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JOURNEY OVERVIEW
This 5 Day Rwanda Luxury Gorillas, Chimps & Canopy Walk Safari offers you a chance to visit chimpanzees in the Nyungwe forest and traverse the scenic countryside to visit gorillas in Volcanoes NP guided by Gorilla Trek Africa.
You have an opportunity to explore Rwanda from south to north and to have a glimpse of what generally the country can offer. Fascinating landscape, beautiful rivers and lakes, overlapping hills and lush green forests3 Day Helicopter Gorilla Safari to Volcanoes will be some of the highlights you may enjoy as you trek to see the primates on this trip.
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Day to Day
In the morning, you will be picked up by your tour guide from your hotel in Kigali and set off on a scenic drive to Nyungwe National Park, with an en route stopover at Kings Palace Nyanza to learn about ancient Rwandan royals and then another stop in Butare town to visit the ethnographic museum. Proceed to Nyungwe Forest National Park, arriving in the late afternoon.
In the morning, you will set off to the park head office for a briefing and then proceed to the forest for a chimpanzee tracking adventure. You will trek through this tropical forest, and once you catch up with the chimps, you will be allowed to stay with them for a maximum of 1 hour as you observe and learn a lot about them from your park guide. You will later return to your lodge for lunch and in the afternoon, go for a forest canopy walk to get the aerial views of the forest. Dinner and overnight
You will have a morning breakfast and then transfer to Volcanoes National Park in kinigi via Gisenyi in Ruhengeri. You will pass via tea plantations with spectacular views of the neighboring communities and beautiful sceneries reaching in the evening. The distance from Kibuye to Volcanoes is roughly 3-4 hour drive.
Wake up early and transfer to Volcanoes National Park headquarters in Kinigi for a briefing about gorilla trekking. At 8:30 am, transfer to the trekking starting point and then hike into the forest to search for mountain gorillas. You will spend an hour with the mountain gorillas and then descend back to the lodge. In the evening, you may go for cultural encounters and interact with the local people. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
After breakfast at your lodge, head to the park headquarters to be briefed about another thrilling primate experience in the park – golden monkey tracking. Head to the forest and meet these beautiful and colorful primates to conclude your safari with more beautiful memories. Head back to Kigali after the tour for your departure flight.