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Day 1: Travel from Kigali to Nyungwe forest national park via Huye

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Upmarket – Nyungwe forest lodge; Mid-range – Nyungwe top view lodge; Budget – Gisakura guest house

Journey time: 6 hours

You will depart from Kigali to nyungwe forest preferably early morning after your breakfast so that we have enough time for stopover at the ethnographic museum in Huye. The journey will take us through Nyanza district and eventually Huye. The ethnographic museum which is also the national museum of Rwanda showcases the historic and cultural aspects of Rwanda through the ages. It has materials and guides to take you through the rich Rwandan culture and history. We will have lunch after the museum experience before continuing on our journey to Nyungwe forest . The roads to Nyungwe after Huye are mostly winding which will give you amazing views of the famous ‘thousand hills’. You will be arriving at your lodge not too far from the nyungwe forest later that evening ready to take on the chimpanzee trekking the next day.

Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking & Canopy Walk in Nyungwe Forest national park

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe forest national park starts very early in the morning and so this requires that you leave your lodge as early as 5.00 am to make it to the briefing area at the Uwinka overlook. Nyungwe forest has two main trail heads where Chimpanzee trekking happens  i.e. Uwinka trail and another at Cyamudongo section. The forest is rich in botanical diversity hosting over 200 species of trees and flowering plants, 13 species of primates including, colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, red-tailed monkey, 300 bird species with several Albertine rift endemics and several species of butterflies. After the briefing, you will advised on which trail you will take. If it is Cyamudongo, it requires you to drive out for a certain distance and your driver guide will transfer you to the starting point. After the chimp trekking, there is a canopy walk or return to the lodge for the needed time of relaxation and take the canopy walk later in the afternoon.

Day 3: Travel to Kigali from chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe forest

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Today after your breakfast, you start journey back to Kigali from the amazing 3 day chimpanzee trekking safari. You have an option of doing a colobus monkey trekking before embarking on this journey. If interested in this, please let us know in time so we book for the same. Take the last photos of the beautiful Nyungwe forest and transfer to Kigali international airport or your hotel.

Day 1: Airport Transfer to Hotel

Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, you will go through custom and immigration, and you will be met by our company guide who will warmly welcome you to the Land of a thousand hills that Rwanda is know of, an later drive to your booked hotel accommodation for dinner and overnight stay. Meals – Dinner

Accommodation options: Serena Hotel Kigali, (luxury) or Hotel des Mille Collines (Mid-range) Or Quiet Haven Hotel (Standard)

Day 2: Transfer to Nyungwe National Park. Travel time +5 hours

Early morning enjoy your buffer breakfast and checkout of the hotel and drive heading to the western province, on your way visit the Royal Palace Museum and Ethnographic Museum in Southern Province, this will give you a great history of traditional ways of living among Rwandans and their past way of leadership of Kingship with an enroute lunch.  You will reach in the afternoon at Nyungwe national park and spend the afternoon at your leisure. Meals -Breakfast, lunch & Dinner

Accommodation options: One & Only Nyungwe House (High End) OR Mantis Marina Kivu Bay (Mid – range)

Emeraude Kivu Resort (Standard)

Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking & Canopy Walk.

Today, after your early morning cap of African coffee, you will leave your hotel to experience the natural forest of Nyungwe well known for having 13 species of primates, and transferred to the park for briefing and chimpanzee trekking. You will be entitled to one hour on finding the chimpanzees. After doing the chimpanzee trek, head for lunch before heading for a canopy walk. This 90 meters suspended metallic bridge will give you a great overview of Nyungwe forest and on a luck day spot one or two more primates in the forest as you take a walk on this bridge and later return in the afternoon for dinner and overnight stay.  Meals Breakfast, lunch & Dinner.

Accommodation options: One & Only Nyungwe House (High End) OR Mantis Marina Kivu Bay(Mid – range) Emeraude Kivu Resort(Standard)

Day 4: Transfer to Musanze.

You will make up ready to catch up with the beautiful sun rise over the Lake Kivu after just getting done with your morning breakfast. You will take a boat ride to explore the beautiful attractions within this great lake. You have a nature walk at one of the islands within this lake which is known for harboring thousands of the bats. This lake is also known as a birding paradise as it host a number of bird species like the comrand, pied king fishers, weaver birds, heron to mention but a few. You will later return for and drive off to Musanze which is roughly a 3 hours’ drive. Musanze is a tourism area near Volcanoes National Park, where most of the lodges are located since there are no lodges inside of the park. Meals: Breakfast, lunch & Dinner

Accommodation options: One & Only Gorilla Nest lodge (High End) Or Mountain Gorilla View Lodge( mid – range)

or La Palme Hotel (Standard Hotel)

Day 5: Gorilla Trekking.

Early morning cup of coffee, then prepare for the gorilla trekking briefing from the park headquarters and thereafter, you will enter the jungle with your packed lunch to search the shy mountain gorillas and enjoy their life style in their real home. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for a whole hour watching their social life as you take pictures. On a gorilla safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as walking shoes, packed food and mineral water, insect repellent, sun screen and hut. The gorilla tracking experience takes half or whole day depending on the movements of these primates. After this gorilla tracking experience you will return to your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, spend the day at your leisure as you enjoy your bungalow, diner and overnight at the lodge. Meals – Breakfast, lunch & Dinner

Accommodation options: One & Only Gorilla Nest lodge(High End) Or Mountain Gorilla View Lodge( mid – range)

or La Palme Hotel (Standard Hotel)

Day 6: Golden monkey & Transfer to Kigali. Travel time + 2 hrs

Today after you warm early morning breakfast, you will be picked by our safari driver guide who will transfer you to the park headquarters for briefing and start off you day golden monkey trekking. Just like the gorilla trekking experience, the same applies to golden monkey trekking though no so hectic like gorilla trekking. You will later return to the lodge for lunch and later transfer to Kigali. Meals – Breakfast, lunch & Dinner.

Accommodation options: Serena Hotel Kigali, or Hotel des Mille Collines (Mid-range) Or Quiet Haven Hotel (Standard)

Day 7: Transfer to the airport.

After getting done with your relaxed morning breakfast, depending on your flight time, you will be transferred to the airport to catch up with your onward flight. End of service!