This 3 Days Chimpanzee Trekking Safari in Rwanda will lead you to Nyungwe Forest National Park which will give you access to a number of different species as they go about their daily activities in the wild. You will also get to participate in the boat cruise on Lake Ihema which will give you the
HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR SAFARI
DAY 1: TRANSFER TO NYUNGWE FOREST NATIONAL PARK
DAY 2: CHIMPANZEE TRACKING AND CANOPY WALK.
DAY 3: TRANSFER BACK TO KIGALI
DETAILED ITINERARY
DAY 1: TRANSFER TO NYUNGWE FOREST NATIONAL PARK.
On day 1 of the 3 Days Chimpanzee Trekking Safari in Rwanda, upon your arrival, you will be picked up by the driver from your hotel in Kigali and drive southwards to Nyungwe Forest National Park. You will have a stopover in Butare, where you will visit the National Museum of Rwanda, and the king’s palace in Nyanza with lunch en route. Before you make your way to the Park you will have a stopover at the Huye women’s Coffee cooperative which will take you on a 2-hour’s safari at the coffee plantation understanding more about the coffee-making process from harvesting, sorting, and cleaning until it is processed. You will also get to watch how coffee has improved the livelihoods of the neighboring communities through women’s empowerment for an amazing safari experience. After the safari experience, make your way to the park and check in your hotel. Dinner and overnight at Dinner and overnight at Nyungwe Hill Top View Hotel.
DAY 2 : CHIMPANZEE TRACKING AND CANOPY WALK.
Enjoy breakfast and go for a briefing about the endangered chimpanzees before entering the forest in search of the active and playful fellows in Nyungwe forest. The Chimpanzees are much easier to spot as they jump from one tree to another, chattering and laughing. Chimpanzee tracking usually takes about 3 hours. On finding them, spend an hour taking pictures and videos. You will then return to your hotel to freshen up, have lunch check out, and later in the afternoon participate in After lunch, you will go on a walking trail that will take you to the Canopy Walk-a swing bridge 50 meters in length that is suspended from large trees. You will be able to see the amazing rainforest with a bird’s eye view, spotting wildlife moving about below you and thereafter connect to your accommodation to spend the evening at leisure.
DAY 3: TRANSFER BACK TO KIGALI
After an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will embark on your journey back to Kigali city where if time allows, you will visit the Kigali genocide memorial museum and later transfer to the airport for your onward flight or dropped at your hotel in Kigali end of your Rwanda safari.
Quotation Includes;
- Chimpanzee permit
- Canopy walk
- Park entrance fees
- Vehicle entrance fees
- All accommodation as per itinerary
- 4X4 safari vehicle & Fuel
- Full-time English/ French speaking driver/ guide
- Bottled mineral water while on safari
Excludes;
- Tips
- Rwanda Visa fees
- Air tickets
- All items of a personal nature like laundry, porterage, phone calls, beer, e.t.c
- Optional/ any activity not included in the itinerary
