Kigali
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The fee includes return
economy airfare with RwandAir from Johannesburg to Kigali
Airport (depart: 15h45 – Arrive: 19h45). Meet and greet by our
representative at the Gregoire Kayibanda International Airport for your
transfer to your hotel in Kigali.
Overnight at the
Kigali Serena Hotel (bed & breakfast)
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Day 2
Kigali / Lake Kivu
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Breakfast at Kigali
Serena. Enjoy a city tour. After lunch proceed towards
Lake Kivu, driving through stunning scenery of lush green hills and
valleys. Almost the entire country is 5 - 7 thousand feet high, and
incredibly lush. Where there aren't huge indigenous forests,
enormous tea plantations and other types of farming stretch as far as
the eye can see. Arrive late afternoon at Gisenyi at the northern
shore of the lake. It is a tropical location with a sandy beach lined
with swaying palms and colonial-era hotels that exude an atmosphere of
tropical languor.
Overnight at the
Lake Kivu Serena Hotel (Breakfast, lunch at restaurant in Kigali &
dinner)
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Day 3
Lake Kivu / Volcanoes National
Park / Lake Kivu
GORILLA TRACKING
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Early morning departure
to the Volcanoes National Park headquarters in Kinigi for your
mountain gorilla tracking. After the briefing from the
authorities of the park, set off for the tracking into the tropical
rainforest covering the hills surrounding Virunga Volcanoes. Parc National
des Volcano’s is home to six of the Virunga volcanoes. You will
remain close to the gorillas for a maximum of one hour
allowing observation and photography. You can also visit the Karisoke
Research Center, established by the late Diana Fossey; learn about the
wealth of information produced here on the mountain gorillas and their
habitat, and about the anti-poaching patrols to safeguard these
animals.
In the afternoon, tour
to the nearby ex-poacher’s village (As part of overall
conservation efforts, former poachers renounced their old ways and became
conservation activists. Together with their families, they founded this
little village where they now participate in eco-tourism showcasing Rwandan
culture. Visitors can learn about traditional skills like fire-making,
archery, traditional medicine, architectural design grass thatched huts
that were built for the kings, traditional medicine, cultural dances among
other attractions). Drive back to Lake Kivu.
Overnight at the
Lake Kivu Serena Hotel (Breakfast, lunch & dinner)
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Day 4
Lake Kivu
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Day at
leisure.
Overnight at the
Lake Kivu Serena Lodge (Breakfast, lunch & dinner)
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Day 5
Lake Kivu / Kigali /
Johannesburg |
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Enjoy Breakfast before
your scenic transfer to Kigali airport for your flight home. Your flight
home departs at 11h00 (Rwanda time) arriving 15h00 (South
African time).
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