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7 Days Congo Gorilla Trekking & Zanzibar Beach Tour

Want to book this 7 Days Congo Gorilla Trekking & Zanzibar Beach Tour? During these 7 days Virunga Gorillas and Zanzibar Beach Safari, expect a thrilling adventure, and lifetime experience. Virunga national park is one of the oldest and largest national parks in the Continent of Africa, offering asylum to the sought-after Mountain Gorillas, whereas Zanzibar is an archipelago, with some of the finest beaches on earth, lined up at the shoreline of the Indian Ocean. You will do gorilla trekking, swimming, diving, and photography among others.

Journey starts from Democratic Republic of Congo through Kigali airport, Rwanda and ends in Zanzibar Tanzania. Mountain Gorillas can only be found in the continent of Africa, Virunga region hosting a good population of them and with the cheapest gorilla trekking permits.

Detailed Congo Gorilla Tour & Zanzibar Beach Vacation Itinerary

Day 1: Pick up and Transfer to Virunga National Park

At the airport in Kigali, our company representative, with a great pleasure will gladly pick you from Kigali international airport; briefing you about the entire experience, and then sharing a glass of Rwandan Juice. Thereafter the journey to Goma in Congo begins, traversing undulating hills, flourishing plantations, and scattered homesteads.

You will have an en-route stopover for lunch and then proceed through the scenic Rwanda-Congo border post.   After a long drive, finally, arrive at the lodge in the park in the evening for a dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Virunga

After a taste of Congo coffee, drive to the park headquarters for a gorilla pre trekking briefing, and gorilla group allocation. Depending on your speed and the direction the Apes have taken, trekking time might last for approximately 1-7 hours, with encounters of several other park residents; notably; amounts of money, birds, and forest mammals.

The views of mountain backdrop are one other aspect of interest. Upon locating these relatives, you will be given an extra hour to take photos and watch them have fun, interact, play and feed. Thereafter, you will exit the park for lunch, and then to the lodge for refreshment, and an optional activity, like dinner and a nap, follow.

Day 3: Return to Kigali. Transfer to Arusha, Tanzania

After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge for a drive to Kigali Rwanda for a flight to Arusha Tanzania. In Tanzania, our company representative will gladly meet and brief you about the entire adventure, before a drive to your hotel around the city.

Day 4: Fly to Zanzibar – Stone Town Tour

After your breakfast meal at the lodge, you will check out for a transfer to the airport for a flight to Zanzibar city; a place with a torch of ancient architecture and rhythm of life. Our company representative with a plying card inscribed on your name; meet you at the airport and then proceed with a city walk, through the ancient stone town buildings; with a visit to the wonderful house and the museum among other places. After, you will head to your lodge for a nap and overnight stay.

Day 5-6: Full day Zanzibar beach experience

For these two days; welcome each morning with an early sunrise breakfast, and then head to the Beach for a Full day fun-packed experience, and refreshment. Among the activities, you will engage in include Swimming, boat ride, photography, sport fishing, relaxation and sand beach sports.

A taste of kinds of seafood and cool sea breeze will keep you refreshed and excited the entire day, before returning to the lodge for dinner and overnight. 

Day 7: departure

At sunrise, greet your intestines with a hefty cup of coffee, and then exit to the airport for your flight to the next destination.

End of 7 Days Congo Gorillas & Zanzibar Beach Safari.


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