Rwanda Luxury Gorilla Permits worth It
Rwanda is among the East African countries known among the smallest countries but gifted with a wide variety of wildlife and birds in its national parks. The country hosts 3 national parks which can give you what you can think of on an African tour. Rwanda is one of the three countries in the world that hosts the endangered mountain gorillas and it’s one of the most selling activity in Rwanda one should not love to miss doing while in Rwanda. These Mountain gorillas are found in Volcanoes National Park and the gorilla permit in Rwanda costs US$ 1500 per individual per trekking.
One may wonder why a gorilla trekking permit is too expensive but any gorilla trekker who will make it to Rwanda will attain a luxury tour right away from his or her motherland to the Park’s headquarters in volcanoes national park. Though the gorilla permit in Rwanda costs highly as compared the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda which also protects these endangered Mountain gorillas but the price is really worth it due to the bellow points;
Rwanda has a direct flight (Rwanda Air Flights) unlike other two countries. The airline always fly from UK direct to Kigali international airport (Rwanda) thus visit Rwanda and experience the luxury gorilla safaris and other hiking adventures.
Once you arrive at Kigali international airport, driving to volcanoes national park is just 2 and half hour’s drive from the capital city Kigali this is cheap its way when you compare to the Parks in the other two countries whereby it takes 8 to 9 hours’ drive to access Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda. Therefore, you will access the park easily and you will not spend much time while driving to the Park’s headquarters of Volcanoes National Park.
All the Roads to volcanoes national Park are all in the best condition; the roads from Kigali city to the park headquarters are tarmac and clean too thus you won’t get un- suspected diseases like cough due to dusty which will be caused due to dirtiness of the roads. Therefore, the Park is easily accessed either during dry or wet season since the roads are clean and in a well condition unlike the dirt roads leading you to the gorilla trekking Parks in both Uganda and Congo, reaching these two parks is a bit different especially during the wet season, where by the roads will turn to be slippery with a lot of mud.
The forest of Volcanoes National Park allows easy tracking since the forest is lighter compared to the thick impenetrable forest in Uganda and Congo. The trek to find the gorillas in Rwanda is not as difficult sometimes gorillas can be seen in a few minutes’ walk. Not only that, but the fact that Volcanoes National Park comprises of good luxury lodges where you will stay and have a comfortable stay since all the lodges have got restaurant, swimming pool, free WIFI and a bar and every bedroom in each room has mosquito nets on each bed preventing to be bitten by mosquitoes and other dangerous insects which disturb humans especially during the night.
The lodges are well facilitated and ever clean to mention some of the lodges in and out volcanoes national park include Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel, Bisate Eco Lodge, Virunga Lodge, Mountain Gorilla Nest Lodge, Sabyinyo Silver Back Lodge, Jack Hanna’s Guest House, Hotel Muhabura, Singita Kwitonda Lodge. This means that Rwanda has luxury gorilla tour every because everything is good quality right from the road, accommodation plus the cars used to drive you up to the park and the Park itself is luxury which even makes gorilla tracking in Volcanoes to be easier than in any other park.
You can get a discounted gorilla permit in Rwanda, however, this can be possible if you visit Rwanda for an accession like a conference. Booking a gorilla trekking tour in Volcanoes National Park will help you to get a reduction on a gorilla permit from US$ 450 on the scheduled price of US$ 1500 per permit and you will only be asked to pay US$ 1050 for the permit. You are advised to book and get a discounted gorilla permit if you are really sure that you are to have visit 2 parks in low season from November to May. If you want another discounted offer is that you have to add another national park in Rwanda and your tour comprises of two or more Parks of Rwanda which will enable you to be given a reduction of US$ 230 on the US$ 1500 and you will only be required to pay US$ 1275. Other national parks to add on Rwanda gorilla tour to win a discounted gorilla permit is Nyungwe forest national park or Akagera National park for Chimpanzee trekking and Akagera national park for game drive and bird watching experience on a luxury gorilla safari tour in Rwanda.
