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3 Days Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzee Tour
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3 Days Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzee Tour

3 Days Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzee Tour

3 days / 2 nights
Rwanda
Min 1 people

Overview

Overview

Explore Rwanda’s Nyungwe Forest National Park on a 3-day chimpanzee adventure from Kigali. Enjoy scenic travel, a chimpanzee tracking experience, a canopy walk, cultural visits, and encounters with Rwanda’s history and local communities.

Brief Itinerary

  • Day 1: Kigali to Nyungwe Forest National Park – Scenic drive and genocide memorial visits
  • Day 2: Nyungwe Forest National Park – Chimpanzee tracking and canopy walk
  • Day 3: Nyungwe Forest to Kigali – Cultural and historical visits before departure

Day-by-Day Itinerary

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Day 1

Kigali to Nyungwe Forest National Park

Travel from Kigali to Nyungwe Forest National Park, with lunch along the way and visits to some of the area’s genocide memorials. Arrive in the late evening and check in at Peace Guest House.

  • Breakfast departure from Kigali
  • Scenic drive to Nyungwe
  • Lunch en route
  • Genocide memorial visits
  • Arrival and check-in
Accommodation: Peace Guest House – Budget guest house in or near Rusizi
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Day 2

Nyungwe Forest National Park

Begin with a briefing before entering the rainforest for chimpanzee tracking. The forest walk may also provide opportunities to see other primates, followed by an evening canopy walk.

  • Primates and forest briefing
  • Chimpanzee tracking
  • Forest walk
  • Search for mangabeys, colobus, vervet and red-tailed monkeys
  • Lunch
  • Evening canopy walk
  • Bird and primate viewing
Accommodation: Peace Guest House – Budget guest house in or near Rusizi
Meals: Lunch
3

Day 3

Nyungwe Forest National Park to Kigali

Return to Kigali with lunch en route and visit several historical and cultural sites before heading to the airport.

  • Breakfast
  • Drive to Kigali
  • Kabgayi Cathedral visit
  • Ancient King’s Palace at Nyanza
  • Ethnographic Museum at Huye
  • Local women’s drumming group experience
  • Airport transfer and departure
Accommodation: No accommodation – End of tour
Meals: Breakfast

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