Overview.
While on this three days exciting safari, travellers will be exposed to the beauty of the evergreen tropical rainforests of Nyungwe. They are a renowned habitat to a variety of primates and beautiful bird species that inhabit the ecosystems within.
Travelers on this safari will have the opportunity to explore the eye-catching flora and fauna species within the National Park. Visitors will indulge in chimpanzee trekking activities, colobus monkey trekking and nature walks within the forest to ensure that they are fully immersed into the beauty of the raw power of the forest in its natural form.
Travellers will undertake canopy walks that will take them through the towering canopies of the rainforests which will present opportunities for photography and videography. Guests will therefore have the opportunity to take photographs with primates up close.
Detailed itinerary.
Day 1. Pick up from hotel in Kigali, Transfer to Nyungwe National Park. Tea experience.
Have breakfast at sun up. A professional tourist guide will then pick you up from the hotel to undertake the journey to Nyungwe Forest National Park. The journey will take you approximately 3 hours and 50 minutes covering the 177.4 kilometer distance.
On arrival in the National Park, you will explore around and later at high noon transfer to the lodging facility to check in and get served a delicious lunch.
You can head to the Gisakura tea estate in the outskirts of the National Park to learn about the key processes from the time it’s planted until it’s ready for consumption.
Enjoy the scenery at the area and indulge into photography and sightseeing. Travel back to the lodge at sunset. Dinner will be served to you after which you will be accommodated for the night.
Day 2. Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk.
Guests will have early morning delicious meals at the lodging facility as prepared by the team of professionals. Savor the meals and after get briefed by the Ranger guides. The Ranger guides will then accompany you to the jungle to help you trek the chimpanzees.
This activity will go on for about two to four hours and when you meet the families of the chimpanzees you’ll be allowed a maximum of an hour to observe their behaviors and watch them interact with each other in their natural habitat. The activity will go on until high noon when you will travel back to the lodge to get served lunch.
A canopy walk experience will come up next. Throughout this activity, the guests will observe the towering attractive canopies of the rainforest and the diverse landscapes of the park.
Travelers will set their eyes on a handful of other primates that inhabit the forest especially red tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, L’Hoest’s’, blue monkeys not forgetting birds. Head back to the lodge at sunset to have dinner and an overnight rest.
Day 3. Colobus monkey trekking, head back to Kigali. Departure.
Have a mouth-watering breakfast at sunrise. Enjoy the meal in the golden hour as you view the sun rising over the tropical rainforest. After breakfast, you will then undertake an exploration of the forest in search for Columbus monkeys that are hosted in thousands in the forest.
The activity will keep you expired until the midmorning when you will travel back to the lodge to get served lunch. After lunch, check out of the lodge to undertake the journey back to Kigali.
The journey will take you about 3 hours and 50 minutes covering the 177.4 kilometer distance. In Kigali, you will continue to the airport to get on board for the flights back home.
