12 Days Birding and Wildlife Safari in Rwanda
12 Days Birding and Wildlife Safari in Rwanda visit covers Rwanda’s best birding and wildlife viewing destinations. Rwanda may be a modest country of measure 26,338 square kilometers but features a productive bird list of almost 750 species. The little measure of Rwanda makes it simple getting to the birding hotspots, and in as it were 12 days of birding you may visit 4 major important birding areas (IBAs) of Rwanda covering a extend of environments extending from savannah, wetland, mountain, and forest.
You will have an experienced birding guide on this birding and natural life trip and you also make utilize of nearby location guides at the birding spots. You will visit birding spots in Rwanda such as Akagera, Volcanoes, and Nyungwe Forest National park with a wide range of ecosystems ranging from Savana plains to montane rain forest covering about 23 east African Albertine Endemic species. On this safari, you will also enjoy wildlife adventure with a big five game drive and boat cruise in Akagera national park, chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest national park, and Gorillas and Golden Monkeys trekking in Volcanoes national park.
Tour highlights
Day 1: Arrival in Rwanda
Day 2: Travel to Akagera National Park and evening Boat Cruise
Day 3: Full Day Birding and Safari in Akagera National Park
Day 4: Another full day of Birding and Safari in Akagera
Day 5: Morning Birding in Akagera and Travel to Volcanoes National Park
Day 6: Birding in Rugezi overwhelm (IBA)
Day 7: Birding in Volcanoes National park
Day 8: Discretionary Golden Monkey Visit in Volcanoes and Travel to Nyungwe
Day 9: Birding in Nyungwe Forest National Park
Day 10: Birding in Nuyngwe National Park
Day 11: Chimpanzee Trekking and birding in Nyungwe National Park
Day 12: Canopy Walk in Nyungwe and TRAVEL to Kigali for your evening flight
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- Day1Arrival in RwandaToday you will be welcomed by your bird guide in Rwanda upon landing at the Kigali airport terminal and be transfered to your lodging for unwinding. On the off chance that you arrive within the morning, you’ll go for a birding visit in Kigali afterward within the evening. Lake Nyarutarama and its encompassing bush and forest are a fowl hotspot in Kigali City that you just will visit to record a few nearby birds.
- Day2Travel to Akagera National Park and evening Boat CruiseAfter breakfast you might drive to Akagera (IBA) for the as it were savanna birding in Rwanda because it is the as it were stop in Rwanda with savannah environment. With more than 525 winged creature species enrolled the park has the most elevated number of feathered creature species of all the ensured regions in Rwanda. The colossal bird list is since of the park’s diverse environments which incorporate savannah, mountain and overwhelm. The birding trip in Akagera gives numerous savanna birds and raptors, additionally a few water birds. On entry within the park through the entrance within the south of the park you might do a amusement drive and investigate the acacia overwhelmed forest and bush in this portion of the Akagera. After lunch you should go for the boat cruise on Lake Ihema within the evening. The ride offers sightings of water birds and wildlife such as Hippos and Crocodiles.
- Day3Full Day Birding and Safari in Akagera National ParkEarly rise and set out for a full day of birding and safari in Akagera National Stop. You may investigate more tracks within the stop for more winged creatures and creature sightings.
- Day4Another full day of Birding and Safari in AkageraToday you might have another day of birding in Akagera but you may head to the more savanna north of the Akagera where you anticipate to see more savanna feathered creatures and a lot more of creatures than seen within the south. The drive will take you to the Kilala fields which is the most creature observing range of the stop as numerous grazers focalize within the fields for grazing. You will overnight within the north ignoring the Kilala fields.
- Day5Morning Birding in Akagera and Travel to Volcanoes National ParkToday you’ll go for early morning birding and safari within the Kilala fields. This can be the leading time to be within the Kilala fields as you’ve got a chance of spotting the lions and other cats still on the hunt. After breakfast you should check out and take off for Volcanoes National park within the hilly north of Rwanda.
- Day6Birding in Rugezi overwhelm (IBA)Today you might spend the day birding within the Rugezi Overwhelm for a day of water specials. Rugezi Overwhelm is the as it were RAMSAR wetland in Rwanda. The overwhelm has 43 inhabitant species of birds that incorporate a number of all inclusive undermined species and one Albertine endemic, the rauer’s Overwhelm Lark that in the event that fortunate may tick off the Albertine fracture endemics list. Other species incorporate; Papyrus Gonolek, Papyrus Yellow Songbird, Grey-crowned Crane, Carruther’s Cisticola, etc… The encompassing gardens and settlements will supplement your Rugezi Overwhelm list with plant slist with garden species.
- Day7Birding in Volcanoes National parkToday you might go birding on the slants of the radiant Virunga Mountains. Volcanoes National Stop which is Rwanda’s portion of the Virungas, has around 200 fowl species recorded so distant and of these 15 are Albertine fracture endemics. You’ll journey through bamboo and hagenia timberland on the incline of Mount Bisoke and record a few Albertine fracture endemics and mountain specials. Along the path you moreover stand a chance of spotting a few natural life such as the gorillas, brilliant monkeys, duikers, etc…
- Day8Discretionary Golden Monkey Visit in Volcanoes and Travel to NyungweToday you should travel to Nyungwe National Stop within the south of Rwanda. Optional activity: You can do the brilliant monkey tracking adventure within the Volcanoes National Park and after that depart for Nyungwe. The excellent Golden monkeys are endemic to the Albertine rift valley region. They live within the bamboo woodland at the foot of the Virunga Mountains. The journey is light and finding the monkeys isn’t troublesome and inside 30 minutes may discover a huge troop of up to 100 people. Are permitted as it one hour to be with them and they are awesome for photography.
- Day9Birding in Nyungwe Forest National ParkToday you’ll begin off your timberland birding encounter in Nyungwe National park. Nyungwe National park ensures a mountain rainforest that’s said to have existed since the ice age. There are almost 310 feathered creatures species recorded in Nyungwe and out of these are 27 Albertine endemic species which is the most elevated number of Albertine endemic birds for any park in Africa. Setting off from Gisakura you’ll investigate the Kamiranzovu trail
- Day10Birding in Nuyngwe National ParkToday is another full day of birding in Nyungwe National park, taking on another path and expanding your winged creature list and primates as well.
- Day11Chimpanzee Trekking and birding in Nyungwe National ParkToday you should go for the chimp trekking in Nyungwe Nyungwe is prevalent for its numerous primates with 13 species recorded of which incorporate the chimpanzees. There are approximately 500 chimps in Nyungwe and two bunches have been habituated for the chimpanzee trekking adventure in Rwanda. The chimp visit in Nyungwe begins at 4.30am by assembly the park guides at Gisakura officer station, and after briefing you might drive to the beginning point of the chimpanzee journey. After an astounding experience with man’s closest relatives you should return to the lodge for lunch or unwinding and some time recently going for birding afterward within the afternoon
- Day12Canopy Walk in Nyungwe and TRAVEL to Kigali for your evening flightAfter breakfast and checking out you might go for the canopy walk experience in Nyungwe National park. The canopy walk visit begins from Uwinka office, setting off along the Igishigishigi path some time recently setting onto the canopy walkway. The canopy walkway which is suspended 50 meters from the ground offers staggering sees over the mountain rain forest and eye-level sightings of chimps and birds within the canopy. After canopy walk you should withdraw for Kigali to capture your evening flight.