Permit includedEssential
3 daysNyungwe National Park
3-Day Nyungwe Chimps & Canopy
Nyungwe Forest Expeditions
Per person from796,495 RWF*
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Walk above the rainforest
Nyungwe National Park
One of Africa's oldest rainforests, its chimpanzees and its canopy walkway.
- From Kigali
- 5 hours by road
- Region
- South-west, Nyamasheke and Nyamagabe
- Best season
- June to September; the forest stays lovely in the rain
- Book
- About 4 months ahead
In the south-west, Nyungwe is one of the oldest montane forests on the continent. Thirteen primate species live here, including chimpanzees tracked at dawn and colobus troops several hundred strong.
The Uwinka canopy walkway lets you walk at treetop height. The road through the park, between tea estates and forest, is part of the trip in itself: one of the most beautiful in the country.