5 days Rwanda chimpanzees and Uganda gorillas tour

Today you shall be picked up by your tour driver at 8am and travel to Nyungwe National Park located in the southwest of Rwanda. This journey is about 5 hours drive, including extra hour for early lunch along the way.

On getting to Nyungwe National Park you will meet the park guides for briefing and set off for the canopy walk adventure in Nyungwe forest. The canopy walkway hangs about 50 meters from the ground giving you breathtaking views across the forest and an insight into the canopy of the forest where you may see monkeys and birds at eye-level.

Thereafter you shall continue to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation to choose from:

Budget: EAR Guesthouse

Midrange: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel / Emeraude Kivu Lodge (this is situated in Cyangugu town on Lake Kivu, 30 minutes drive from Nyungwe National Park)

Luxury: One&Only Nyungwe House

Meal plan: Lunch, Dinner

Today you shall have early breakfast and transfer to the park by 5am to meet the park guides for briefing before going for the chimpanzee trekking adventure in Nyungwe. You will follow the chimps for one hour after finding them.

After the incredible adventure with the chimps you shall return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation.

Later in the afternoon you shall go for tea experience near Nyungwe by visiting a tea garden to see how tea is grown and harvested and then continue to the factory to see how it is processed and finish off with a cup of tea.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast you shall depart for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. You will drive along the scenic Lake Kivu, stopping over at various view points to take in the breathtaking scenery.

Accommodation to choose from:

Budget: Rushaga Gorilla Camp

Midrange: Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge

Luxury: Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast you shall transfer to Bwindi National Park for the gorilla trekking adventure. Bwindi is home to up to 459 gorillas which is the highest population of mountain gorillas any park. You shall meet the park guides for allocation of the gorilla families. Bwindi has up to 19 habituated gorilla families. You shall then be briefed about the tracking and thereafter start your trek into Bwindi forest to find the gorillas. Depending on the movement of the gorillas you could take from a few minutes to a couple of hours before finding the gorillas which you shall observe for 1 hour.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast you shall check out and travel back to Kigali.

Meal plan: Breakfast