Chimpanzee and colobus tracking, a canopy walk, tea plantations and Lake Kivu.
- Duration
- 5 Days
- Style
- Gorilla & Primates
- Country
- Rwanda
- Format
- Private
5 days · Gorilla & Primates
At a glance
- 5
- Days
- 4
- Nights
- 2
- Places to stay
- Private
- Group
Where you'll stay
- Hotel des Mille Collines
- Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel
2 stops across Rwanda
- 1NyungweDays 2–4
- 2Lake KivuDays 2–5
Every day is flexible — we tune the pace, lodges and game drives to you.
Airport Transfer to Hotel
On arrival at Kigali International Airport you are welcomed to the Land of a Thousand Hills by your guide and driven to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Where you stay
Hotel des Mille Collines (mid-range) · Chez Lando Hotel (standard)
Meals
Dinner
Transfer to Nyungwe National Park
After breakfast you check out and drive west (about 5 hours), visiting the Royal Palace Museum and the Ethnographic Museum in the Southern Province on the way to learn about traditional Rwandan life and kingship, with lunch en route. You reach Nyungwe in the afternoon and relax.
Where you stay
Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel (mid-range) · Emeraude Kivu Resort (standard)
Meals
Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Chimpanzee Tracking and Canopy Walk
After an early coffee you go to the park for the briefing and chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe, known for its 13 primate species; you are allowed one hour with the chimpanzees once found. After lunch you take the canopy walk, a 70-metre suspended metal bridge giving an overview of the forest and a chance to spot more primates.
Where you stay
Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel (mid-range) · Emeraude Kivu Resort (standard)
Meals
Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Colobus Monkey Trek and Tea Plantation Visit
After breakfast and a briefing you search for colobus monkeys and may take as many pictures as you wish. After lunch you visit the Gisakura tea gardens to learn how tea is planted, harvested and processed.
Where you stay
Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel (mid-range) · Emeraude Kivu Resort (standard)
Meals
Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Transfer to Gisenyi and Lake Kivu
After breakfast you transfer to Lake Kivu for the sunrise and a boat ride to explore the lake, including a nature walk on an island known for its thousands of bats. The lake is also a birding paradise, with pied kingfishers, weaver birds, herons and more. You then drive to Kigali and are transferred to the airport for your onward flight.
This journey is priced to your dates, group size and lodge choices — tell us what you have in mind and we'll send a personal quote within 24 hours.
Included
- Transportation in a 4x4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- Chimpanzee permit per person
- Colobus monkey permit per person
- En-route lunches
- Boat ride on Lake Kivu
- Park entrance fee
- Canopy walk
- Museum visit
- Tea plantation visit
- English-speaking driver/guide
- 1-litre bottle of mineral water per person per day
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