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5 days Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzee Safari

Overview

5 days Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzee Safari is a private Rwanda takes you a Rwanda safari experience to one of the oldest rainforests in Africa, Nyungwe Forest is also the largest forest in Rwanda located in western region of the country.

The park is dominated by a series of mountains originating in northern Uganda and Congo and runs south through the Rwenzori Mountains, western Rwanda and Burundi to the shores of Lake Tanganyika. 

chimpanzee trekking in nyungwe national park
chimpanzee trekking in nyungwe national park

Nyungwe Forest National Park is home to 13 primates namely Chimpanzees, Silver monkey, Golden monkey, Owl-faced monkey/ Hamlyn’s monkey, Grey-cheeked mangabey, Red-tailed monkey, L’Hoest’s monkey, Vervet monkey, Olive baboon, Dent’s Mona Monkey, Blue Monkey and Angolan Colobus Monkeys. 

This safari starts and ends in Kigali City – the capital of Rwanda.  

Highlights Of 5 days Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzee Safari

  • Day 1: Arrival, Kigali City 
  • Day 2: transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park 
  • Day 3: Nature in Nyungwe Forest 
  • Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking in Nyungwe Forest 
  • Day 5: Drive back to Kigali City 

Detailed itinerary of 5 days Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzee Safari

Day 1: Arrival, Kigali City 

On arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be welcomed, meet and greet by your private driver – guide and after a short briefing session, you will drive to Kigali City. Depending on your arrival time, you will have a Kigali city visit the genocide memorial site, art and craft center and other amazing sites. 

Have dinner and stay overnight at hotel in Kigali City. 

Accommodation: Hotel des Mille Collines 

Meal plan: Dinner 

Day 2: transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park 

Wake up to melodic sounds of Kigali City, have breakfast then checkout and depart for Nyungwe Forest National Park with a drive through Rwanda’s most beautiful countryside dotted with calming nature scenery. 

This drive is approximately 5 hours with stops a local market, the traditional palace in Nyanza, the Botanical Gardens in Butare and the cultural museum. Continue to Nyungwe Forest passing through stunning green fields of tea scattered across the hillsides and local communities around Nyungwe Forest. On arrival, you will check into the lodge, have dinner and stay overnight. 

Accommodation: One&Only Nyungwe House 

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 

Day 3: Nature in Nyungwe Forest 

After breakfast you will head to Nyungwe Forest where you will spend a full day enjoy nature of the forest. Nyungwe Forest has a number of well-maintained trails running through the lush, green valley of the equatorial forest.

You will spend the whole day hiking through the forest, have picnic lunch set in the middle of the forest offering you a great opportunity to bond with nature more. 

Nyungwe Forest National Park is the most important area of biodiversity in Rwanda with about 1000 plant species, 13 species of primates, 75 species of others, about 275 species of birds and 120 species of butterflies. 

After spending a full day in Nyungwe Forest, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay. 

Accommodation: One&Only Nyungwe House 

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 

Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking in Nyungwe Forest 

Have an early breakfast and head to Nyungwe Forest for chimpanzee tracking experience, you will join other trekkers for briefing at the park headquarters. After registering for the experience, you will be assigned in groups of 8 people and be assigned a chimpanzee group/sector to trek then head into the forests looking for that particular family. 

Chimpanzee trekking experience takes approximately 2 to 6 hours depending on the movement of the chimpanzee group you are trekking and where they spent the previous night, the chimpanzees keep moving, making noise, grooming and stopping for snacks or nap. 

With a help and guidance of the park guide, you will be allowed to spend one hour in their presence while watching them swing from one tree branch to another, grooming each other and picking fruits among others. You can also take pictures. 

After the experience, you will head back to the park’s headquarters to pick your chimpanzee trekking certificates, head to the lodge for lunch and short rest. Later in the afternoon you will go for canopy walk on a high suspended metallic bridge above the forest canopy, the canopy walkway has been named the World’s best forest canopy walkway. While on the walkway, you will enjoy aerial views of the forest, many birds and primates such as olive baboons among others. 

Return to the lodge for rest, have evening and stay overnight. 

Accommodation: One&Only Nyungwe House 

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 

Day 5: Drive back to Kigali City

After breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge and drive back to Kigali while enjoy the vibrant views of the countryside of Rwanda, the drive is approximately 5 hours and when you arrive in the city, you will be dropped off either at the hotel or at airport for your departure flight back home. 

END OF 5 days Nyungwe Forest Chimpanzee Safari

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Package includes:

  • Transport: vehicle, fuel, and  driver
  • Gorilla permit
  • Full board accommodation for the
  • Entrance fees.
  • All activities.
  • Bottled drinking water

Package excludes:

  • Visas
  • Air ticket
  • Personal expenses.
  • Cost for anything that is not mentioned in the itinerary.

