The Complete Guide to Having the Best Five Days in Rwanda
Primates tracking and a canopy walk in Nyungwe are included in the exciting 5-day trip to Rwanda.
The most popular itinerary for a five-day trip to Rwanda combines culture and wildlife, including a visit to the capital city of Kigali, a wildlife safari in Akagera National Park, and the well-known gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park.
Activities like gorilla trekking, golden monkey trekking, canopy walks, and chimpanzee tracking are all part of the 5-day Rwanda safari. Activities like chimpanzee tracking, canopy walks, gorilla trekking, and golden monkey trekking in the two national parks are all part of the five-day Rwanda safari agenda. The tour package can be taken as a group, a couple, or an individual and is offered throughout the year. About 400 chimpanzees and more than 13 different species of primates can be found in Nyungwe Forest. About 98.7% of human DNA is shared by chimpanzees, and they exhibit a number of human-like behaviors that are fascinating to see for no more than an hour. Their loud hoots, thundering striking of tree barks and buttresses, and deafening cries make these chimpanzees easy to track and habituated.
The Nyungwe Forest National Park‘s canopy walk is a suspension bridge that is 70 meters above the forest floor and spans 160 meters through the verdant montane rainforest. This is a unique activity that provides a breathtaking perspective of the ancient forest’s treetops, as well as the birds and other creatures that inhabit there. The only mountain gorilla park in the nation, Volcanoes National Park offers visitors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend up to an hour in the company of these gentle giants. Volcanoes National Park is part of the Virunga mountain, which is home to rare golden monkeys. Before your journey is up, you will trek these lovely primates in the park.
Highlights of the 5-Day Safari in Rwanda:
Day 1: Travel to Nyungwe Forest National Park from Kigali.
Day 2: Nyungwe Forest National Park canopy walk and chimpanzee trekking.
Day 3: Travel to Volcanoes National Park from Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Day 4: Trekking with gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park of Rwanda.
Day 5: Trekking with golden monkeys and returning to Kigali town or Kigali International Airport
A Comprehensive 5-Day Itinerary for Rwanda
Day 1: Travel to Nyungwe Forest National Park from Kigali.
A tour guide takes you to Nyungwe Forest National Park on the first day of your five-day stay in Rwanda when you arrive at Kigali International Airport or in Kigali city. The travel from Kigali International Airport to the park, via the quickest route, takes roughly 4 hours and 36 minutes. You arrive in the evening, settle into your hotel or lodge, unwind, eat dinner, and spend the night there.
Meal Schedule: Supper Accommodations: Mid-range: Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel; luxurious: Nyungwe Forest Lodge/One & Only Nyungwe Forest House Gisakura Guest House’s budget
Day 2: Nyungwe Forest National Park canopy walk and chimpanzee trekking.
After breakfast in the morning, you will be driven to the park headquarters to begin your chimpanzee trekking adventure. You stroll for a while until you discover the location where the monkeys spent the night before. The speed at which chimpanzees leap and play impacts how many pictures you capture and how much time you spend looking at them. You can watch them making noise as they bounce from tree to tree at fast speeds. Following the hike, you head back to the starting location and meet the driver-guide for a ride to the hotel for rest and lunch. You take a two-hour canopy walk through Nyungwe Forest in the twilight. You later go back to the hotel to unwind and eat dinner. You stay in the same lodging as the night before.
Plan Your Meals for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 3: Travel to Volcanoes National Park from Nyungwe Forest National Park.
After enjoying a leisurely breakfast this morning, you will travel to Volcanoes National Park. Depending on the route, the drive between the two parks takes between five to six hours. You arrive in the afternoon and settle into a hotel or lodge that you have reserved, where you unwind, have dinner, and spend the night.
Plan Your Meals for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodations: Mid-range: Gorilla Solution Lodge, Luxury: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge, Da Vinci Gorilla Lodge’s budget
Day 4: Trekking with gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park of Rwanda.
After breakfast, you are driven to the park headquarters by your driver-guide, who will take you up at the lodge. The park warden gives you a tutorial on the dos and don’ts of gorilla trekking in Rwanda when you first arrive at the park headquarters in Kinigi. The park ranger guide will drop you off at the trekking starting site for the gorilla hike around 8:30 am. One gorilla family is assigned to each of the eight tourists who have a trekking permission from Rwanda, which costs USD 1500 per permit. With armed ranger guides, each of the eight people treks through the bamboo forest for two to six hours. But you only get to spend an hour (60 minutes) with the mountain gorillas. The duration of the walk varies based on the movements of the gorilla groups, but it is easy to trek because the Rwandan population is known to go shorter distances. You walk back to the park headquarters after spending an hour with a gorilla family, where you meet the tour guide to be taken back to your accommodation. Dinner and lodging at the hotel the day before.
Plan Your Meals for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 5: Trekking with golden monkeys and returning to Kigali town or Kigali International Airport.
You will hike with golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park in the morning, where they live alongside mountain gorillas. Golden monkeys are easily recognized by their color and have distinctive personalities. For the pre-tour briefing, you need to arrive at the park headquarters as early as 7:00 am. There are two battalions of golden monkeys in Rwanda, the largest of which is located in Mount Sabinyo, the park’s most popular spot with between 80 and 100 monkeys. You are driven back to your accommodation for lunch after your trek, and then you are driven to Kigali International Airport to catch your aircraft out.
Meal Schedule: Lunch and Breakfast
Final 5-Day Safari Itinerary in Rwanda
Included
English-speaking driver’s guide
Taxes and admission fees, including gorilla permits
4×4 safari land cruiser
Day by day meals
Four nights of lodging with water on board
Not Included
Tips
Any personal purchases
Any modifications to the schedule
Visas and international travel
