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3 Day itinerary in Rwanda, Africa

Nyungwe National Park Expedition

Rwanda is a beautiful lush green, landlocked country in the heart of Africa, known as "the land of a thousand hills". This destination is rich in flora and fauna and has stunning natural beauty with its scenic rolling hills as far as the eyes can see. The country hosts many rare species of animals... Read More

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By Ninah, Steve and Olivier

Overview

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Recommended Age

Everyone

Operated in

English, French

GUIDANCE

Tour Guide, Driver as a Guide

starting point

Kigali

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Hiking

Culture & History

Meet local people

Nature & Wildlife

Start/End

Night

Highlights

1

Canopy walkway

2

Tea plantation Experience

3

King's Palace museum tour - Optional

4

Chimpanzee Trekking

Itinerary

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Day 1

place Transfer to Nyungwe enroute visit museums - Optional

This morning you will be met at your hotel by your driven and transferred to Nyungwe Forest National Park. The journey is approximately 226 km and will take around 6 hours. Nyungwe Forest is a high-altitude, montane tropical rainforest in southern Rwanda established as a forest reserve in 1933. The conservation area consists of approximately 1015 km2. The forest is located in the Albertine Rift, a series of mountain ranges beginning at the Rwenzori Mountains in western Uganda and including eastern D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and northern Zambia. Contiguous with Kibira National Park in Burundi, Nyungwe is one of the largest montane rainforests remaining in Africa and East Africa’s largest protected high-altitude rainforest. Dinner and Overnight at Nyungwe Top view Hotel.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Nyungwe Adventure: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
Day 2

place Chimpanzee Tracking & Canopy Walkway

Spend an amazing hour watching a troop of wild chimpanzees in the forest! Setting off very early at 5am, you will transfer to a section of Nyungwe Forest known as Cyamudongo, where most of Rwanda’s habituated chimpanzees are located. Here you’ll meet your local ranger a small visitor centre, and then as soon as the trackers locate the family of chimpanzees – that number about 40 individuals – you’ll be off, trekking along the paths but also possibly, scaling short sections of the steep rainforest slopes immersed in the forest. Listen carefully and you may hear the chimps before you see them literally swinging from the trees or possibly running around on the ground all around you! This is a wonderful wildlife encounter! However, there’s more because chimps are only one of the primate species that are found in Nyungwe Forest; So there’s a good chance you may also encounter some of the others as such as Silver Monkey, L’Hoest Monkey, Owl faced monkeys, Red-Tailed Monkey, Crowned Monkey, Dent’s Mona Monkey, Vervet Monkey and Olive baboons... And if you're into birds then make sure to ask your guides to point out the species that you may find on the trails, which if you're really lucky may include the rather impressive Blue Turaco! Dinner and Overnight at Nyungwe Top view Hotel.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Nyungwe Adventure: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
Day 3

place Tea Plantation Tour - Transfer back to Kigali

The local visit to Gisakura tea plantation will enable you experience and learn the art of picking tea leaves, wander through the lush tea estate to adventure close the variety of parallel ridges of tea plus the attractive mountains and hills that provide a beautiful back drop for the plantation. You will learn how tea is grown and harvested, the best tea leaves to pick and how to pick them before you put them in an open traditional basket which you will be carrying on your back. This morning, after your activity in the park your guide will transfer you from Nyungwe Forest National Park back to Kigali. The journey is approximately 226 km and will take around 6 hours.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

What’s Included

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  • Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel

Meals expand_less

  • Lunch (3)
  • Dinner (2)
  • Breakfast (2)

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  • Ground transportation

Activities expand_less

  • All Activities in the quote

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  • Evacuation insurance
  • Taxes/ VAT
  • Bottled water
  • Guiding

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  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • International flight
  • Personal Items (i.e souvenirs, visa fees etc.)
  • Tips

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$1,400.00 USD