3 Days Gishwati Mukura National Park tour

The 3 Days Gishwati Mukura National Park tour is an ultimate primate encounter tour designed uniquely for you to explore the scenic Gishwati-Mukura National Park. On this primate tour, expect to engage in guided chimpanzee tracking/primate trekking to see chimpanzees and many other primates.

Gishwati-Mukura National Park

Gishwati-Mukura National Park

Gishwati-Mukura National Park is a newly created park and occupies only 34sq.km of land area. It is the smallest of the 4 Rwanda safari parks and holds a significant primate population including chimpanzees, l’hoest monkeys, colobus monkeys, and baboons.

Brief Itinerary of 3 Days Gishwati Mukura National Park tour

  • Day 1: Transfer to Gishwati-Mukura National Park
  • Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking in Gishwati Mukura
  • Day 3: Depart Gishwati-Mukura for Kigali

Detailed Itinerary: 3 Days Gishwati Mukura National Park Tour

Day 1: Transfer to Gishwati-Mukura National Park

After breakfast, leave the lodge or hotel for a city tour and which includes visiting iconic historical and cultural centers in Kigali’s capital. These include Kigali memorial center which provides insight into the 1994 Rwandan genocide that claimed about 1 million lives. Proceed to other sites such as Kimironko market and craft shops than drive to Gishwati-Mukura N/Park located near Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda’s leading gorilla trekking destination.

Overnight stay & dinner

  • Gishwati Lodge
chimpanzee trekking in Gishwati-Mukura National Park

chimpanzee trekking in Gishwati-Mukura National Park

Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking in Gishwati Mukura

Visit Gishwati-Mukura National Park after you have had a delicious breakfast and get briefed about the guidelines to be followed during the chimpanzee trekking adventure. At 8:00 am, an actual trek through the lush forest of Gishwati-Mukura will begin with the park guide accompanying you. A special hour of close encounter will be guaranteed once you have met a chimp community.

Other than chimpanzees, Gishwati-Mukura also supports a long list of other primates including vervet monkeys, l’hoest monkeys, olive baboons, blue monkeys, and black and white colobus monkeys. There are also birds to spot as you search for chimpanzees and common species include strange weavers, Rwenzori turacos, Grauer’s swamp warblers, purple sunbirds, etc.

Return from chimp trekking in Gishwati-Mukura National Park and settle for lunch. Later in the evening, visit the local community or tea estate for a farm tour and return to have a relaxed evening, dinner, and overnight sleep.

Overnight stay & dinner

  • Gishwati Lodge

Day 3: Depart Gishwati-Mukura for Kigali

After breakfast, check out of the lodge and you will set off back to Kigali. Driving from Gishwati-Mukura NP to Kigali takes about 2-3 hours and in Kigali, drop off at a hotel or airport for departure and it marks the end of 3 Days safari in Rwanda.

End of the 3 Days Gishwati Mukura National Park Tour

Inclusions

  • Travel in a 4×4 tourist car & guide services fulltime
  • Accommodation
  • Meals
  • Bottled drinking water
  • Park entry fees

Exclusions

  • Flights
  • Visas
  • Insurance
  • Shopping
  • Telephone
  • Laundry services