Tour Overview
Our -day trip brings you the Primates of Rwanda: Expect to see up to 15 primate species, including gorillas and chimps!!!
This trip specifically includes the most important and well known Forested national parks of Rwanda: Nyungwe Forest National Park and Volcanoes National Park.
Highlights:
- Meet the gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park
- See chimpanzees and 12 other monkey species in Nyungwe Forest
- Endemic monkeys in Nyungwe are the Angolan Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Mona Monkeys and Owl Faced Monkeys
- Visit the National Museum in Butare (Huye)
- Meet the local people or the pygmies and see their local way of living
Included in Tour Price:
- Airport transfers or transfers from and to starting point of the trip
- Accommodations with meals mentioned
- Bottled drinking water
- Private 4×4 custom built safari Jeep with knowledgeable driver/guide and fuel
- Entrance fees to the included National Parks
- Activities mentioned as included
Excluded:
- Flights
- Visa
- All optional activities
- Insurances
- Meals not mentioned and beverages
- Tips and personal expenses such as laundry and communication
Tour Plan
Expand allCollapse allKigali Airport - Kigali
Arrival at Kigali Airport. Your guide will be there waiting for you. Pick up and proceed to your accommodation.
Included: airport transfer
Kigali – Butare – Nyungwe Forest National Park
Drive to Nyungwe, stopover enroute at Nyanza Hill and the King’s palace, Proceed Butare (Huye) for the National Museum of Rwanda. Lunch in Huye.
Arrive in Nyungwe afterwards for dinner and overnight.
Included: Cultural experience, lunch enroute.
Nyungwe Forest National Park
Chimpanzee tracking in the morning. Choose 1 activity for the afternoon.
Activities in the afternoon to choose from;
- Waterfall walk
- Canopy Walk
- Primate walk (Angolan Black Colobus monkeys)
Nyungwe Forest is East Africa’s largest forest, with 13 monkey species, including chimpanzees, Angolan Black Colobus, Mona Monkey and Owl Faced Monkeys.
Included: Chimpanzee tracking, 1 afternoon activity
Nyungwe Forest – Gisenyi (Lake Kivu)
Today we will drive to Gisenyi via Kibuye with nice view of lake Kivu . On the way we will pass through the area Gishwati which has a huge tea plantation. Late lunch at the lodge.
Afternoon at leisure or go for an optional boat trip on lake Kivu and reach the hot springs, enjoy the African massage with warm clay while at the hot springs.
Gisenyi – Volcanoes National Park
Relax at the lodge in the morning or go for a nature walk along the shore. Visit the boarder if interested. Before proceeding to Volcanoes National Park.
Volcanoes National Park is a unique jungle, with many monkey species, including the endemic Golden Monkeys. Volcanoes National Park is part of the Virunga Mountains, covering Uganda, Rwanda and Congo, and one of the two places in the world where you can find Mountain Gorillas!
Volcanoes National Park
Gorilla tracking!!! Early morning departure with your ranger to search for one of the world’s most interesting and endangered animals, the Mountain Gorilla! You will spend one hour with one of our closest relatives. An experience you will never forget.
Note: it’s also possible to do Diane Fossey instead of Gorilla Tracking (optional).
Volcanoes National Park – Kigali
Today we will drive back to Kigali, It is possible to do Golden Monkey tracking and proceed to Kigali for flight (Optional)
When you reach Kigali you will you do a city tour including the Genocide Memorial, Belgium Peacekeeper Memorial, visit the local market. visit presidential Palace Kigali tourist urban park. visit Kigali cultural village if time allows for the souvenirs.
Afterwards transfer to Kigali Airport for your outbound flight.
Included: City tour. Airport Transfer
Tour Booking Form
A really great experience ! - Communication with Rose was very fluid. She answered my questions and was very quick in the exchanges. So I was able to quickly book the safari.
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Noémie BAugust 29, 2025