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Two parks, three primates: mountain gorillas and golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park, then chimpanzees and a canopy walk in Nyungwe Forest, on a seven-day Rwanda trip.
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The main event
The trek starts in terraced farmland on the lower slopes of the Virunga volcanoes and climbs into cloud forest, where a ranger leads you to one of the habituated gorilla families. The walk runs anywhere from two to six hours depending on where the gorillas have moved, and once you reach them you get one hour in their company.
More than gorillas
Volcanoes National Park also holds golden monkeys, quicker and more playful than the gorillas, along with colobus and silver monkeys. A slower day leaves room for the Musanze caves, a nature walk at Buhanga Eco Park or the Dian Fossey Centre, which tells the story of gorilla conservation.
Chimps in Nyungwe
The trip then crosses to Nyungwe, one of Africa's oldest rainforests, for a canopy walk on a fifty-metre suspension bridge and a morning tracking chimpanzees through the trees. Chimp tracking usually runs about four hours as the troop keeps moving.
Kigali to finish
The route ends in Kigali, worth a day for the Caplaki craft village, Kimironko market, the Umusambi crane sanctuary and the moving Genocide Memorial. The country is small, so drives stay short.
Sit with a habituated mountain gorilla family in Volcanoes National Park, the hour that defines the trip.
Follow troops of golden monkeys through the bamboo, alongside colobus and silver monkeys.
Cross a fifty-metre suspension bridge high in the Nyungwe rainforest, with the canopy shifting below.
Search the Nyungwe forest for chimpanzees as they swing and call between the trees.
Hike from terraced farmland into cloud forest on the flanks of the Virunga volcanoes.
Spend time at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, a quiet and important stop in the capital.
Tell us your travel dates and we'll secure your gorilla, golden monkey and chimp permits, then build Volcanoes National Park, Nyungwe and Kigali around them.
Rwanda prices a gorilla trekking permit at 1,500 US dollars per person for international visitors, which covers one hour with a gorilla family and your ranger guides. Permits are limited daily, so we book yours as early as possible.
As well as mountain gorillas, this trip tracks golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park and chimpanzees in the Nyungwe rainforest, with colobus and silver monkeys often seen along the way. Separate permits cover each of the three treks.
It varies by family. Some groups are reached in a couple of hours on gentle slopes, others take up to six hours over steep, muddy ground at altitude. Guides match you to a family that suits your fitness, and local porters can carry your bag.
This itinerary runs six nights and seven days, enough for a gorilla trek, golden monkeys, the Nyungwe chimps and canopy walk, and a day in Kigali. A shorter version can focus on Volcanoes National Park alone if your time is tight.
Flights connect Mumbai and Delhi to Kigali with one stop, usually through the Gulf or Nairobi, in around eleven to thirteen hours. Rwanda uses an online e-visa for Indian passport holders, which our team arranges for you.
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