We use 4×4 safari cars for our safaris and therefore every traveler is guaranteed a window seat, bellow are photos of the cars.

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Tony M
2024-01-08
Jewel Safaris has a jewel in a female driver, Rachel My trip to Lake Mburo National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park on 5th Jan 2024, could not have gone better. My great experience was all down to Jewel Safaris' professionalism and industry experience. The car arrived at my house on time (5 am) to pick me up for the trip. The tour guide driver, a lady named Rachel Aheebwa, was such a delight. Female tour guides drivers are so rare, so this was unexpected. But looking back at how much of a success my tour went, Rachel was the best part of the trip. Two hours into the drive, she suggested a breakfast place that turned out to serve the best coffee I'd ever taken. The small eatery happened to be ran by a lady with tourism experience of 17 years. We set off for Lake Mburo about an hour later and arrived at the park gate three hours later. Because we planned to sleep in Queen Elizabeth National Park and we still had hundreds of kilometers to cover, she made sure we wasted no time Mburo. She was always friendly and firm in her advice when it came to time keeping. We made it to our final destination before dark and had time to rest. Before going to bed, she told me, firmly that we must leave at 7 if we are to see all the animals we wanted to see. I would have loved to sleep in but she made it clear that this was not an option. I was later thankful for this. There were several tourist vehicles at the UWA offices when we arrived. After payments, all the cars left through a Northwards track but Rachel went Eastwards and in less than thirty minutes of Game driving, we hit a jack pot. We found lions on the road and I was able to take close up pictures for several minutes as she made calls to all her friends letting them know that she had found lions. By the time all the vehicles crowded around the lions, I had spend over half an an hour with them. One of the best moments of my life. Jewel safaris couldn't have chosen a better tour guide driver for me. Every thing was well planned to help me see all there was to be seen.
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TimmyHensel
2023-08-10
Murchison Falls Adventure This was my first safari adventure and it was a trip of a lifetime. The owner, Dona was very professional and helpful and made sure he understood what we wanted. The vehicle was wonderful and roomy and well kept. Our guide, Patrick made the trip exceptional. He knew the park, he knew the animals and he was a former ranger who spent years protecting the animals of that park. It was clear that the other guides respected him and Patrick was kind, funny and made sure we had a wonderful adventure. The first night, the owner called me to ask how everything was going and he messaged me after the trip to make sure we had a great time. That was above and beyond what I expected. Great company, great customer service and fantastic guide with years of experience. This is the company I would choose over and over.
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pablo
2023-08-09
Great safari!!!! Fantastic. The owner went out of the way to make sure we had what we wanted. I highly recommend Patrick as guide and driver. He loves what he does and you can tell.
Simon T
Simon T
2023-08-07
Two-day trip to Lake Mburo Our two-day trip to Lake Mburo with our driver and guide Patrick was great. He delivered what we asked for, and more! Other than being a very kind person and good driver, Patrick was able to share a lot of information about the different animals and places we encountered. A big thanks to Jewel Safaris and Patrick! 100% Recommend!
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Sander T
2023-08-07
2 days Safari to Lake Mburo We had a blast of a weekend with Patrick from Jewel Safari's. He knew so much about the animals, was so friendly and flexible to arrange it the way we wanted. I would advice to go on a Safari with him!
George H
George H
2023-05-31
Uganda 2023 We had the great pleasure of having Patrick from jewel safaris for a week in Uganda. Hugely informative and fun, Patrick is a perfect ambassador for a fun, beautiful and dramatic country which is Uganda. A fabulous tour by a class guide. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting most of Africa and Uganda is top. Will go back
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astrid H
2023-05-31
Incredible experience Amazing service and amazing country and people. It was an incredible trip, I can’t fault anything. We all enjoyed it so much and our guide was so attentive and catered to what we wanted to do
goran52
goran52
2022-11-30
Utmärkt service, bra bil och kunnig guide. Jewel Safaris arrangerade vår resa till Uganda, med bland annat gorillorna i Bwindi. Vi var även i nationalparken där schimpanserna finns. Jewel Safaris har lång erfarenhet av att anordna safaris i Uganda. Goran
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K F
2022-11-29
good service We had a great trip with Jewel Safari and would definitely recommend to book trips with Jewel Safari.
Ola Karlsson
Ola Karlsson
2022-11-10
Great agency We ordered the trip in 2019 to go to Uganda in April 2020. Then Covid came and the trip was postponed for 2,5 yrs and in the meantime we kept contact and When we finally could go it all went super-smooth. Well organized and very friendly personnel and a fantastic guide. Nothing went wrong during the 10 days we visited and the arrangements were spotless.

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