Visit Nyungwe Forest National Park and get up close with chimpanzees in the wild only on your 3 days Nyungwe chimp trekking safari. Your chimpanzee trip takes you to southwestern Rwanda where this safari park is found. You will engage in chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk with present you opportunity to sight chimpanzees plus other primates including grey cheeked mangabeys, olive baboons, vervet monkeys, red tailed monkeys, red colobus, black and white colobus monkeys plus birds. Your trip begins and ends in Kigali Rwanda.
Day 1: Travel from Kigali to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk
Day 3: Drive back to Kigali
Have breakfast early in the morning and after, drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park, southwestern Rwanda about 5-6 hours’ drive. Your stop visit points will be at Kings Palace, natural history museum plus nearby interesting sites.
Connect to Nyungwe Forest National Park after lunch at a hotel in Huye. This 1000sq.kms park is a home to 500 chimpanzees, several other primates and 310 bird species. You may embark on evening community visit with aim to explore the lush and extensive tea plantations. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge you booked.
Accommodation in Nyungwe Forest National Park
Your chimp trek will begin with breakfast and later, gather at Uwinka reception to be briefed on chimpanzee tracking rules. Ensure you get here early since briefing starts at 7:00am and actual trek at 8:00am with park guide. You will take 2-4 hours tracking to see chimpanzees and it includes 1 hour of photo taking and learning about chimpanzees’ behaviors.
After thrilling chimpanzee experience, walk back to the lodge to relax and later in the afternoon, you will go for a canopy walk that takes 2 hours less or more along suspended walk way. Enjoy the astonishing sights of different primates, birds and scenic Nyungwe Forest canopy. Dinner and overnight will be at your respective Rwanda safari lodges.
Accommodation in Nyungwe Forest National Park
Enjoy your heavy breakfast and after, return to Kigali Rwanda about 6 hours’ drive. You will engage in Kigali city tour and you will be visiting the Gisozi genocide site, local markets and many other sites. Drop off at hotel or airport for departure.
End of your 3 days Nyungwe chimp trekking safari