This 5 days Primate safari in Rwanda will give you the opportunity to enjoy watching the different primate species n the wild as they get to participate in gorilla trekking in Rwanda and as you visit the primate hub in Rwanda, Nyungwe national park, you will participate in chimpanzee trekking in Rwanda and also get the chance to participate in the canopy walk in Rwanda and for travellers interested in the rich coffee of Rwanda, participating in the coffee tour where you will participate and watch the coffee making process which will give you a broader experience to enjoy your Rwanda safari.
Highlights of your safari
Day 1: Arrival, transfer to Nyungwe forest national park and coffee tour
Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking and canopy walk.
Day 3: Transfer to volcanoes national park.
Day 4: Gorilla trek in Volcanoes National Park.
DAY 5: Transfer back to Kigali
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Arrival, transfer to Nyungwe forest national park and coffee tour
Upon your arrival, you will be picked by the driver from your hotel in Kigali and 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. Before you make your way to the Park you will have a stopover at the Huye women’s coffee Cooperative which will take you on a 2 hour’s safari at the coffee plantation understanding more about the coffee making process from harvesting, sorting, cleaning until it is processed. You will also get to watch how coffee has improved the livelihoods of the neighboring communities through women empowerment for an amazing safari experience. After the safari experience, make your way to the park and check in your hotel. Dinner and overnight at Nyungwe top hill view hotel
Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking and canopy walk.
Enjoy breakfast and go for 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 while taking pictures and videos. You will then return to your hotel to freshen up, have lunch then check out and later in the afternoon participate in After lunch, you will go on a walking trail that will take you to the Canopy Walk-a swing bridge 50 meters in length that is suspended from large trees. You will be able to see the amazing rainforest with a bird’s eye view, spotting wildlife moving about below you there after connect to your accommodation to spend the evening at leisure. Dinner and overnight at Nyungwe top hill view hotel
Day 3: Transfer to volcanoes national park.
Rise up early have breakfast as you get ready to embark on your journey to Volcanoes national park with lunch en-route, arriving Ruhengeri in the evening. Dinner and overnight stay at dinner and overnight will be at Da Vinci gorilla Lodge
Day 4: Gorilla trek in volcanoes national park.
As early at 6am, you will be expected to be up for breakfast and ready to set off for the trek. 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 7am. You are given guidelines during this brief before you are allowed to start the trek. This gorilla trek can take to about 2 hours to half a day as its unpredictable. When you finally find the gorillas, you will have to maintain a 7 meters’ distance and you are allowed one hour to admire and take photos of the gorillas.
After the trek, you will have lunch and taken back to your hotel as the night before to relax and reminisce on the experience. You can also embark on the iby’iwacu cultural village tour which will give you an insight of the people of Rwanda by visiting the local community which will give you the chance to observe their unique cultural values through dance, food and many other features that you will get to observe when you participate in the activity. After the experience you will head back to your hotel for dinner and overnight will be at Da Vinci gorilla Lodge
DAY 5: Transfer back to Kigali
Enjoy breakfast at leisure and transfer back to Kigali. You will go for a city tour where you will visit the Kimironko market and the Kigali genocide memorial site to understand more about the dark period of time during the 1994 Rwanda genocide. After having your lunch, you will be dropped at the hotel advised or you will be dropped at Kigali airport for your scheduled flight back home
End of 5 days Primate safari in Rwanda
Quotation Includes;
- Gorilla trekking permit(1500usd)
- Chimpanzee permit
- Park entrance fees
- all accommodation as per itinerary
- safari van and fuel
- Full time English speaking driver/ guide
- Park entrance fees
- Vehicle entrance fees
- Bottled mineral water while on safari
- All activities as indicated
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
