6 days Nyungwe and Volcanoes National Park Safari

Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be welcomed by our company representative, who will also be your safari guide. Proceed to check in at your booked hotel. Depending on your time of arrival, you may have an optional Kigali city tour, visiting the Kigali genocide memorial, Rwanda Art Museum, and the Presidential Palace Museum, where you will learn more about the history of Rwanda. Enjoy en-route lunch, dinner, and an overnight stay at your hotel.

After your early breakfast, embark on your journey to Nyungwe Forest National Park, which is a 6- 7-hour drive from Kigali, with en-route stops at the Nyanza King’s Palace and Butare National Museum, with en-route lunch. Proceed to check in at your booked lodge for relaxation, dinner, and an overnight stay.

After breakfast, follow the same procedure as for chimpanzee tracking, receive a briefing, then enter the forest to search for the colobus monkey. These primates are quite difficult to spot as they keep jumping from tree to tree; however, the park rangers will do their best to help you get the best view of the primates. This will take 2-5 hours, and upon finding them, you will be allowed to spend an hour in their presence.

After lunch, connect for the 2 pm canopy walk experience. 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 below you.

After breakfast, embark on your journey to Volcanoes National Park. It’s about 6-7 hours’ drive with great sights of the Lake Kivu and Virunga Mountains and the forest. You can stop to take pictures, keeping in mind the time. Upon arrival in Musanze, proceed to check-in your lodge, dinner and overnight stay.

Option 1: After breakfast, follow the same procedure of reporting at the briefing point. Thereafter, enter the montane forest to start the Dian Fossey hike. The hike rewards you with a visit to Dian Fossey graveyard and her home in Karisimbi, some primates, and birds. Dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above

Option 2 – You will either hike Mount Bisoke or do a second gorilla trekking experience; however, the second gorilla experience is not included in the quote below. It’s an optional activity. You will follow the same procedures provided for the first gorilla trekking experience.

You will enjoy breakfast and set out for the Mount Bisoke hike, which is part of Volcanoes National Park. After a briefing on the hike and your hiking gear, set off for the hike. It’s a day hike through the steep slopes of the mountain. On reaching the summit, you will discover a beautiful crater lake, and the whole experience is overwhelming! Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge as above

After an early morning breakfast, transfer to the park headquarters for briefing. Enter the forest and hike while in search of the golden monkeys. Tracking the golden monkeys rewards views of other primates such as the black-and-white colobus monkeys, Olive baboons, among others. On finding the golden monkeys, you will be allowed to spend an hour in their presence before you return to the starting point, where you will meet your driver after descending. Have your lunch and drive back to Kigali, where your driver-guide will drop you at a hotel of your choice or at Kigali International Airport for your evening flight out of Rwanda.