A pick-up from the airport and a transfer to a hotel in Kigali mark the beginning of this 4-day, 3-night chimpanzee trekking tour in Nyungwe National Park. After a brief city tour, you’ll journey the following day to Nyungwe National Park, traveling through picturesque scenery, coffee and banana plantations, and stopping at Kibuye for lunch. The third day begins early with a chimpanzee trek through the largest block of montane forest in East and Central Africa, with the potential to see other wildlife as well. You’ll take a canopy walk to observe the astounding biodiversity of the park after lunch. Transferring back to Kigali International Airport on the last day is part of the leaving process.
Kigali
7:00am
Itinerary at a glance
| Day | Location | Accommodation | Meals | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kigali City | Hotel Des Milles Collines | D | Trsf |
| 2 | Volcanoes N. Park | NYUNGWE Top View Lodge | B, L | City Tour, Trsf |
| 3 | Volcanoes – Kigali | NYUNGWE Top View Lodge | B, L, D | Chimps Trek, Canopy |
| 4 | Kigali Airport | ———– | B | Check out |
| FB- Full Board, D-Dinner, BB-Bed and breakfast, B – Breakfast, BL- Breakfast and Lunch, Flt-Flight, Trsf-Transfer | ||||
Below are the key tour take aways:
Upon arrival at the Kigali airport, you will be welcomed by our Representative, greetings – short briefing and immediate transfer to your Hotel in Kigali.
After a leisure morning breakfast at around 09:00 am, your driver/Guide will meet you at the hotel and ready to transfer to Nyungwe National Park. You will start with a short city tour of Kigali and after all visit to the genocide memorial site; a grim reminder of the senseless massacre of innocent’s lives in 1994.
The drive is through beautiful rolling hills, awesome landscape, bypassing coffee and banana plantations on a comfortable paved road, you will stop over in Kibuye for your Lunch (to be paid directly). This drive is approximately 6 hours from Kigali to Nyungwe.
Overnight: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel –
Meals Plan: Dinner
After an early morning breakfast at around 5:30 am, you will drive to this park for the starting point of your chimpanzee trek. Two species of chimpanzee occur in Africa. There is the Bonobo and the Common Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes (often shortened to Chimpanzee, and sometimes referred to as the Robust Chimpanzee). The largest remaining populations occur in central Africa (Gabon, DR Congo and Cameroon). About only 400 individuals, the population in Rwanda is an endangered one. However; it should be mentioned that it is not guaranteed to see the chimps as they are unpredictable and can move long distances in one day.
Nyungwe National Park is the largest block of montane forest in East and Central Africa and it is an incredibly rich area of biodiversity. Return to the lodge for lunch. After the trek return to your Hotel, have lunch and in the afternoon enter the forest again for the canopy walk trek.
The Canopy walk: The Canopy walk is located in the middle of Igishigishi trail and is the biggest walkway in East Africa which is, at its highest point, situated at 90m above the ground, which should enable trekking tourist to gain inside of the upper tree level as well as their inhabitant such as different primates, birds and Orchids. The whole process of planning and building the canopy took at least five years during which there were mainly 250 men constantly involved in the construction process.
After the tour you will return to your Lodge and the rest of the evening enjoying the breeze of the nature of the surroundings. This takes approximately 4 hours walk.
Overnight: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel Hotel – www.nyungwetopviewhotels.com
Meals Plan: Full Board
Today you will pack your staff and getting ready for a morning transfer to Kigali airport for your out bound flight. The journey from Nyungwe National Park takes approximately 6 – 7 hours to the Kigali airport.
End of the Tour – Welcome back.
