Triple Legacy Travels

JOURNEY INTO NYUNGWE

2 Days Nyungwe Chimps & Canopy Walk

The 4 Days Explore Nyungwe and Lake Kivu combines ultimate primate adventures in the Nyungwe Forest National Park and recreational experience in Lake Kivu. The key highlights of this memorable trip package include chimpanzee trekking, a canopy walk and a sunset boat ride on Lake Kivu. Located in the Southern Province of Rwanda, Nyungwe is where over 13 primate species freely roam together with other abundant faunal and avifaunal species. It contains a total of 500 chimpanzees, 400 colobus monkeys and 310 species of birds.

The Detailed Itinerary - 2 Days

Meet your experienced and professional driver guide from Mist Rwanda Safaris for a warm welcome and later, get briefed. Leave your hotel facility on a 6-hour drive Southwards navigating via Butare on a scenic view of the countryside’s unique landscape. Briefly, branch off and visit the Nyanza king’s palace or ethnographic museum. Connect from Huye straight to the lodge for lunch in the afternoon, relax and join others on a guided canopy walk starting from the Uwinka Visitor Centre. The 2 hours canopy walk comes with amazing sights of baboons, colobus monkeys, scenic canopy cover and more. After the thrilling experience on a suspended bridge walkway, return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and a night stay.

It is D-day to enjoy up close and personal with chimpanzees in the wild. You will be expected to wake as early as 4:00 am to prepare for your chimpanzee trek in Cyamudongo forest section or Uwinka. Briefing will be done by the park official and you will be allocated the park guide.

The park guide will allow you to stay with chimps for one hour once you have located them in the wild. Use this time to also take as many photos as you can then begin hiking back to the lodge. Relax a little, enjoy an early lunch and check out ready to be transferred back to Kigali –drop off at the hotel or airport.

End of tour 

Tour Inclusions and Exclusions

Inclusions

Exclusions

  • Park entrance fees
  • Chimpanzee permits
  • Canopy walking fees
  • Bottled water 
  • Transport (4×4 option)
  • Accommodation & meals
  • Driver or guide service from Rwanda (English speaking)
  • All trip activities but exclusive of optional ones
  • Tips
  • Passports
  • Airfares
  • Porter fees
  • Travel Insurance
  • Visas
  • Laundry 
  • Optional activities 
  • Extra hotel fees
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