Day 5 – Ruhengeri to Gisenyi

Day 5 started when we drove from the Mountain Gorilla View Lodge to the lake resort town of Gisenyi – right on the Rwanda-Congo border. The drive was about two hours to the border, and our intention was to cross in to Congo and have lunch at Goma. However, when we got to the Rwanda…

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Day 4 – Visiting the Gorillas

Today was a big day. We got up at 0600 for a quick breakfast and then a drive to the gorillas meeting place to receive a briefing and get paired off with other travelers for the trek. Robert explained to us that typically there is a slow, medium, and fast group – we urged him…

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