3 Days Explore Nyungwe Chimpanzees 

A delicious cup of Rwandan tea/coffee to be served at your respective hotels in Kigali and after, meet your driver guide for briefing. From the hotel, start your city tour with your luggage all packed in the vehicle. You will have about 2 hours and this includes visiting the former presidential palace museum, Kigali Memorial Ground and other artisan centres. 

Continue on a scenic drive, and enjoy the view of the beautiful landscape in the countryside at Huye, you will be visiting the ethnographic museum, the King’s palace and the Murambi memorial. The final stop will be at Nyungwe where you will be checking in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation 

• One & Only Nyungwe House Hotel (Luxury)
• Nyungwe Top Hill View Hotel (Midrange)’
• Gisakura Guesthouse –(Budget)

Have breakfast and you will be expected at the briefing centre early enough departing from your lodge by 4-5 am. Get to understand chimpanzee trekking rules and you will embark on an actual search for the chimpanzee community along Cyamudongo or Uwinka with the lead of an experienced park guide.

Expect to take 2-4 hours exploring Nyungwe, chimpanzees and other primates. Upon finding a chimp community, you will have one hour for a close encounter and taking pictures. Other primates to expect to see include olive baboons, red-tailed monkeys, Dent’s Mona monkeys, Hamlyn’s monkeys, Angola colobus monkeys, Owl-faced monkeys and others.

Have a leisurely lunch, and your afternoon comes with a fun-filling canopy walking experience. Explore Nyungwe Forest on the 2-hour canopy walk and expect to see primates, and birds and enjoy the view of the park’s forest canopy cover.

Accommodation 

• One & Only Nyungwe House Hotel (Luxury)
• Nyungwe Top Hill View Hotel (Midrange)’
• Gisakura Guesthouse –(Budget)

Meet with a local guide after breakfast and you will be exploring the Gisakura tea farm in the nearby Nyungwe Forest National Park. The tea farm excursion brings you an incredible experience of how tea is grown, processed and packed in the factory. Afterwards, you will be exiting the Southern Province for Kigali; about 6 hour's drive via Butare and today marks the end of the 3-day tour.

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