On your arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be met by our our driver-guide who will transfer you to your hotel. 

Dinner & overnight at your accommodation

After breakfast, your driver-guide will transfer to the airport for your helicopter transfer to Nyungwe. Enjoy the views as you fly over Nyungwe forest. Pick up by your accommodation at the helipad. Later in the afternoon, you take a walk to the tea estate where there is a resident large group of black and white colobus monkeys.

After this experience, continue to visit the tea estate where you meet and chat with the tea pickers and witness the process of turning the green leaf into the hot/cold beverage enjoyed the world ever.

Dinner & overnight at your accommodation

Nyungwe Forest NP: Of a particular interest are the large social groups of Angolan colobus (Colobus angolensis), which may be over 300 individuals. These are the largest troops of this species known in the world!  Nyungwe forest counts 25% of the African Primates!

The most popular activity in Nyungwe Forest NP is chimpanzee trekking. Starting as early as 6:00 am, you will set off with your driver-guide to the park headquarters and you will then drive to the starting point. Trackers who go ahead of you will help locate the chimpanzees and when you get to where they are, you will only have 1 hour with them. Your ranger-guide will brief you during the hike about the behavior and characteristic of the chimpanzees.

Cyamudongo is a fragment of rainforest (4 km²) located at the outside boundaries of Nyungwe. The roundtrip hike and the excursion will take between 3 and 5 hours.

You return to your accommodation for a hot lunch and relaxation. You will then embark on the canopy walk canopy and colobus monkey hike. The canopy walk is unique to East-Africa! It's a 60 meters high canopy walkway and offers some of the most spectacular rainforest views. The Walkway is accessible as part of a specialized guided tour along the Igishigishigi trail. 

Meals & overnight at your accommodation.

You will have your second helicopter flight to Volcanoes NP. This is another scenic flight as you fly over Lake Kivu towards your destination.

You will be picked by your driver-guide for check-in at your accommodation.

 After a hot lunch,  you will  visit the Iby’ Iwacu Cultural village.  In this village, you get to meet the local people in their traditional environment. This visit will allow you to interact with the people, learn about their lifestyles, heritage treasures, and activities.  During the visit, you will embark on a banana brewing process, pottery, meet the traditional healer and of course the spectacular dance performance.

Dinner & overnight at your accommodation

After breakfast you will report at the Park headquarters where your driver-guide will accomplish the necessary formalities for you. You will meet your ranger guide(s) for a briefing about the greatest animal experience ever.  Your driver-guide will drive you to the slopes of one of The Virunga volcanoes for your trekking. 

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After the trekking, lunch at your hotel or in Musanze (Ruhengeri) and in the afternoon, if time allows, an excursion to explore the beautiful “twin” lakes in the region: Lake Burera & Ruhondo. An excellent view of the Virunga chain of Volcanoes can be seen while there depending on weather conditions. Another option is to visit the Iby'Iwacu traditional village, an activity not to miss! 

Dinner and Overnight at your accommodation

After breakfast you will report at the Park headquarters where your driver-guide will accomplish the necessary formalities for you. The Golden Monkey (cercopithecus mitis kandti) is listed as “endangered”, these magnificent primates are habituated in groups of about 30 - 40 individuals on the Rwanda side of the Virunga regions. 

A visit to the golden monkeys is very different experience from gorilla-viewing, the monkeys react and interact differntly; they will keep on playing hide-and-seek much to the delight of the visitors. 

After this, you have a hot lunch at your accommodation and then fly to Kigali in time for your departure flight.

This is the end of what has been a memorable tour of the country of a thousand hills!