Highlights:
- Experience one of the top wildlife experiences on earth, photographing endagered wild mountain gorillas in the jungles of Volcanos National Park
- A small private group of only 7 participants on trekks
- Allow Aaron’s experience here guide you to the photos you dream of and on the adventure of a lifetime
Tour Info:
Dates:
Oct. 30-Nov. 4 2022 (Sold Out)
3 Treks
Group Size: 7 Participants
2022 Cost: $9495 ($995 Single Supplement)
2023 Cost: We’re still in the process of confirming 2023 pricing, which we plan to announce soon. If you wish to sign up for the 2023 trip we will sign you up using last years deposit amount and you can pay any difference with your final tuition.
Payment Terms: 25% Non-Refundable Deposit, Rest Due at 120 Days Before Departure
You can join the wait list for any sold out trip here.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Upon arrival into Kigali International Airport, you will be greeted by a driver holding an Aaron’s Photo Tours sign for a private 20 min. transfer to our first night accomodations. We will meet at 7:00PM for introductions and a welcome presentation and dinner.
Day 2: 7:30am breakfast, 9am departure with all belongings, 9:30am-11:30 visit the Genocide Museum, lunch at Hotel Rwanda followed by a 3 drive to Volcanos National Park with a quick visit to the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. 5pm camera setups, 6:30pm diner.
Day 3-5: 6am breakfast, 7am brief where we will be assigned to visit a specific gorilla family. 8:30am-1pm gorilla trekking. We will spend exactly one hour with the gorillas upon arrival. Lunch followed by rest, freshen up, download, and image processing and review with Aaron. 6:30 dinner.
Day 6: 6am breakfast, 7am brief where we will be assigned to visit a specific golden monkey family. 8:30am-1pm golden monkey trekking. We will spend exactly one hour with the golden monkeys upon arrival. Lunch followed by a 2pm prompt departure for flights home or hotel drop off of you are staying an extra night in Kigali. Book flights after 7pm. There is a coffee shop at the airport with a few light snacks and drinks to tide your appetite before they feed you dinner on the plane.
Physical Requirement:
The hikes to the Gorillas can sometimes be as short as thirty minutes, but more typically requires a ‘trek’ of one or two hours one-way. Covering these distances can be difficult, the terrain is intermittently steep, and often slippery. When you combine that with the uphill elevation gain required to meet these animals, it can be quite tasking.
We do not recommend this trip to anyone who isn’t both fit and prepared to train so that they show up in their best shape. Most treks involve a vertical gain of 800 to 1,000 feet over a one or two-hour period. Expect to be at 8,500 feet, or higher, while photographing the Gorillas.

Leader
In the last 10 years Aaron has led over 200 wildlife photography tours around the world. He has earned a reputation for his gracious teaching style to photographers of all skill levels and extensive knowledge of Nikon, Canon, Panasonic, Olympus, and Sony digital cameras.