4 Days Nyungwe Forest National Park And Lake Kivu Tour

Overview

Welcome to a 4 days Rwanda safari visiting the Nyungwe forest national park and conclude the safari with a visit to the Kibuye for a Lake Kivu visit. Get to trek the chimpanzees and enjoy a fantastic and leisurely stay at the Lake Kivu. Nyungwe forest national park is a home to the chimpanzees and tropical forest. On top of being a home to the Rwanda chimpanzee, Nyungwe forest also harbors other 13 other different primate species. Conclude the safari with a stop at the Lake Kivu where you will enjoy a tea plantation visit on your way and a sundowner at the Lake Kivu and return back to Kigali.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Drive from Kigali to Nyungwe forest national park

Our professional and well experienced driver guide will be waiting to pick you up from your hotel in Kigali and provide a simple briefing. After the briefing, you will gather your belongings and head out to the south of Rwanda. Before driving to South, You will have your first stopover at the Kigali Genocide memorial grounds for an insight on the 1994 genocide against the tutsi and after connect to the Kimironko market. You will drive further to Butare where you will have lunch and get to have another enroute visit of the Ethnographic museum. Drive to connect to the cold Nyungwe forest national park. You will arrive in the evening hours to check in at your hotel and settle in. Dinner will be served and you will spend your first night in Nyungwe forest.

Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk in Nyungwe forest national park

As early as 5am, you will be expected at the starting point for the chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe forest. You will receive a briefing ahead of your chimpanzee trek and after set out into the Nyungwe forest. This is a tropical forest and a home to the Rwanda chimpanzees and 13 other different primate species. You will spot several chimpanzees swinging from one tree branch to another. After the trek, you will exit the forest and head back to your hotel for a late breakfast or an early lunch. After lunch, your driver guide will be waiting to take you on your next activity that is the canopy walk experience in Nyungwe forest national park. You will walk on this canopy bridge starting from the Uwinka visitor center and get to view the forest from the top. You will later return to your hotel for dinner and another night in the Nyungwe forest.

End of Safari