Only recently accessible to travellers again, the Eastern Congo is a unique adventure that you can have nowhere else on Earth.
Morning flight from Kigali to Kamembe, meet your guide, cross border at Bukavu, overnight at Orchids Safari Club.
Full-day trip to Kahuzi-Biega National Park to track Grauer’s gorillas – the largest subspecies – and with a chance of blue and owl-faced monkey, overnight at Orchids Safari Club.
After a leisurely breakfast, board a modern, small-capacity boat for a journey north on Lake Kivu to the city of Goma in the shadow of the Virunga Volcanoes; overnight Mikeno Lodge.
Awake early for an exciting day of mountain gorilla trekking on the slopes of the Virunga Volcanoes; overnight Mikeno Lodge.
Awake early for a trek to the summit of Nyiragongo, an active volcano with the world’s largest lava lake; overnight at Nyiragongo shelters.
Return to Goma at the base of the volcanoes, cross back into Rwanda, spend the afternoon on the shores of Lake Kivu; overnight Lake Kivu Serena.
Morning at leisure before returning by road to Kigali for onward arrangements.
