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Chimpanzee Trekking Tour in Rwanda

Chimpanzee Trekking Tour In Rwanda

A Chimpanzee Trekking Tour in Rwanda is one of the top primate’s trekking activities that tourists targeting Rwanda among their travel destination should not miss out as it is appreciable by many visitors and most rewarding while encountering with these black colored, lighter skinned face and large eared great apes. Rwanda offers one of the most satisfying Chimpanzee Trekking Tour in Rwanda in one of its largely preserved and oldest mountain rain forest in Africa Nyungwe National Park located in south west Rwanda partly abutting the Burundi border with a vast area rich in biodiversity and spectacularly beautiful creating a comfortable home to many species of Chimpanzees and other primates like different types of Monkeys (Colobus Monkey Species) hence making the country  one of the best destinations for a  Chimpanzee Trekking Tour in Rwanda reason it’s also politically stable, hospitable and most organized and this leaves tourist expectations satisfied to the brim with no disappointments.

Nyungwe For Chimps!!

Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, they share 98.7 percent of our genetic blue prints and they are also believed to share with us a common ancestor who lived some seven to 13 million years ago. In Rwanda Chimpanzees can be found in three main places Nyungwe National Park which covers Nyungwe Forest and Cyamudongo forest and Gishwati Mukura National Park of which Nyungwe National Park has the highest population of Chimpanzees (over 400 individuals) and other 13 primate’s species in total.There are two chimpanzee communities that have been partially habituated in Nyungwe National Park and most of them live in Nyungwe Forest (60 individuals) while the rest are found in Cyamudongo Forest (30 individuals) which makes your Chimpanzee Tour a fantastic experience with no doubt of missing on the chimps.

In so many ways a Chimpanzee Trekking Tours in Rwanda is uniquely different from other primate’s tours like for the endangered Mountain Gorillas tour as the Chimpanzees are lighter, stubborn and mobile always constantly moving around at high speeds, jumping from different tree branches to the others making noise unlike the Gorillas which are gentle and peaceful always found sitting quietly feeding on their herbs and stems in their home environment thus giving you a special encounter with great memories once you take part in this tour however there is a similarity between a Chimpanzee Trekking Tour and a Gorilla Trekking Safari in Rwanda whereby after being briefed on your trekking day at the park headquarters and spending some hours in search of the chimps, on finding them you are always entitled to one hour of spending with the great apes to watch and enjoy them, observe their features, take pictures, learn their behaviors in the jungle and enjoy nature in their real home which similarly applies to the Gorillas.

A Chimpanzee Trekking Tour in Rwanda specifically in Nyungwe National Park can be so easy to carry out as just one day can be enough especially for tourists who tend to have very limited time for adventure normally those popping into the country for business meetings/conferences however this tour can also be included in a safari with more days and many activities in different National Parks within Rwanda and East Africa entirely.

On a planned day for your Chimpanzee Tour after arranging everything with your tour operator which is advisable as they tend to work on everything for you as a tourist including acquiring your trekking permit which goes for up to $90 and finding your means of transportation always in comfortable 4*4 jeeps, land cruisers or safari vehicles for road transport you start your journey to Nyungwe National Park from Kigali city driving a distance of 190 kilometers and taking 4 to 5 hours to reach the park. Alternatively tourists can use air transport after landing at Kigali International Airport where they can use domestic flights to Kamembe Airport which is near the park and from there you can be picked by your tour operator safari guide to be able to reach the park headquarters for a briefing that usually occurs at 7:30am before heading into the forest in groups of eight people being accompanied by your assigned guides and park rangers for your exciting adventure.

Never the less for a well-organized Chimpanzee Trekking Tours in Rwanda they are tips and guidelines that will help you get a satisfying safari namely;

  1. The Best Time for Chimpanzee Tour in Rwanda inside Nyungwe National Park is during the rainy/wet season. During this time, there is plenty of food in the forest which limits the movement of the chimps though during this time the trekking trails tend to be muddy and slippery and during the dry season, the Chimpanzees go deep in the vast forest in search of fruits hence making it more difficult to track them but the trails are easy to walk through.
  2. Tracking the Chimpanzees in Cyamudongo Forest offers a greater chance of finding them because the forest is smaller and isolated.
  3. Children under the age of 16 years will not be allowed to track Chimpanzees.
  4. You will need to pack some drinking water and snacks on your trek as sometimes it takes some bit of energy to be refilled though some tour operators provide you with drinking water. Also carry waterproof rain jackets as the weather is usually unpredictable, good waterproof hiking jears/boots, long sleeved shirts and trousers, a pair of binoculars, cameras, sun glasses and an insect repellant.

At Rwanda Eco Company and Safaris we offer Chimpanzee Trekking Tour in Rwanda and in Uganda’s specific Chimpanzee destination National Parks such as in Kibale National Park,which has the highest population of Chimpanzees in Uganda,in Kyambura Gorge Game Reserve inside Queen Elizabeth National park or in Budongo Forest in Murchison Falls National Park. Don’t wait too long to encounter with these great Chimpanzee apes, we can take you there for your amazing experience!

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