Kinigi, Rwanda Travel Blogs

Gorillas! An hour with the Sabinyo Group
Jul 10, 2005 (17 photos)

... Go Ape. Yeah baby! ~~~~~~~~~~ Up early for the trek. I felt much better and not even the bumpy truck trip up to Kinigi was a problem. At the ORTPN Headquarters we met up with all the other permit holders and after signing in went and stood in four ...

we'll be back
May 15, 2008 (36 photos)

... . I'm so excited. Start: Paradis Malahide Hotel, Gisenyi, RW. 14:50 End: Kinigi Guest House, Kinigi, RW. 16:30 Distance Traveled: crossed back into Rwanda on foot; 80 km (in Foxy) Road Conditions: some road construction, tight bends and plenty ...

Around Kigali, Rwanda and then to Kinigi, Rwanda
Jun 7, 2008 (3 photos)

... we were off for about a three hour road trip to the Gorilla Nest Lodge (and Golf Resort?!) on the outskirts of Kinigi, Rwanda. This is the home base from which Dian Fossey started researching the mountain gorillas. About 130km of winding mountain road but ...

Gorilla trekking 2
Feb 7, 2006

... the Sabyinyo group which is a much smaller group of about 10 gorillas. It is special because it has the largest silverback gorilla in Rwanda. This time there were only two other people in our group - a couple of Italian women (one of whom looked a wee bit ...

Gorilla Trekking, Kinigi, Rwanda (Day 1)
Jun 8, 2008 (11 photos)

Gorilla Trekking, Kinigi, Rwanda (Day 1) Sunday June 8th, 2008. Kinigi, Rwanda. After our briefing last night on what to wear and what to prepare and our apprehension about the first day with the gorillas both of us had an eventful night's sleep. I ...

The Kids Came Back!
May 21, 2008

... 7 am and there were already about 50 people getting briefed on their upcoming visit to see the gorillas.  This is the place in Rwanda where everyone starts their journey to see the gorillas. Rwanda is one of the few places in the world where you can ...

Knowingly scammed by clever Rwandan kids
May 20, 2008

... Today, I am leaving Kigali for Le Parc National des Volcans. People come here to see the mountain gorillas. Rwanda, and its neighboring countris (Uganda and DRC) are apparentlythe only countries in the world where you could see gorillas.  ...

Off to see the gorillas
Feb 4, 2006 (6 photos)

... than you might think given the state of the roads and the number of people walking on them. After a couple of hours heading higher and higher into the mountains we eventually arrived at Kinigi and our ultimate destination, the National Mountain Park.

Gorilla trekking!
Feb 5, 2006

... to see and decided to try for the largest group, Susa. This group was also the furtherest away on the side of Rwanda's highest peak, Mount Karisimbi (interestly all the 'mountains' in the National Park are actually extinct volcanoes). As we would be doing ...

Gorilla Trekking, Kinigi, Rwanda (Day 2)
Jun 9, 2008 (14 photos)

Gorilla Trekking, Kinigi, Rwanda (Day 2) Monday June 9th, 2008. Kinigi, Rwanda. Now that we are old hands at this gorilla trekking thing you would think things would go all smoothly...not quite. We both woke up at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep so ...

The Gorillas
Jun 15, 2007

Our morning began with a 12km ride from the tourism office (where we met the remaining five members of our group, and our guide) to the climbing base of Volcanoes National Park.  At the tourism office, the herds of flocking tourists were divided into ...

Gorilla Tracking in Volcanoes Nat Park, Rwanda
Aug 14, 2009 (24 photos)

... am to have seen this endangered species so close in the wild. There are only 380 or so in this three country area (Uganda, Rwanda, Congo), and only about 700 remaining in the entire world. I hope our efforts to save them are successful.    & ...

Transfer to Rwanda
Aug 13, 2009 (10 photos)

... The border crossing seems to take forever, as we have to clear out of Uganda, then walk across the border and clear into Rwanda. Our vehicles are not allowed to drive in Rwanda without a window sticker certifying that it is insured, so our drivers have to ...

And finally we get there, the Gorilla's
Feb 3, 2007 (30 photos)

En eindelijk was het zover! 2 jaar nadat we in Rwanda zijn aangekomen slagen we erin een uitstapje naar de Gorilla's te boeken! Eigenlijk is dit Julie haar verjaardagscadeau van vorig jaar, maar toen is het er nooit van gekomen! Op het moment dat we wouden ...