Straddling the Albertine Rift and the Congo Basin, the Kahuzi-Biega National Park is a vast area of primary tropical forest dominated by two spectacular extinct volcanoes, Kahuzi and Biega, the park has a diverse and abundant fauna and flora. Explore this UNESCO World Heritage Site as you enjoy the sweeping forest steppes of the African Great Lakes region, lowland gorilla and chimpanzee spotting, a gaze at Chibati Waterfalls set in an equatorial jungle straight out of Michael Crichton’s Congo, and Idjwi, Africa’s second largest inland island.
Welcome to your Kahuzi Biega Luxury Lodge Tour.
An early rise in Bukavu where you’ll get a full panoramic view of the volcanoes and valleys where the gorillas reside. Take a four hour trek through the rainforest to share what is sure to be a memorable moment with the lowland gorillas in their natural environment in the Kahuzi Biega National Park. This activity will take most of the day.
After breakfast head to the beautiful Lwiro Forest with a view overlooking the park – a 3 hour walk awaits you. Accompanied by a guide, you will optionally discover more walks, birding tours and animals nearby, a river crossing, and a nice time watching our cousins, the chimps, interact and go about life in their real habitat, a wilderness they were born and raised in. Finally, head back along the beautiful Lake Kivu and stop at numerous village fruit stands and street snacks overlooking the islands.
In the afternoon, you will have the chance if open to visit a beautiful library preserved since the Belgian Colonial era, a timepiece snapshot of Africa decades ago. The library is quite famous with visitors since around 2014, so is a nice diversion but it’s not mandatory.
Depart to Mt Kahuzi, one hour from Orchid Lodge and up towards the summit, through the valley jungles and flocks of birds and butterflies. You will climb, for 4-7 hours, the Kahuzi volcano. After admiring the once-in-a-lifetime vista: the masses of swirling clouds glazing the valleys below you, gaze out between the sister volcanoes of Kahuzi and Biega, and after taking a hearty lunch in the frigid air, you will walk down the volcano amidst beautiful and highly diversified volcanic flora, and some positively exotic plants. Jump in the 4×4 and make your way back to Orchid Lodge to rest your legs and relax tonight with a final sendoff cocktail.
After a delicious departing breakfast at Orchid Lodge, spend the morning enjoying the park and viewing some last vistas of the Great Lakes and the Mountains. In the late morning, you take the boat back north across the lake to Goma and on (if requested, to Kigali to be dropped off.)
There are 20 Tours available to popular destinations with Forest Giant Ecotours.
Gorilla trekking ranks as one of the top tours owing to its rare, exotic nature. Birding is quite popular as well.
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