2 Days Nyungwe National Park safari
This 2 Days Nyungwe national park safari will start in Kigali and during the safari, you will engage in different activities including chimpanzee trekking and also a canopy walk in the tropical rainforest. After the tour, you will end the safari in Kigali. The Nyungwe rainforest id one of Africa’s most preserved montane rainforest in African because it has a wide diversity of primates making it one of the best conservation areas in Africa. The 2 days Nyungwe primate safaris will take you through the most intact rainforest covering an area of over 970 square kilometres in the South western part of Rwanda bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo in the West and Burundi in the South.
Safari highlights
Day 1: Pick up and drive to Nyungwe national park for Canopy walk
Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking and drive to Kigali
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and drive to Nyungwe national park – Canopy walk
Your guide will pick you up from Kigali and welcome you for the safari in Rwanda. You will have a short briefing and start the journey to Nyungwe national park which will take about 5 to 6 hours with a stop for lunch along the way.
After lunch, you will proceed to Nyungwe national park where you will engage in a canopy walk and enjoy a walk along the suspended bridge and enjoy views of the forest canopy and also see different primate species like vervet monkeys, black and white colobus monkey and also see various bird species. After the activity, you will be driven to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking and drive to Kigali
You will start the day with an early breakfast served at the lodge in Nyungwe national park and proceed to the park headquarters where you will be briefed about chimpanzee trekking. You will also be assigned ranger guides to accompany you for the search of the chimpanzees. As you explore Nyungwe forest, you will see various primates and bird species as you walk along different trails in the forest. You will spend 1 hour in the presence of the chimpanzees in the forest and watch their behaviour closely. After completing the chimpanzee trekking experience, you will have lunch and start the journey to Kigali where your guide will drop you off which will bring the tour to an end.
