5 Days Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari

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Description

The 5 Days Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari include chimpanzee tracking, Gorilla trekking, and other attractions. This tour starts and ends in Kigali beginning with Parc National des Volcans for gorilla trekking as well as Nyungwe Forest National Park for chimpanzee tracking and lastly return to Kigali.

Safari Highlights of Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari

Arrival and adventurous scenic drives
Gorilla tracking Experience in Volcanoes National Park jungles
Chimpanzee tracking and canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest NP
Nature walks in Nyungwe NP
Birding in Nyungwe NP

Tour Summary of Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari

Day 1: Arrival in Kigali
Day 2: Transfer to Nyungwe forest national park
Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking /Canopy walk/nature walk/birding.
Day 4: Transfer from Nyungwe NP to Volcanoes National park.
Day 5: Gorilla trekking adventure and transfer back to Kigali.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Kigali.

Arrive at Kanombe airport in Kigali for your Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari, our guide will be glad to welcome you to Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills. You will surely appreciate the natural beauty of the country along with its calm environment. Our guide will drive you to your hotel and check in.
Our accommodation range from luxury, moderate, budget and Camping, Whichever you choose, you will have a comfortable stay with the beautiful scenery of the area. Have dinner and rest.

Luxury Accommodation: Manor Hotel
Moderate Accommodation: Chez Lando Hostel

Day 2: Transfer to Nyungwe forest national park.

Have a lovely breakfast and drive off to Nyungwe National Park. The journey is quite interesting as you will see beautiful scenery surrounding the area. Our guide will drive slowly to enable you to enjoy your safari and capture the best pictures. You will definitely make stopovers and the first one will be at Butare National Museum, Malaba coffee factory, Nyanza (Rukali), and other adventurous areas.

Luxury Accommodation: Nyungwe Forest Lodge
Moderate Accommodation: Nyungwe Top View Hotel
Moderate Accommodation: Gisakura Guest House.

Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking /Canopy walk/nature walk/birding.

Wake up early morning have breakfast and later proceed to Nyungwe forest for chimpanzee tracking with the help of the rangers. The rangers know the best spots where you can easily track the chimpanzees. As you hike through the forest, you will come across other primates like monkeys, these will excite you as you get closer to the chimpanzees. Birds will be all over and for birdwatchers, this is the best place to be. Getting a chance to see these chimpanzees is breathtaking, you will see them play, rest, and others feed. You are allowed to take as many pictures as you can. In the afternoon, you go for a forest nature walk to see the twin lakes. You will spot different species of birds. dinner and overnight in Nyungwe.

Day 4: Transfer from Nyungwe to Volcanoes National park.

Early morning has a beautiful breakfast and drives off to Volcanoes National Park. As you enjoy the ride, you will clearly see Lake Kivu and take pictures of the beautiful area. Have lunch en route and continue with our interesting drive. Our accommodation range from luxury, moderate, budget, and Camping. All these accommodations offer a magnificent view of the park.

Luxury Accommodation: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge
Moderate Accommodation: Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge
Moderate Accommodation: Muhabura Hotel

Day 5: Gorilla trekking adventure and transfer back to Kigali.

Have an exquisite breakfast and go to the park headquarters at Kinigi for a briefing about gorillas and meeting with the rangers. Hiking through the jungle will be amazing, but some level of physical fitness is required as you track the gorillas. The activity takes about 2 to 6 hours. Getting a chance to come face to face with the gorillas is adventurous; these are seen in groups as they do their daily routine work; mothers feeding their young ones, playing, resting as well as feeding.

You spend only one hour in the presence of the gorillas. After a memorable day with the gorillas, return to the headquarters and drive back to Kigali and if you have a flight, proceed to the airport.

End of Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari

Getting There

All our tours/safaris can start and end in Kigali Rwanda or Entebbe Uganda with no extra costs
Our tour consultant is at your disposal for any information you may need 24/7
We do all your airport transfers in Kigali or Entebbe
We arrange accommodation for you day before the tour starts and on the day tour ends with no extra costs

Transportation & Guides

We use both standard 4×4 customized safari vans and 4×4 luxury customized safari Land cruisers as our road mode of transport for game viewing, taking photos wildlife filming and photography, all our safari vehicles has pop up roofs for proper game viewing and easy for to take as much photos as you can, with also charging system for your cameras, phones and also every client is guaranteed of a window seat for easy view.

Our drive/guides are very professionally and well trained, we know every successful safari needs a great guide, majority of the comments from our clients regarding our services are centered on the professionalism of our guides, returning clients request the same guide on their second and third trip.

Inclusions

Includes:

– Meet & greet services airport transfers to/from Entebbe airport,
– Accommodation and meals on safari as above,
– Bottled water in the safari vehicle for the whole,
– Full-time services of English speaking driver/guide,
– All park entry fees and set activities on the itinerary.

Excludes:

– Visas, Rwanda gorilla permit
– Personal travel insurance and items of a personal nature.
– Charter/Scheduled flights also optional extra.
– Plus all expenses of personal nature like tips, drinks, etc.