6 Days Rwanda Primates Safari
This 6 Days Rwanda Primates Safari concentrates on letting our clients track primates during your stay in Rwanda while on Rwanda Primates Safaris. During these 6 Days Rwanda Primates safari, you will get to visit top primate national parks in Rwanda; track mountain gorillas and golden monkeys in Volcanoes national park and the transfer to Nyungwe forest national park where you will be tracking chimpanzees and the black and white colobus monkeys. This tour begins and ends in Kigali.
Highlights for 6 Days Rwanda Primates Safari.
Day 1: Pick up in Kigali and transfer to Volcanoes national park and Ibyi’wacu Village Tour.
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking Volcanoes NP Rwanda.
Day 3: Golden Monkeys and Visit Ellen DeGeneres Campus for the Dian Fossey Fund
Day 4: Transfer to Nyungwe.
Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking and Canopy Walk.
Day 6: Black & White Colobus Trekking & Return to Kigali
Detailed Itinerary for 6 Days Rwanda Primates Safari
Day 1: Pick up in Kigali and transfer to Volcanoes national park and Ibyi’wacu Village Tour.
Our representative will meet you at Kigali International airport or pick you up from your hotel in Kigali and enjoy a brief tour of Kigali city tour including a visit to the local market and the Kigali Genocide memorial site. Have lunch and then transfer you to Volcanoes national park for an optional cultural tour to Ibyi’wacu Village which is located near the national park. Get to watch dance and singing performances from the local intore dance troupe. Later drive to lodge for dinner and overnight at the lodge
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking Volcanoes NP Rwanda.
Wakeup to an early morning breakfast and report to the park headquarters for briefing and allocation of Gorilla trekking groups. Later, you will head into the cold and misty forested slopes of Virunga national park for your Gorilla trek.
The trek can be anywhere between 2 to 6 hours depending on the movement of the Gorillas and upon finding them, you will be allowed 1 hour to see and take photos after which you exit the forest.
Meet your driver / guide and transfer back to the lodge. If you feel strong, you may opt for a cultural tour at Ibyi’wacu Cultural tour. Dinner and overnight stay
Day 3: Golden Monkeys and Visit Ellen DeGeneres Campus for the Dian Fossey Fund
After breakfast on the third day of your 6 Days Rwanda Safari, you will go for golden monkey tracking. This activity also takes like 2-4 hours in the Virunga forest depending on the location of the Golden monkeys. Later return back to your lodge for early lunch and later drive to Ellen DeGeneres Campus for Dian Fossey Fund where you will be taken on a guided tour around the classrooms, laboratories, student residentials and exhibition hall show casing the works of the late Dian Fossey. Later drive back to your hotel/lodge for dinner and overnight same
Golden Monkey Trekking
Day 4: Transfer to Nyungwe.
Breakfast will be served early and you will transfer to Nyungwe forest national park with lunch en-route. Dinner and overnight stay at Gisakura Visitor Center (Budget)/ Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel (Mid-range)/One & Only Nyungwe House (Luxury)
Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking and Canopy Walk.
Enjoy breakfast and go for briefing before entering the forest, searching for the active and playful fellows in Nyungwe forest. The Chimpanzees are the easy to spot, as they jump from one tree to another, chattering and laughing. Chimp tracking usually takes about 3 hours. You will then return to your accommodation for lunch. After lunch, you will go on a walking trail that will take you to the Canopy Walk, a swing bridge 50 meters in length that is suspended from large trees. You will be able to see the amazing rainforest with a bird’s eye view, spotting wildlife moving about below you. Before night fall, you will return to the hotel for dinner and overnight
Day 6: Black & White Colobus Trekking & Return to Kigali
Enjoy breakfast at leisure and drive to the park briefing point. Today you will be tracking the black&white colobus monkeys in Nyungwe forest. Tracking starts at 5am in the morning and can take 2-6 hours or more depending on their location, so endeavor to ask your lodge to pack for you hot lunch before setting off in the morning. After lunch, you will reconnect with your driver guide and transfer back to Kigali where your driver will drop you off at a hotel of your choice in Kigali or at the airport in case you have a late-night flight to catch board back home. End of Tour!
