There a plenty of things to see on a Rwandan safari, however these vary from park to park, Rwanda is blessed with three national parks and each park has its own unique attractions and most of them cannot be seen elsewhere. A safari including two or more parks include gorilla and chimpanzee tracking and also wild life will include buffalo, lion, Elephant, Hippo, Bush buck, Water buck, Reed buck, Warthogs, Hyena, among others and these animals species can be spotted in Akagera National park.
Rwanda is known as one of the premium places in the world for chimpanzee and tracking/trekking these cousins who share almost 98% of human DNA can be done in Nyungwe forest national park which is located in the southwestern part of Rwanda over 13 species of primates inhabit the park coupled with chimpanzee the closest relative of man, other primate species include the black and white colobus monkey, golden monkey, red tailed monkey, baboon, civet monkey, owl-faced monkey, more than 300 Colobus monkeys, mona monkeys, L’Hoest’s monkeys among others, a three day safari can be organized to this park for chimpanzee tracking and other interesting activities you won’t miss at Nyungwe forest include; forest walk, bird watching safaris and community walks to the neighboring communities .
Gorilla tracking safaris are also available in the volcanoes national park; even a one day gorilla safari can be possible. The park is located in the north western part of Rwanda about 2-3 hours’ drive from Kigali Rwanda’s capital and its largest city. Access to the park can also be available in Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo. Gorilla tracking is the most done and interesting activity which you cannot love to miss when on a Rwandan safari. Mountain gorillas are regarded as endangered species as in the world there are only 880 remaining mountain gorillas in the world shared by three countries that’s Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda is known as the leading mountain gorilla safari in the world and tracking gorillas begins very early in the morning after reporting at the park headquarters for a short briefing about what you are expected to behave when with gorillas. You are only allowed one hour with these giants while observing their behaviors as well as taking their photos. Any safari to Rwanda without gorilla tracking is regarded as incomplete.
When on a Rwandan safari expect to see various species of birds, Rwanda is privileged with almost one third of Africa’s bird species so expect to see plenty of them, each park house plenty of them, for a birder, Rwanda is the only sought of country to go for birding safaris. A must not miss to see species of birds include Papyrus gonolek, shoebill stock, the Handsome Francolin, Rwenzori Turaco, Mountain Sooty Boubou, Rwenzori Batis, Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Archer’s Robin-chat, Rwenzori Hill Babbler, Grauer’s Rush, Neumann’s and Grauer’s Warbles, Masked Mountain Apalis, Stripe-breasted Tit the list is endless. For more information on birding and wildlife options, check out our bird life and national parks pages. Or click on our inquiry form fill in your query, our staff is ready to get back to you swiftly.
Don’t forget also the Kigali city tour to see very may interesting things within the city, things to see include the Kigali genocide where over 25000 people were buried under the same graveyard during the 1994 genocide, you will be given a story about when and how this war started from the survivors of this horrific war, visit Rwanda national museum to get more history about Rwanda, visit the cultural sites, here you will be entertained by the local people through their music and dance, visit marketing places and if interested do the shopping from their before your departure. A safari to Rwanda is worth it.