5 Days Nyungwe Chimpanzees and Colobus Monkey Trekking Safari
This 5 Days Nyungwe Chimpanzees and Colobus Monkey Trekking Safari gives you the opportunity do chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe forest national park, explore the canopy walkway. During this 5 Days Nyungwe safari, you will also track black and white colobus monkeys.
Highlights for your 5 Days Nyungwe Chimpanzees and Colobus Monkey Trekking Safari!
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to your hotel in Kigali
Day 2: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park (Approximately 6 hour’s drive)
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and Canopy Walk
Day 4: Black and White Colobus Trek and Afternoon Hike
Day 5: Drive Back to Kigali and Departure.
Detailed Itinerary for 5 Days Nyungwe Chimpanzees and Colobus Monkey Trekking Safari!
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to your hotel in Kigali
Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport or at pick up from your hotel, our guide will welcome you and transfer to Kigali city and depending on the time of your arrival; you will go for a short city tour with in Kigali and visit the genocide memorial site. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
Day 2: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park (Approximately 6 hour’s drive)
After a morning breakfast on the second day of your 5 Days Nyungwe Chimpanzees and Colobus Monkey Trekking Safari you will transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park. En route, you will pass through wonderful and magnificent hills and cultivated countryside. Have a stopover at the royal King’s Palace in Nyanza for a cultural description about the history of Rwanda. Continue and visit the cultural museum at Rwesero. Proceed and reach Butare town where you will have lunch after lunch you will visit the Rwanda National Museum for a tour around the site.
Proceed and reach the lodge in the evening. Dinner and overnight at hotel/lodge.
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and Canopy Walk
On the third day of your 5 Days Nyungwe Chimpanzees and Colobus Monkey Trekking Safari, you will have an early morning breakfast then report to the park headquarters in Nyungwe forest for briefing before going for chimpanzee tracking. However, it is advisable to organize packed lunch and plenty of water prior to this expedition since it can sometimes last over 6 hours. In the forest, you will not only see chimpanzees to but also variety of animals and birds like the Rwenzori Turaco, black and white casqued horn bill, colobus monkeys – sometimes as many as 400 individuals in a group.
After your gorilla trek, you will also enjoy a 2hour hike to and from the Canopy walkway bridge- a swing bridge 50 meters in length that is suspended from large trees. This hike takes about 2 hours to and from the canopy walkway bridge. You will be able to see the amazing rainforest with a bird’s eye view, spotting wildlife moving about below you. Before night fall, you will return to the hotel for dinner as above. Return late in the afternoon. Return for dinner and Overnight at your hotel/lodge.
Day 4: Black and White Colobus Trek and Afternoon Hike
Have your breakfast early in the morning and drive to the park’s briefing point, ensure to carry your packed lunch from the hotel/lodge. After your briefing, you will head into the forest in search for black and white colobus monkeys. This trek takes about 3-6 hours of more depending on their location. You will be given only an hour to spend with the primates once you have located them. Head back to your lodge to relax and later you will embark on an afternoon guided hike in the park, exploring one of the 19 nature trails in the park depending on your interest.
Later return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
Day 5: Drive Back to Kigali and Departure.
After having breakfast at your lodge, you will check out of your lodge and meet up with your driver guide. You will the head back to Kigali with a stopover for lunch enroute. Upon your arrival in Kigali, your driver guide will drop you off at a hotel of your choice or Kigali International Airport.
End of your 5 Days Nyungwe Chimpanzees and Colobus Monkey Trekking Safari!
