This 3-Day Chimpanzee Trekking Tour in Nyungwe, Rwanda is the best Rwanda chimpanzee trekking package to see chimps in Nyungwe Forest National Park and experience the Nyungwe canopy walk.
Besides Rwanda chimpanzee trekking, the Nyungwe canopy walk offers an activity you will definitely enjoy as you walk over the forest from a bird’s eye view.
This 3-Day Chimpanzee Trekking Tour in Nyungwe, Rwanda takes travelers for a chimpanzee trekking Rwanda experience and several other primate-watching experiences at Nyungwe Forest National Park, in addition to the canopy walk, a semi-cultural tour in Butare City, viewing tea plantations, Kigali city tour, and more.
3-Day Rwanda Chimpanzee Tour Highlights
- Day 1: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
- Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking and Canopy Walk
- Day 3: Drive to Kigali
Detailed 3-Day Rwanda Chimpanzee Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
You will be picked up by our company driver guide from either a hotel or Kigali International Airport for a transfer to Nyungwe Forest NP, southwest of Rwanda near the border with D.R. Congo.
En route, visit the Butare Museum, Mirambi Genocide Site, and Nyanza King’s Palace among others. Have lunch here and later proceed with your drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park.
The journey is filled with great views of extensive tea and coffee estates, plus the Congo Blue Mountains and the Congo – Nile drive. Dine and rest at the lodge.
Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking and Canopy Walk
Upon waking up, enjoy breakfast and head to the Nyungwe Forest Park offices for a morning briefing ahead of the chimpanzee tracking expedition.
With your tracking gear, packed lunch, and bottled water, embark on this amazing exercise where you will be rewarded with clear views of various primate species like L’Hoest’s, large troops of the Angola Colobus, Dent’s Mona Monkey, Red-tailed Monkey, vervet monkeys, Hamlyn’s Monkey, Silver Monkey, Olive Baboons, and the Grey-cheeked Mangabeys, etc.
Return to the starting point and have your picnic lunch. In the afternoon, proceed with the Unique Canopy Forest Walk, rewarding you with an entire forest canopy view as you walk amidst primates and birds seeing you from above as you swing over this lush forest cover.
Day 3: Drive to Kigali
As you conclude your 3-Day Chimpanzee Trekking Tour in Nyungwe, Rwanda, drive out of Nyungwe after breakfast and transfer to Kigali city. Arrive and spend the rest of the day in the heart of Africa’s cleanest and most organized capital.
While here, enjoy the beautiful views from one of Kigali’s highest hills, take a walk around town, or do some shopping. Depending on your flight time, transfer to Kigali International Airport to catch the departure flight back home or to your next destination.
End of 3-Day Chimpanzee Trekking Tour in Nyungwe, Rwanda.
