Southern Province · Nyungwe
Chimpanzees before dawn, a canopy walkway seventy metres up, and the hardest memorial in the country.
Mist over the Nyungwe rainforest canopy
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What it costs
Comfortable en-suite room, a mix of local and tourist restaurants, occasional private transfer.
Trip total, per person
$402
2 days at mid-range, plus the coach both ways. Extras: Chimp tracking USD 100; canopy walkway USD 60 including entry.
Fares and room prices: Operator fare boards at Nyabugogo (Ritco, Volcano, Virunga Express, Horizon) · checked September 2026
The plan
The district that holds most of Nyungwe National Park: 1,000 square kilometres of ancient rainforest with 13 primate species, a 70-metre-high canopy walkway and some of the best birding in the region.
Day 01
Get to the park by early afternoon and use the light for the walkway before the mist closes in.
Kigali to Huye to Nyungwe
Horizon or Ritco to Huye, then a park transfer. Most lodges will collect you.
Open in MapsCanopy walkway
Sixty metres of suspended bridge above a ravine. Not for anyone shaky about heights.
Open in MapsColobus at the forest edge
Habituated Angolan colobus troops feed near the road at dusk.
Open in MapsDay 02
Chimp tracking starts before light at Cyamudongo or Uwinka. Afterwards, the road east passes Murambi.
Pre-dawn briefing
Trackers locate the group at first call; you follow on foot through wet forest.
Open in MapsKamiranzovu waterfall trail
A marsh, a waterfall and orchids, on a mostly flat six-kilometre loop.
Open in MapsMurambi Genocide Memorial
At Gikongoro. Preserved and confronting; allow ninety minutes and a quiet hour after.
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