When is the best time to visit Nyungwe Forest National Park?
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Primates and wildlife of Uganda and Rwanda
See mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, golden monkeys and tree-climbing lions, take a boat cruise and visit Rwanda's genocide memorial
$ 6,960
£ 5,398
R 92,213
€ 5,932
per person
12 days
Nyungwe National Park
Gazetted in 2000, Nyungwe is Rwanda's newest and largest national park, extending across 1,000 square kilometres of mountainous southwestern Burundi border region, where it protects the largest extant montane rainforest in East Africa. Nyungwe's main attraction for most visitors is its…
Republic of Rwanda
Rwanda is a tiny country but it has two giant attractions: the endangered mountain gorilla in Volcanoes National Park, and the 1994 genocide memorial in Kigali. For a wider primate experience, you can combine gorillas with chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest National Park or a visit to…
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