3-Day Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzee Tour

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

Kigali to Nyungwe Forest National Park

After breakfast, you will board your safari vehicle and travel to Nyungwe Forest National Park. You will eat lunch along the way and visit some of the area's genocide memorials. Reaching Nyungwe Forest National Park in the late evening, you will check in at Peace Guesthouse for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Nyungwe Forest 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:

Peace Guest House

• Budget guest house located in Cyangugu (Town)

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinks not included

Nyungwe Forest National Park

After breakfast, make your way to the park's offices for a briefing on the primates and the forest. You will then enter the tropical rainforest in search of the shy chimpanzees hiding in the tree branches. While on this walk, you may also see mangabeys, colobus, vervet, and red-tailed monkeys. You will return to the guesthouse for lunch and take an evening canopy walk looking for primates and birds. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the Peace Guesthouse.

Main Destination:

Nyungwe Forest National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Peace Guest House

• Budget guest house located in Cyangugu (Town)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Nyungwe Forest National Park to Kigali

After breakfast, you will make your way back to Kigali, eating lunch en route. Today you will visit the Kabgayi Cathedral, the ancient King’s Palace at Nyanza, and the Ethnographic Museum at Huye. Later you will meet a local women's drumming group to hear about their history. Finally, you will go to the airport for your return flight home.

Main Destination:

Kigali

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

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