4 Days Karamba Birding Trail in Nyungwe National Park

4 Days Karamba Birding Trail in Nyungwe National Park

4 Days Karamba Birding Trail in Nyungwe National Park: The Karamba birding trail is among the different trails in Nyungwe National Park that travelers can embark on to enjoy the wildlife safari in Rwanda. For travelers interested in birding in Rwanda, this trail is the perfect spot, with over 150 bird species that can be seen while you embark on it. Some of the notable species that you will get to observe while on it include Albertine endemic bird species, bird species from the Guinea-Congo biome, and many other bird species. Continue with this 4 days karamba birding trail in Nyungwe National Park for a fun-filled adventure.

Highlights of your safari

Day 1:Transfer to Nyungwe National Park

Day 2-3: Full day birding in Nyungwe National Park

Day 4: Transfer back to Kigali city

Detailed itinerary

Day 1:  Transfer to Nyungwe

In the morning, you will be picked up by your driver at your hotel in Kigali and driven south to Nyungwe Forest National Park. You will have a stopover in Butare, where you will visit the national museum of Rwanda, the king’s palace in Nyanza, with lunch en route. After lunch, you will visit the Huye women’s coffee cooperative to understand more about how women are empowered through their coffee projects. You will have the chance to harvest coffee, get to watch the roasted process, and get to watch how it is processed into the finished product that you will get to taste after the safari experience. After you will make your way to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 2-3: Full day birding in Nyungwe National Park

On days 2-3, you will have an early morning breakfast at your hotel and then embark on your full day of birding in Nyungwe National Park. Your birding expedition will lead you to the karamba birding trail which will give you access to some different bird species like the Pockefellers’s sun bird, Chapin’s flycatcher, Rwenzori Batis, strange weaver, red throated alethe among other bird species., and some other bird species like the blue turaco, Ross’s turaco, coqui Francolin, long tailed cisticola, bubbling cisticola, Miombo wren warbler, Chubb’s cisticola. After the experience, you will head to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.

4 Days Karamba Birding Trail in Nyungwe National Park
Close-up of a grey-throated tit-flycatcher in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda

Day 4: Transfer back to Kigali city

After an early morning breakfast, head to the park to embark on the Isumo Trail in The phenomenal hike will lead you to beautiful and dramatic views of the stunning Isumo waterfalls. On reaching the falls, you will be in awe of the beauty and the splendor with eye-catching views perfect for photography, watch several bird species that include Rwenzori Turaco, as well as primates like L’Hoest’s monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, and blue monkeys, among other attractions. After the rewarding experience, make your way to Kigali City, having lunch en route, and later you will be dropped off at a location of your choice in Kigali City or at the airport for your scheduled flight back home, and the end of your 4 Days Karamba Birding Trail in Nyungwe National Park.

Includes;

  • Park entrance fees
  • All accommodation as per the itinerary
  • Safari vehicle & Fuel
  • Full-time English-speaking driver/ guide
  • Park entrance fees
  • Boat cruise
  • Vehicle entrance fees
  • All activities as per the itinerary
  • Bottled mineral water while on safari
  • All activities as indicated
  • meals

Excludes;

  • All optional activities as indicated
  • Tips
  • Visa fees
  • Air tickets
  • All items of personal nature like laundry, phone calls, beer, e.t.c
  • Anything else not included in the itinerary