5 Days Gorilla Chimpanzees and Golden Monkey Tracking Safari : This 5 days Gorilla chimpanzee and Golden Monkey Tracking Safari is a Rwanda primate safari offering you an encounter with mountain gorillas, chimpanzees and golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park and Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Highlights of 5 Days Gorilla Chimpanzees and Golden Monkey Tracking Rwanda Safari
Day 1: transfer to Nyungwe Forest
Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking
Day 3: transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Day 4: gorilla trekking and Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village
Day 5: golden monkey trekking
Detailed itinerary of 5 Days Gorilla Chimpanzees and Golden Monkey Tracking Safari
Day 1: transfer to Nyungwe Forest
Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport or after breakfast at your hotel of residence in Kigali City, you will be met by our guide and a short briefing about what to expect on the safari. You will drive to Nyungwe Forest National Park situated in the South Western Region of Rwanda.
Along the way, you will have a lunch stopover and visit to the Butare Museum and the former presidential Palace in Nyanza. Arrive in Nyungwe in the evening, check-in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: One & Only Nyungwe House
Meal Plan: Half Board
Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking
Wake up early for breakfast and head to the park’s starting point for briefing session, a ranger guide will take you through rules and regulations to be followed while in the presence of the chimpanzees and in the forest.
Along side the ranger, you will enter into the forest looking for the chimpanzees, when you locate them, you will spend one hour in their presence watching them play on tree branches, groom each and picking fruits and leaves which they eat.
Also, while in the forests of Nyungwe you will be able to see colobus monkeys, grey – cheeked mangabeys, colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys and a variety of birds.
Return to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon, you will go for the amazing canopy walk experience which starts at Uwinka reception center. As you walk on this amazing 90-meter-long bridge you will enjoy scenic views of the landscape, primates such as black and white colobus monkeys and many birds. Later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: One & Only Nyungwe House
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 3: transfer to Volcanoes National Park
After your morning breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge and embark on a journey of 6 hours to Musaze, Volcanoes National Park where you will see the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. Along the way, you will have lunch and expect to see the rolling hills and take great photos.
Upon arriving at in the park, you will check in at your lodge and spend the evening at your relaxation. Later have dinner and stay overnight.
Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 4: gorilla trekking and Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village
Have early breakfast and head to the park’s headquarters for briefing about mountain gorilla trekking, a ranger guide will take you the rules and regulations to follow on gorilla trekking experience and while in the forest.
In groups of 8 people, you will be assigned a gorilla family to trek and head into the forests of Volcanoes National Park looking for mountain gorillas. The trek takes approximately 2 to 6 hours depending on the movement of mountain gorillas and where they spent their previous night. When you locate the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend one hour in the presence of the gorillas observing them go on with their daily life, groom each other, watch babies play on tree branches among others.
Then trek back to the park’s headquarters to collect your gorilla permits and head to the Iby’iwacu Cultural Village for a cultural encounter where you will interact with the local people, be entertained by local dances and drama among others.
Accommodation: Five Volcanoes Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 5: golden monkey trekking
After breakfast, you will head back to the park’s headquarters for golden monkey trekking, you will join other visitors at the park’s headquarters for briefing about golden monkey trekking. The head into the forests of Volcanoes looking for golden monkeys, the trek normally takes approximately 30 minutes to 4 hours depending on their location.
Once you locate the golden monkeys, you will be allowed to spend on hour in their presence taking pictures and watching them play on bamboo trees.
Return to the lodge for lunch at your lodge, then checkout and embark on a drive back to Kigali City where you will be dropped off either at your hotel or at the airport for your flight back home.
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