5 Days Best Rwanda Primates Safari

This 5 days Rwanda primates safari takes you to the best national parks of Volcanoes National Park and Nyungwe Forest National Park in Rwanda to track the main primates of the world coupled with a cultural visit in Iby’Iwacu village. This Rwanda primates safari package encompasses also minor activities in between distances hence, a perfect tour to book for visitors looking for gorilla trekking in Rwanda, Chimpanzee tracking and Golden Monkey tracking experiences in Rwanda.
This primate safari in Rwanda introduces you to meet golden Monkeys and Mountain Gorillas in Volcanoes National Park and Chimpanzees in Nyungwe Forest National Park hence making travelers to best experience and encounter primates in the wilderness. Therefore, if your prime reason for visiting Rwanda is primate tracking, don’t not look further; this package is perfect for your travel needs.

5 Days Best Rwanda Primates Safari Highlight

Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park
Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking And Canopy Walk
Day 3: Transfer To Volcanoes National Park, Twin Lakes Visit
Day 4: Gorilla Tracking & Iby’Iwacu Cultural Visit
Day 5: Golden Monkey Tracking And Transfer To Kigali

Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park

Upon your arrival, meet and greet our company representative and guide for a short briefing and transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park in the southern province of Rwanda. The journey is approximant six hours drive from the city center hence, requires an early transfer. We will drive through the lush countryside of Rwanda with a brief stopover at the National Museum in Butare arriving late in the evening for dinner and overnight at your booked lodge.
Accommodation options: Nyungwe Forest Lodge (Luxury), Nyungwe Top Hill Lodge (Moderate) and Gisakura Guest House (Low Budget)
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking And Canopy Walk

You will wake up by 5:00 am to have a heavy breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters for briefing on dos and don’ts of the activity. Then you will be led by the park ranger into the deep forest to look for chimps before they wake up. The advantage of finding Chimpanzees before they wake up is, you will have more time with them since it is hard to locate them when they start moving due to the rough terrain of the forest and the speed at which these primates move.
You will have a full hour of a close encounter with the chimps before returning to the lodge for lunch. Later head for a Canopy walk experience on top of Nyungwe Forest. Drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options: Nyungwe Forest Lodge (Luxury), Nyungwe Top Hill Lodge (Moderate) and Gisakura Guest House (Low Budget)
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: Transfer To Volcanoes National Park, Twin Lakes Visit

Have breakfast and start a long drive to the northern province, a journey that could take approximately 6 – 7 hours. We will have a stopover in town for hot lunch before we reach Volcanoes National Park in time for a short visit to the twin lakes of Burera and Ruhondo. After this visit, we will drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight as you prepare for a magical mountain gorilla trekking experience the next day.

Accommodation options: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (Luxury), Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge (Moderate) and Kinigi Guest House (Low Budget).
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 4: Gorilla Tracking & Iby’Iwacu Cultural Visit

This day is a highlight of your 5 days Rwanda primates safari package where you will rub shoulders with your long-time cousins from the jungles of Volcanoes National Park. After a heavy breakfast, head to the park headquarters in Kinigi for briefing and then start your trail into the jungles in search for Mountain gorillas. After meeting these primates, you will spend an hour with them and later descend to the starting point to pick your gorilla trekking certificate and later drive straight to the lodge for lunch. Relax and in the evening, go for a cultural tour at Iby’Iwacu cultural village where you will watch people dancing, enjoy storytelling moments along with other cultural activities. After this exciting community tour, return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation options: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge (Luxury), Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge (Moderate) and Kinigi Guest House (Low Budget).
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 5: Golden Monkey Tracking And Transfer To Kigali

Wake up, have a morning breakfast and head to the park for another exciting primates activity-golden monkey tracking. This activity takes two to five hours depending on how long you take to locate these habituated monkeys. After tracking Golden Monkeys, return to your lodge for lunch and later on transfer back to Kigali international airport to catch up with your flight back home with everlasting memories of 5 days Rwanda primates safari and tour
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch