4 Days Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari
This 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari will give you the ultimate primate safari in Rwanda, accessing both the chimpanzees and the gorillas. These will be be seen as you embark on gorilla trekking in Volcanoes national park and chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe national park and this will give you the chance to access to the endangered chimpanzees that you will get to observe their designated chimpanzee troops. Continue with the detailed itinerary for a memorable Rwanda safari.
Highlights of your safari
Day 1: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking and transfer back to Kigali
Day 3: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Day 4: Gorilla trekking and transfer back to Kigali
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Upon your arrival, the driver will pick you up from your hotel in Kigali or Kigali international airport after landing You will then drive southwards 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. On reaching the park, you will participate in the canopy walk in Rwanda, which will give you access to the exceptional views in the park as you walk along a suspended metallic bridge in the park. Some of the different primate species that can be seen include: the chimps, Hamlyn’s monkey, vervet monkey, dent’s monkey, and many other rewarding attractions in the wild. Dinner and overnight at Dinner and overnight at Nyungwe Hill Top View Hotel.
Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking and transfer back to Kigali
Enjoy breakfast and go for a briefing about the endangered chimpanzees before entering the forest in search of the active and playful fellows in Nyungwe forest. The Chimpanzees are much easier to spot as they jump from one tree to another, chattering and laughing. Chimpanzee tracking usually takes about 3 hours. On finding them, spend an hour taking pictures and videos. After the experience, you will then make your way to Kigali city, having lunch en route. On teaching in Kigali city, you will check into your hotel for dinner and overnight stay at Hotel Des mille Collines.
Day 3: Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
After an early morning breakfast, we to transfer you to Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, where you will get to access the habituated mountain gorillas in the wild. You will arrive in time to participate in Ibyi’wacu cultural village tour. Have a guided walk around the village at the different sites that exhibit the different aspects of the people of at the village to have an insight into the interesting features of the culture of the people of Rwanda. By visiting ibyiwacu cultural village get to see a medicine man who is mixing a number of herbs that were used to cure a number of diseases like barrenness and impotence, stomach upsets, fever, and many more. If you’re interested, you can also get involved in mixing the herbs, which will give you an authentic experience. After the experience, head to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay. Da Vinci hotel (mid-range) hotel Muhabura (budget)
Day 4: Gorilla trekking and transfer back to Kigali
After an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up from your hotel with your packed lunch to transfer you. Our guide will meet you after having your breakfast and your lunches packed, and he will take you to Kinigi Headquarters, where you are expected to be given a brief before starting the gorilla trek. This brief is done at 7 am. You are given guidelines during this brief before you are allowed to start the trek. This gorilla trek can take anywhere from 2 hours to half a day, as it’s unpredictable. When you finally find the gorillas, you will have to maintain a 7-meter distance, and you are allowed one hour to admire and take photos of the gorillas. During the time you spend with the gorillas you will get the opportunity to understand a number of their rewarding features like how they co-exist with one another, you will get to watch the duty of the dominant silverback whose role is to mate with the adult females to increase the members of the family, raid other gorilla families for their members, you will watch the juveniles grooming one another for a rewarding safari experience. After the trek, you will then embark on your journey back to Kigali and the end of your 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari.
Quotation Includes;
- Chimpanzee permit
- Park entrance fees
- Vehicle entrance fees
- All accommodation as per the itinerary
- 4X4 safari vehicle & Fuel
- Full-time English/French-speaking driver/ guide
- Bottled mineral water while on safari
Excludes;
- Tips
- Rwanda Visa fees
- Air tickets
- All items of personal nature like laundry, porterage, phone calls, beer, e.t.c
- Optional/ any activity not included in the itinerary
