Nyungwe Forest
The most ancient montane forest in East or Central Africa characterises this 1000 sq km park. This has allowed a range of floral diversity of great depth with more than 200 species of trees and many flowering plants including the giant lobelia and a number of orchid varieties.
The main motivation for visiting the park is to experience the variety of primates, 13 species in all. Chimpanzees, L'Hoests monkey and large troops of Angola colobus are three key species. There are around 300 species of birds of which two dozen are endemic to the Albertine Rift. The most famous bird and a greatly desired TICK on any birders list, is the giant blue turaco who announces his dinosaur like passing with a distinct mechanical flapping of wings overhead.
The forest has an easy to follow network of walking trails which cover the forest extensively and allow may views of the plentiful waterfalls. Tracking of chimpanzees has around a 60% chance of success and seeing most of the primates will require a two day stay. The park is only a short distance from Butare and Cyangugu but as it is off the normal tourist circuit accommodation is on a very basic level.
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Akagera National Park, Parc National des Volcans and Nungwe Forest
Starting and finishing in Kigali, capital of Rwanda, this safari starts with a visit to Akagera National Park to view the beautiful wetland savannah and Rwanda's fabulous birds and animals. The highlight of the trip is gorilla trekking in Parc National des Volcans of course and if time allows a visit to the golden monkeys. After gorilla trekking the safari continues to Nyungwe rainforest. There are 13 primate species, 300 bird species and a variety of orchids and butterflies.
Price quoted is for a set departure group safari staying in high quality lodges and camps and is per person.
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