Luxury Rwandan Primate Adventure

This morning you will be collected from your lodge early for your chimp trekking tour nearby Cyamudongo Forest. After approximately an hour’s journey, you will arrive at this small forest which was historically connected to Nyungwe. Here you will meet the resident habituated chimpanzee group before visiting a tea plantation to learn about the world class tea made here.

Spend a day hiking the forest trails in Nyungwe Forest. The park is home to various Albertine Rift endemics plus thirteen different primate species. This includes the largest troops of black and white colobus in Africa, with up to 400 individual members gathered together at one time.

The endangered golden monkey enjoys a territory of highland forests, especially bamboo, living in groups of up to thirty individuals. A handful of troops in Volcanoes National Park have been habituated and can be tracked in a similar way to the gorillas. The monkeys are playful and inquisitive and often spend their time leaping from bamboo branches or frolicking on the forest floor towards the base of the volcanoes and have overcome their initial shyness to accept their daily visit by researchers and tourists.

In Rwanda there are 10 habituated gorilla groups in Volcanoes National Park, with a maximum of eight tracking permits per group per day. The gorillas cover large distances overnight, and they are never constantly in one area. The guides will use their knowledge of the gorillas’ habits and information from the previous day to locate the group’s whereabouts. Once the gorillas are located, your group will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them.