ITINERARY
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Depart from Kigali City to Nyungwe National Park
Leave your lodge or hotel after breakfast for a city tour of the beautiful Kigali City which will approximately last 2 hours where you will get the chance to visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial and learn more about the history of Rwanda. Later you will depart from Kigali and drive for 6 hours to Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Day 2: Chimp Tracking & Canopy Walk-Nyungwe Forest
Early in the morning after breakfast in your respective lodges in Nyungwe Forest, you will be transferred to Nyungwe Park offices for briefing. Chimpanzee Tracking in Nyungwe is such a memorable experience in that you have more than chimpanzees to keep an eye on.
You will have a complete 1 hour with chimpanzees, take pictures, and learn more about their daily behaviors. After having ample time with chimps, you will return to the Lodge and have a lunch break.
After a leisurely lunch, you will go for an amazing canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest only experience so far that is available in the whole of East Africa. Enjoy the best view of primates, birds, and Nyungwe Forest while on a suspended canopy walk. Later, after 2 hours, return to enjoy a relaxed evening, dinner, and night stay.
Day 3: Vacate Nyungwe for Volcanoes N/Park
A leisurely breakfast early morning and after, vacate the lodge ready to take 6 to 7 hours’ drive trip to Volcanoes N/Park. Lunch be provided en route and the next short visit will be made at the Twin Lakes of Ruhondo & Lake Burera. Go check into your lodge at Volcanoes N. Park after your Twin Lakes Tour.
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking and Gorilla guardian village for cultural interaction
In the morning after breakfast, you will depart from your lodge to the park’s head office for a briefing. After having the briefing and allocation of the gorilla family you’re going to visit, you will enjoy a short hike in the montane forest trekking mountain gorillas and once you have relocated a gorilla group, enjoy 1 hour with these rare species. After, walk back to be awarded your gorilla certificate and later, proceed to your lodge for relaxation.
In the evening you will be transferred to a Gorilla guardian to interact with local residents. Get entertained by the dances, music performances, and stories about how gorilla poachers turned into gorilla guardians.
Day 5: Volcanoes N/Park Golden Monkey Tracking & departure
Early morning after breakfast drive to the park’s office for a briefing about golden monkey tracking guidelines. You will do a short hike while trekking to see golden monkeys and once you have located them, there is an absolute 1 hour of face-to-face encounter. After an enjoyable moment with golden monkeys, walk back to the lodge to have lunch before setting off to Kigali Airport-KGL where you fly back home.
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