Last year in December 20th 2014 I went on my long planned African experience to visit the mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, and I took the 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trek, where I had the chance to do the gorilla trekking 2 times visiting 2 gorilla families and Eco Tours Rwanda made my tour so amazing and I want to go back!
I travelled with Eco Tours Rwanda, after having had good news about their services from my friend Lora Davis, she had the safari of 4 days visiting the mountain gorillas, Dian Fossey, Golden Monkey Tracking and the visit to the twin Lakes, as well as seeing them in travel guides news magazines. They planned everything for me the way I wanted it to be, and they proved to me to be a reliable travel company in Rwanda.
By everything I mean, whatever I wanted to do in safari was arranged for me so for anyone looking for typically tailor-made tours in Rwanda, it is none other than Eco Tours Rwanda can offer you this experience, truly my Rwanda Gorilla Tour was so amazing, informative from my guide Alex and comfortable from the spacious lodges like Mountain Gorilla View Lodge where I stayed for 3 nights.
My guide Alex was not only informative but assisting to all my Rwanda tour and he tried to get for me the group which my friend advised me to trek to have a full experience in the mist Susa group which is so much adventurous and my guide Alex organized this for me at the Volcanoes National Park Head Quarters on the day of my 1 Day Rwanda Gorilla Trek. More so for those with an old knee injury, so needed to ask to be put in one of the groups with 'easier' routes, rather than being put in the Susa group just because this is for the young or a person whose is physically fit.
The other friend I was with were a bit older than me, but most of them seemed to cope better than me but they were allocated to Agasha group and after the experience we all met at our lodge and we started to narrate to each other how adventurous the trek was!
If you go through a tour company like Eco Tours Rwanda for your whole trip, you only remain with enjoyment and they will schedule a visit to other interesting places like the genocide memorial in Kigali, Ibywacu Cultural Village at Ruhengeri and the visit to the Twin Lakes (Burera and Ruhondo). Definitely don't miss this, but I wouldn't recommend having it as the last thing you do before you leave Rwanda, it's not the best way to end a trip-the genocide memorial in Kigali.
When you go on the trek always hire a porter to help you to carry your bag for the journey you take and by doing this you are promoting employment to these locals hence earning a leaving and at the same time enjoy the value of conservation these eco-tourist sites, take a stick which help to detect the place before you make a step and some places in the forest are logged. And my porter helped pull me up what felt like impossibly steep slippery 'trails' up that mountainside to get me to the gorillas, and back down again. I really don't know how I ever would have made it without them helping me.
Oh, and while you're there do the golden monkey trek. I did it the day after the trek of Dian Fossey and gorillas, and was looking forward to it much after the gorillas as I thought it was going to be a bit of an anti-climax. I loved it almost more but not than the gorillas. Though it's a completely different experience, and there's no distance restriction, you can get as close as you like, you don't have to back off if they come closer to you, you can use flash photography so it's easier to get good photos. And they're so beautiful and fascinating to watch and I highly recommend this experience, the company and the guide (Alex) for his knowledge and flexibility!!
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