This 5 Days Nyungwe Forest National Park Safari will give you a great opportunity to visit one of the highly visited national park in Rwanda, as you visit and explore the beautiful attractions of Nyungwe Forest National Park, and its surrounding attractions such as tea plantations and Lake Kivu. This will be a wonderful moment as you tour around the country side, meeting the local people as well, not forgetting a visit to the southern museum in the province. Request a Quote
Day 1: Airport Transfer to Hotel
Upon arrival at Kigali international airport, you will go through custom and immigration, and you will be met by our company guide who will warmly welcome you to the Land of a thousand hills that Rwanda is know of, an later drive to your booked hotel accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options:
- Standard: Chez Lando Hotel
- Midrange: Parkin by Radisson Blu
- Luxury: Kigali Marriott Hotel
Meals: Diner
Day 2: Transfer to Nyungwe National Park. Travel time +5 hours
Early morning enjoy your buffer breakfast and checkout of the hotel and drive heading to the western province, on your way visit the Royal Palace Museum and Ethnographic Museum in Southern Province, this will give you a great history of traditional ways of living among Rwandans and their past way of leadership of Kingship with an enroute lunch. You will reach in the afternoon at Nyungwe national park and spend the afternoon at your leisure. Dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options:
- Standard : Ken Barham Guest House
- Midrange: Maravilla Kivu Resort
- Luxury: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
Meals: Breakfast , lunch and Diner
Day 3: Chimpanzee Tracking and Canopy
Today, after your early morning cap of African coffee, you will leave your hotel to experience the natural forest of Nyungwe well known for having 13 species of primates, and transferred to the park for briefing and chimpanzee trekking. You will be entitled to one hour on finding the chimpanzees. After doing the chimpanzee trek, head for lunch before heading for a canopy walk. This 70 meters suspended metallic bridge will give you a great overview of Nyungwe forest and on a luck day spot one or two more primates in the forest as you take a walk on this bridge and later return in the afternoon for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options:
- Standard : Ken Barham Guest House
- Midrange: Maravilla Kivu Resort
- Luxury: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
Meals: Breakfast , lunch and Diner
Day 4: Waterfall hike and Tea Plantation Visit
After breakfast, you will proceed to the park for a briefing before embarking on a hike to the waterfall. Along the trail, you will have the opportunity to discover various tree species and enjoy birdwatching until you reach the waterfall located inside the jungle of Nyungwe NP. Feel free to take as many photos as you like. Afterward, return for lunch, and in the afternoon, visit the Gisakura tea plantation. Here, you will explore the lush tea gardens, learn about the tea production process from planting to harvesting and processing, and capture stunning photos. Later, you will return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation options:
- Standard : Ken Barham Guest House
- Midrange: Maravilla Kivu Resort
- Luxury: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
Meals: Breakfast , lunch and Diner
Day 5: Transfer Kigali Via Kibuye
After a relaxed morning breakfast, you will transfer to Lake Kivu, to catch up with the beautiful sun rise over the Lake Kivu after just getting done with your morning breakfast. You will take a boat ride to explore the beautiful attractions within this great lake. You have a nature walk at one of the islands within this lake which is known for harboring thousands of the bats. This lake is also known as a birding paradise as it host a number of bird species like the comrand, pied king fishers, weaver birds, heron to mention but a few. You will later return for and drive off to Kigali, and later transferred to the airport to catch up with your onward flight.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
End of the 5 Days Nyungwe Forest National Park Safari.
This 5 Days Nyungwe Forest National Park Safari package includes. Request a Quote
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- 1 Chimpanzee permit, per person
- 1 ColobuMonkey permit, per person
- En-route lunches
- Boat ride on Lake Kivu
- Park entrance fee
- Canopy walk
- Museum visit
- Tea Plantation visit
- Services of English speaking driver/guide
- 1 liter bottle of mineral water per day per person during safari
The 5 Days Nyungwe Forest National Park Safari package excludes:
- Air fare,
- Visa, drinks,
- Laundry,
- Tips to local guides,
- Personal insurance,
- Personal shopping bills