A 3 days Nyungwe primate safari is here for you, a very well packaged safari that takes you to your cousins – the chimpanzees enjoying their peace in the lush rainforest of Nyungwe, situated in the southern region of Rwanda.
The park offers asylum to over 13 unique primate species, 89 mammal species, 32 amphibian species, 36 reptile species, 310 bird species and 1068 rare plant species. Expect an active experience, including an opportunity of having a walk through Gisakura Tea Estates, tracking the chimpanzees, Butare museum and enjoy a canopy walk.
Safari Details
Day 1: Pick up and Transfer to Nyungwe National park with an enroute Tea plantation walk
Early in the morning, our company representative will come and meet you at the agreed point, be it the airport, your residence or Hotel. The guide will go ahead to brief you on everything you need to know about the trip, as well as answering some questions that you might be having.
Thereafter, you will hit the road for a 4-5-hour drive to Nyungwe forest National park, located in the southern region of Rwanda, lunch will be enroute as well as a stop at the amazing Gisakura Tea Estates for a 1-hour tour around the eye-catching plantation, and learning how the tea is planted and maintained.
Also, expect amazing views of hills, plantations and massive Lake Kivu as you head to the park where you will reach late in the evening only to find dinner ready, refresh and have a night rest as you wait for the next day’s activity.
Day 2: Early morning Chimpanzee tracking and evening canopy walk
After enjoying a very sumptuous breakfast, pack your lunch, cameras, and binoculars and clad in long-sleeved shirts and trousers and head out to the park’s headquarters where you will join other colleagues for a pre-trekking briefing session. The park rangers will take you through the dos and don’ts while trekking the apes, verify your documents as well as allocating you a guide and security personnel who will take you to the park for an ultimate quest of the apes.
Having in mind that these creatures are not caged in one place and you have not made an appointment with them, the tracking can last for as long as 2-6 hours depending on how far they have moved, but never give up, because the joy of meeting them, and watching the mothers play with their young ones, the silverbacks, as well as how they shout is worth the tiresome adventure.
However, there are many birds such as Great Blue Turaco, paradise flycatcher, forest hornbills, and primates such as the acrobatic Angola colobus, olive baboons, red-tailed monkeys, and Vervet monkeys as you track the chimpanzees.
Upon tracking the chimpanzees, return to the park headquarters, enjoy lunch, rest a little before you head out for yet a very rewarding activity that you cannot find elsewhere in East Africa. The canopy walking experience, on a magically suspended bridge on the tree branches, 6 meters above the ground, giving you an opportunity of viewing the park, the primates playing on top of the trees as well as the magnificent view of the park and its surrounding.
Dinner and overnight follow when you are done with all the activities
Day 3: Departure to Kigali with an enroute stop at Butare museum
This is your last day of the trip and depending on the time of your flight, though we do advise our clients to book night lights, our guide will drive you back to Kigali after having breakfast and checking out of the lodge.
If time permits, you will have a stopover at Butare museum for an in-depth historical experience about Rwanda then proceed with the journey to either the airport or your residence.
End of the safari
