The Nyungwe Canopy Walk Experience
Nyungwe Canopy Walk Experience is one of the most unique and outstanding Nyungwe National Park Tourist activities, that gives visitors the most stunning overview of the entire Nyungwe mist-covered forests. Suspended on a metallic bridge above a deep and narrow gorge in the middle of dense tropical rain forests, the canopy walkway which is raised 70 meters high above the forest ground and 160 meters long is a very easy and exciting guided tourist activity in Nyungwe National Park that provides great views of tree tops and Wildlife encounters within the park.
Nyungwe National Park is unarguably one of the ancient and largest tropical and montane rain forests in Africa sitted in a vast area of steep slopes in the Great Rift Valley, the park greatly boasts with rich biodiversity of incredible plant and wildlife species that feature a considerable population of Chimpanzees and 13 other primate species such as the rare L’Hoest’s monkey that are endemic to the Albertine rift and abundant bird life.
Nyungwe Canopy walk experience is a non-strenuous walking adventure that takes roughly two hours with its major starting point from Uwinka reception hiking along the rated easy 2.1 km long Igishingishi trail or other Nyungwe hiking trails such as the Umuyove or Imbaraga trails.
Exploring Nyungwe National Park is best done while also engaging in other tourist activities in Nyungwe such as Chimpanzee trekking, Colobus monkey trekking, the tropical waterfalls hiking, night walking safari, bird watching or choosing to take on the nature walks along one of the 15 difficult, moderate or easy hiking trails in Nyungwe National Park.
The Nyungwe canopy walk experience is offered on a daily basis on different time schedules starting from 8:00am, 10am, 1pm and the last one at 3pm. You can choose to complement this amazing experience with other activities to have an extensive discovery of the tourist attractions in Nyungwe National Park.
How much is Nyungwe Canopy Walk in Rwanda?
The cost of canopy walk in Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda per person is 60$ for international visitors, however Nyungwe canopy walk cost is 50$ for foreign residents in Rwanda and East Africa, 10$ for East African citizens and 5,000rwf for Rwandan citizens.
How do you get to Nyungwe National Park?
Nyungwe National Park is located in the far end of Rwanda’s southern province with an estimated road distance of 218 kilometers from Kigali. There are several means of getting to the park and the easiest means is by road transport which usually take 5 to 6 hours to reach the park, however the quickest means are using helicopter flights to Nyungwe National Park, there are scheduled helicopter transfers from Kigali International Airport to Nyungwe operated by Akagera Aviation and these usually take only 45 minutes. There are also scheduled domestic flights from Kigali to Kamembe operated by RwandAir and then you use road transfer from Kamembe to Nyungwe National Park which is just an hour’s drive.
Nyungwe National Park is such an iconic primates haven that you can visit to have breathtaking adventure experiences including magical encounters with incredible primates featuring chimpanzees. If you are looking to have an extensive adventure in Rwanda you can complement your Nyungwe canopy walk experience combined with other Nyungwe activities with a trip to the Volcanoes National Park for Gorilla trekking safari, golden Monkey trekking and hiking adventures as well as visit Akagera National Park for exhilarating wildlife safari experiences.
