This 3 days Rwanda Chimpanzee Trekking & Canopy Walk safari is a short Rwanda Safari tailored to give you an intimate experience of tracking chimpanzees in Nyungwe Forest National Park – Rwanda’s Primate Capital.
Nyungwe Forest National Park is one of the highlight travel destinations in Rwanda located in south western Rwanda boasting great scenic views surrounded by tea plantations. Nyungwe Forest is among the few remaining tracts of tropical rainforests in Africa and one of the oldest rainforests in the country, the forest is home to a large population of chimpanzees as well as the largest troops of colobus monkeys found anywhere else.
Depending on your interests, you can add colobus monkey trekking, forest hikes to waterfalls and Rwanda birding safaris on this 3 Days Rwanda Chimpanzee Trekking & Canopy walk Safari.
Safari Highlights
- Ethnographic museum
- Rwanda Chimpanzee trekking
- Canopy Walk
Highlights of 3 Days Rwanda Chimpanzee Trekking & Canopy walk Safari
- Day 1: Transfer to Nyungwe forest via Ethnographic Museum
- Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking & Canopy Walk
- Day 3: Colobus Monkey Trekking and return to Kigali
Detailed itinerary of 3 Days Rwanda Chimpanzee Trekking & Canopy walk Safari
Day 1: Transfer to Nyungwe forest via Ethnographic Museum
On arrival at Kigali International Airport or after breakfast at your hotel in Kigali, you will be picked up by our guide and embark on a journey to Nyungwe Forest. Along the way you will have a stopover at the ethnographic museum in Huye.
The ethnographic Museum is the national museum of Rwanda showcasing the historic and cultural aspects of Rwanda through the age, it has materials and guides to take you through the rich Rwandan culture and history. Have lunch after the amazing museum experience before continuing on your journey to Nyungwe Forest, the roads to Nyungwe after Huye are mostly winding which will give you amazing views of the famous “thousand hills”. You will be arriving at your lodge not too far from the Nyungwe Forest, have dinner and overnight stay getting ready to take you on the chimpanzee trekking experience the next day.
Drive time – 5 hours Or Helicopter (Robinson/ Augusta) – 45 minutes/ 35 minutes
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Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking & Canopy Walk
Wake up early for breakfast and head to Nyungwe Forest National Park for chimpanzee trekking starting with briefing at the park headquarters, a ranger guide takes you through rules and regulations to follow while in the forests of Nyungwe and while in the presence of the chimpanzees.
Chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest starts as early as 5:00 am, the forest has two main trails where chimpanzee trekking happens that is Uwinka Trail and another at Cyamudongo Section. The forest is rich in botanical diversity hosting over 200 species of trees and flowering plants, 13 species of primates including colobus monkeys, Vervet monkeys, red – tailed monkeys, 300 bird species with several Albertine Rift Endemics and several species of butterflies.
If it is Cyamudongo, it requires you to drive out for a certain distance and your driver guide will transfer you to the starting point. After the chimpanzee trekking, there is a canopy walk or return to the lodge for the needed time for relaxation and take the canopy walk later in the afternoon.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 3: Colobus Monkey Trekking and return to Kigali
After breakfast, you start your journey back to Kigali bringing your 3 Days Rwanda Chimpanzee Trekking & Canopy walk Safari to an end.
You have an option of doing a colobus monkey trekking before embarking on this journey, if interested in this amazing adventure. Please let us know in time so we book for the same. Your guide will drop you off at the airport for your flight back home.
Drive time – 5 hours Or Helicopter (Robinson/ Augusta) – 45 minutes/ 35 minutes
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End of 3 Days Rwanda Chimpanzee Trekking & Canopy walk Safari