5-Day Rwanda Nyungwe Forest National Park Adventure

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

Early morning, you will enjoy your buffet breakfast, check out of the hotel, and drive to the western province. On your way, you'll visit the Royal Palace Museum and the Ethnographic Museum in the Southern Province. This will give you a great history of traditional ways of living among Rwandans and their past way of leadership of Kingship, with an en route lunch. You will arrive at Nyungwe National Park in the afternoon. You'll spend the afternoon at your leisure. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel.

Main Destination:

Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit June to September (Dry weather, best chimp trekking)

High Season June to September (Popular gorilla trekking time in Volcanoes NP)

Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Nyungwe NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

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ElephantNone

GiraffeNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Chimpanzee Tracking & Canopy

Today, after your early morning cup of African coffee, you will leave your hotel to experience the natural forest of Nyungwe, known for having 13 species of primates, and be transferred to the park for briefing and chimpanzee trekking. You will be entitled to one hour to find the chimpanzees. After the chimpanzee trek, you'll head for lunch before heading for a canopy walk. This 70-meter-suspended metallic bridge will give you an excellent overview of Nyungwe Forest. On a lucky day, you can spot one or two more primates in the forest as you take a walk on this bridge. Later, you'll return to the hotel.

Main Destination:

Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Colobus Monkey Trek & Tea Plantation Visit

After your morning breakfast, you will head to the park for a briefing before you search for the colobus monkeys. On finding them, you will be allowed to take as many pictures as you wish. You'll return for lunch. After lunch, you'll head for the tea plantation visit to visit the Gisakura tea gardens and learn how tea goes from planting to harvesting and processing. You will take great photos. Later, you'll drive back to your lodge for dinner.

Main Destination:

Nyungwe National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located just outside Nyungwe NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Nyungwe to Gisenyi

After a relaxed morning breakfast, you will transfer to Lake Kivu to catch up with the beautiful sunrise over Lake Kivu after finishing your morning breakfast. You will explore the beautiful attractions within this great lake. You have a nature walk at one of the islands within this lake, known for harboring thousands of bats. This lake is also known as a birding paradise as it hosts several bird species like the cormorant, pied kingfishers, weaver birds, and herons, to mention but a few.

Main Destination:

Gisenyi (Lake Kivu)

Accommodation:

Lake Kivu Serena Hotel

• Luxury hotel located in Gisenyi (Lake Kivu)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Relaxing at the Lake Shore and back to Kigali

After breakfast, you will spend your leisure time at Lake Kivu swimming. After lunch, you'll drive back to Kigali. You'll be dropped off at either the airport or your hotel. This will mark the end of your trip with Blue Monkey Tours.

Main Destination:

Gisenyi (Lake Kivu)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.