Golden Monkey Trekking Rwanda (2025) Volcanoes National Park

Golden Monkey Trekking Rwanda (2025) Volcanoes National Park is your Golden Monkey Tracking place in Rwanda. Golden Monkey Trekking Rwanda (2023) is your Best Safari Adventure to do in Rwanda with friends and family.

Golden monkeys are a rare and endangered primate species found in the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda. The Golden Monkeys have unique yellow orange patches that make it easy for travelers to spot them as they play, run and jump within the tree branches.

Golden Monkeys also referred to as the “Old world monkey” with unique noses that stand out compared to other primates. They have mysterious characters and nostrils pointing to the sides and upwards.

Where to watch Golden Monkeys in Rwanda

golden monkey trekking in volcanoes national park

Golden Monkeys in Rwanda can be watched in their natural forest vegetation habitat at Volcanoes National Park. You watch the Golden Monkeys through trekking as you follow them along different trails with a park ranger guide for a period of 2-4 hours watching them play and jump from one tree branch to another. You get out your camera and take many different beautiful photos to keep with you. The Camera should not have a flash.

Golden Monkey trekking in Rwanda starts in the morning with one session per day, hence travelers are advised to report at the headquarters by 7:00 am for a short briefing about the trekking procedure and the rules and regulations when trekking, then later transfer with a park ranger fifteen minutes away from the Park to enter the green forest.

The golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park Rwanda are divided into two troops, with the largest found in Sabinyo. This troop has 80 to 100 monkeys hence the most visited troop in the park.

Golden Monkey Trekking Permit & Cost

Golden Monkey trekking permit in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park costs US $100 per person. The Golden Monkey Trekking Adventure can be done by all travelers from the world interested in watching the Golden Monkeys in their natural forest habitat.

The Golden Monkey Tracking Permit can be obtained from the Rwanda Development Board through contacting/ Emailing an authentic Tour Operator Agency.

What to Carry While On a Golden Monkey Trek

  • Carry a camera with no flash when taking photographs.
  • Carry food, snacks and water for the hike
  • Carry a rain jacket to protect and cover you during rainfall due to the fact that it rains all time in the park.
  • Carry perfect hiking shoes to enable you to transfer along the rugged trails in the green forest vegetation watching the Golden Monkeys.

How do golden monkeys communicate with each other?

Golden Monkeys communicate through gestures using hands, vocalization and facial expressions. They wave their hands as a way of informing others what they want and their communication is purposeful.

The young ones communicate to show submission to the older ones whereas the males communicate to show that they own the territory and as a sign of aggression. The females communicate to bring the group of monkeys together.

Where do the golden monkeys sleep?

Golden Monkeys live in the open up in the trees. They weave many bamboo plants together to make a nest as a home. These bamboo trees are weaved together to make beds for resting after a long day.

What do the golden monkeys feed on?

Golden Monkeys feed in areas where they sleep to make it easy for them to get food.

They are herbivores feeding on plants, fruits, bamboo, shrubs, larvae found on the trees, flowers, branches, shoots etc.

How do the Golden monkeys live?

Golden monkeys live in groups of 30 to 80 with a male monkey being dominant over the rest in the group. These males transfer from one group to another as well as mate from all the groups while the females guard only one territory. Golden monkeys’ life span is twenty years.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

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Tourists are advised against making erroneous, incomplete or false applications. Such cases may include, among others, applying for the wrong product, uploading a false ID/Visa and uploading an expired ID/Visa. Please be advised that verification of tourist documents is done at park entry gates. Tourists who make erroneous, incomplete or false applications WILL be denied entry to the park regardless of whether they paid and acquired a system-generated permit.

In case of any doubt about your application and supporting documents please send your supporting documents to RDB Tourism Reservation Office on email reservation@rwandatourism.com.

Rwanda Development Board accepts no liability for erroneous, incomplete or fraudulent application

Minimum age: 12 years

Who can apply?

Visitor Category

Adult

Student / Child

Foreigner

$ 100

Foreign residents in Rwanda

$ 65

$ 45

Rwandan citizen

RWF 4000

RWF 2000

East African citizen

$ 65

$ 45

East African Foreign resident

$ 80

$ 45