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3 DAYS GORILLA AND GOLDEN MONKEY TREK

DAY 1: KIGALI - MUSANZE
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After breakfast Driver Guide will pick you from the hotel and drive to Gisozi Genocide Memorial to Visit the Genocide Memorial Center. The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a mass slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda, which took place between 7 April and 15 July 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Later we will drive to Musanze (home of the Mountain Gorillas and Volcanoes) it's a 2hrs drive, get to Musanze and check-In in the hotel and have lunch first and later in the afternoon join the local women in The Village to do different Activities: Village walk, Weaving, Banana Beer experience and Traditional dance.
 Village walk on this walk you will Experience the rural Rwandan ways of living through sign and product see. You will visit one of the local schools and the village health center.
Weaving is one of the specialties of Rwanda. Weaving baskets, mats, and pots are crafted with traditional patterns .as in other countries, most genuinely traditional handicrafts have practical use or are decorated forms of everyday objects.
Banana Beer is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of mashed bananas and Sorghum flour that works as a fermenting catalyst. You will get practical experience in grinding sorghum on the traditional grinding stone to make the beer. 
Traditional dance in Rwanda there is no celebratory occasion in Rwanda where one finds no music and dance to liven up the celebration, whatever it may be and that is especially true if there are visitors in the gathering and it's also a sign of happiness. You will learn our traditional dance with the kids and Local women.
After the experience, we will drive back to the hotel.

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DAY 2: Gorilla Trekking
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After an early breakfast, our driver-guide will drive you to the Volcanoes National park headquarters to get a briefing from the park guide. The guide will go with you to the volcanoes forest and start trekking the mountain gorillas. You will be amazed by the behaviors, size of the mountain gorillas, and how they communicate. After 2hours of experience, you will drive to Burera District (30min Drive) and Visit the Twin Lakes. Lake Burera and Ruhondo the two lakes are called the Twin lakes Because the lakes are very close to each other and before it was one lake but after the volcanic Eruption the two Lakes were separated, one lake is in the valleys (Ruhondo) and another one is up the Mountains (Burera) 170m from the First one (Ruhondo). You will have Lunch on the peninsula, Have Fresh Tilapia from the lake or Fresh Vegetables that grow from the Islands, and then after lunch, you will enjoy a Boat Ride around the Islands Before you Drive Back to The Hotel.
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DAY 3: Golden Monkey Trek
 
After an early breakfast again drive to the volcanoes national park headquarters with our driver-guide, meet the park guide for briefing and start trekking the golden monkeys in volcanoes forest, after 3hrs experience, you will go for lunch and drive back to Kigali.
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Inclusion
 All accommodation on Half Board (HB), Full Board (FB) or Bed and Breakfast (B&B) basis as quoted in the text
·         Safari vehicle and fuel
·         English and French-speaking tourist guide
·         Entrance fees to the national parks
·         All boat tours
·         Taxes
·         Free mineral water in the vehicle during the tour
·         Air Evacuation emergency insurance

Excluded
·         Visa fees
·         Drinks / alcoholic drinks
·         Additional meals
·         Tips
·         Activities not part of the described program

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