3 Days Nyungwe Forest chimpanzee & Canopy walk safari : Enjoy these three days on Rwanda Safari, where you will trek chimpanzees and participate in a canopy walk in Nyungwe forest national park. While most visitors with enough time add on additional days after trekking chimpanzees in Nyungwe Forest National Park and participating in a canopy walk within the forest, one may also add on a trip to Akagera National Park for gamboling. Nyungwe Forest National Park is renowned for these most popular activities of chimpanzee trekking and canopy walk, and this 3-day Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzee & canopy walk safari is the short safari enjoyed by travelers with limited time for safari. This safari to Rwanda’s Nyungwe forest, where chimpanzees live, lasts three days and two nights.
Highlights of 3 days Nyungwe forest Chimpanzee & canopy walk safari
Day 1 of 3 days Nyungwe forest Chimpanzee & canopy walk safari: Transfer from Kigali to Nyungwe forest national park
Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking
Day 3 Return to Kigali for departures
DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1 of 3 days Nyungwe forest Chimpanzee & canopy walk safari: Transfer from Kigali to Nyungwe forest national park
Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park: On the first day of the three-day Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzee & Canopy Walk Safari, a representative from our company will pick you up from your Kigali hotel or, if you arrive very early before 10:00am local time, from Kigali International Airport. Lunch will be served en route as you are driven to Nyungwe Forest National Park. You will be taken directly to your lodge for supper and overnight after arriving at the park.
Meal plan: Lunch & dinner
Day 2 of 3 days Chimpanzee hiking in Nyungwe forest’s canopy walk safari
On the second day , after breakfast, you will be driven to the Cyamudongo forest for an unforgettable chimpanzee trekking safari. The safari begins with a briefing to cover the dos and don’ts of chimpanzee trekking in order to protect the chimpanzees and their natural environment. Keep a look out for opportunities to photograph other animal species, such as mores primates, when chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest National Park, which is home to 13 different species of primates in addition to chimpanzees. Seek out other animals, such as elephants, buffalo, warthogs, and other mammals. Spend little more than an hour with the chimpanzees once you are up close, and then head back to your resort for lunch.
Canopy walk: Still on day 2 , spend more 1 and a half hours to 2 hours on a canopy walk within Nyungwe forest. A canopy walk is a thrilling activity that enables tourists to explore a 50 m-high forest canopy while seeing a variety of animals and plants, including monkeys, mammals, birds, butterflies, amphibians, and plants, among other species of fauna and flora. After the canopy walk, you’ll be taken back to the resort while taking in the park’s many fauna. After supper, enjoy your evening at leisure before retiring for the night.
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 3 of 3 days Nyungwe forest Chimpanzee & canopy walk safari: Return to Kigali for departures
The last day of your three-day safari to see chimpanzees in Nyungwe forest and do a canopy walk is today. Have a leisurely breakfast, check out of the resort, and then be driven back to Kigali, Rwanda, with a lunch stop along the way. Depending on your departure times, do a city tour before you leave to see some of the memorials to the genocide, the market, artisan stores, and more.
Meal plan: breakfast & lunch
END OF 3 DAYS NYUNGWE FOREST CHIMPANZEE & CANOPY WALK
Inclusive
Nyungwe chimpanzee trekking permit
Canopy walk
English speaking guide
Meals as mentioned in Itinerary
Accommodation for 2 nights
Enough water for drinking
A 4×4 safari vehicle
Exclusive
Visa
Air ticket
Optional activities
Other drinks apart from water
Life insurance
Laundry
Tip
Porter
Souvenirs.
