5 Days Gorillas, Chimpanzee and Nyungwe Forest Rwanda

Overview for This 5 Days Gorillas and Nyungwe Forest

5 Days Gorillas and Chimpanzee Nyungwe Forest safari will take you to Rwanda to tour a country with “a thousand hills”. Rwanda, Uganda and DRC are the only countries that are home to the endangered mountain Gorillas in the whole world. Besides trekking Rwanda gorillas, you may choose to go for a kigali city excursion, golden monkey tracking among other optional activities as well as visiting Nyungwe forest national park for either chimpanzee trekking or canopy walk.

Brief 5 Days Gorillas and Chimpanzee Nyungwe Forest Itinerary

Day one: Arrival and transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Day two: Chimpanzee trekking or canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Day three: Drive to Volcanoes National Park.
Day Four: Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park.
Day Five: Departure.

Detailed 5 Days Gorillas and Chimpanzee Nyungwe Forest Itinerary

Arrival for 5 Days Gorillas and Chimpanzee Nyungwe Forest

You’ll be picked up from the airport (or hotel)
Accommodation before the tour departs can be arranged for extra cost

DAY 1: Arrival and transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park.

Upon your arrival, you will be welcomed by our professional tour guide who will take you for a city excursion in and around Kigali so that you are oriented about this great country with a thousand hills. After this excursion, will drive to Nyungwe for your overnight.

Lodge: Nyungwe Top view Hill Hotel

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Drive time: 4-5 hours

DAY 2: Chimpanzee trekking or Canopy walk in Nyungwe

5 Days Gorillas and Chimpanzee Nyungwe Forest

After your breakfast, you will transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park for briefing and then chimpanzee trekking in the forest. Please note that chimpanzees in Nyungwe Forest National Park are semi habituated and as such, you will be required to wake up early for you to have chances of spotting them. You can as well go for the adventurous canopy walk which involves walking from one end of the forest to another viewing bird, and other species of primates. Return to the lodge for overnight.

Lodge: Nyungwe Topview Hotel

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Drive time: 45 minutes

DAY 3: To Volcanoes National Park

After your breakfast, you will leave Nyungwe Forest for Volcanoes National Park arriving in the late afternoon for overnight at your lodge.

Lodge: Lebambou Gorilla Lodge

Drive time: 6-7 hours drive

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 4: Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park

Early morning benefit from a tasty breakfast at the lodge before your first exciting morning drive through the Switzerland of Rwanda Park that is too clear in the indigenous forest for Gorilla trekking and draws one to the real side of natural beauty. The activity immerses you into the strange intimacy of the rainforest plus a live call of colorful birds, chattering of the rare golden monkey, and littered with fresh spoor of the mountain elusive populations of buffalo and elephant. Have lunch at the lodge and later relax up at the lodge from the tiresome and exciting activity.

Lodge: Lebambou Gorilla Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner