Rwanda offers numerous tourist attractions that can be seen during the safari to the various wildlife destinations. Wildlife safaris in Rwanda are among the engaging activities that a tourist can take part in for a memorable Rwanda tour. A tourist who wants to experience an exciting tour of the nation should go to the various national parks, where they can view a variety of attractions, such as chimpanzees in the Nyungwe Forest National Park, the Big Five animal species in Akagera National Park, and golden monkeys and mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park, among others, while participating in a variety of activities in the parks. Click here to see mountain gorilla trekking safaris. 

Volcanoes National Park

Travelers can encounter unforgettable wildlife safaris in Volcanoes National Park. They will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of tourist activities while visiting the Volcanoes National Park. Keep in mind that you will see a variety of the park’s attractions and have memorable experiences while on your Rwanda tour. Click here to view our recommended mountain gorilla trekking tour.

Volcanoes National Park protects over 400 different bird species that survive within the bamboo trees that line the slopes of the various Virunga mountains. Volcanoes National Park is among the few national parks in Rwanda where travelers can spot a variety of wildlife species. Travelers can also see a variety of primate species in the Volcanoes National Park, including the critically endangered golden monkeys and mountain gorillas, among other primate species.

Some of the activities that can be done in the Volcanoes national park for memorable wildlife encounters include the following;

Gorilla trekking encounter in the Volcanoes National Park 

Volcanoes National Park protects various Rwandan mountain gorilla families. Mountain gorilla trekkers must hike the park's various Virunga chained mountains, including Mount Sabinyo, Muhabura, Mount Sabyinyo, Mount Karisimbi, Mount Bisoke, and Mount Gahinga. Travelers get to view a variety of fascinating primate characteristics while trekking with mountain gorillas. In order to understand primates' behavior deeply, one must observe them closely in the wild. Gorilla trekking in the wild offers a rewarding experience to tourists because they get a chance to spend an hour with the gorillas in the jungle. Travelers observe mountain gorillas eating and playing, among other things.

Golden Monkey trekking

The endangered golden monkeys in the Volcanoes National Park can also be viewed along the slopes of the Virunga chain of mountains in the park. Volcanoes National Park Golden Monkey Trekking is an active activity that involves travelers hiking the Virunga Mountains and searching for the different habituated golden monkey families in order to watch the nature of the monkeys and understand their behavior in the wild.

Birdwatching in Volcanoes National Park 

Birdwatching in Volcanoes National Park will guarantee travelers the chance to spot numerous bird species. Given that Volcanoes National Park protects over 400 bird species, it should be important to note that during the bird-watching expedition in the park, travelers have a chance of viewing over 150 bird species, which could be quite a unique and interesting number. At Volcanoes National Park, bird species include Archers' ground robin, Ruwenzori double-collared sunbird, red-faced woodland warbler, collared Apalis, Ruwenzori turaco, strange weaver, handsome francolin, blue turaco, long-tailed cisticola, Ross’s turaco, Coqui Francolin, bubbling cisticola, Chubb’s cisticola, and Miombo wren warbler.

Tourists to Volcanoes National Park have the chance to spot a variety of other wildlife species while participating in the park’s activities, including mammal species such as the black-fronted duiker, bush pigs, forest buffaloes, spotted hyenas, and others.

Nyungwe Forest National Park 

Nyungwe National Park also ensures that tourists have amazing wildlife viewing in Rwanda during their Rwanda safaris because it is a primate destination that has a lot to offer tourists while rewarding them with amazing encounters within the park. The Nyungwe Forest National Park protects a number of tourist attractions, including 13 primate species such as chimpanzees.

Chimpanzee trekking

Chimpanzee trekking is among Rwanda’s most rewarding tourist activities that can be done for memorable wildlife encounters. Nyungwe Forest National Park protects two habituated chimpanzee families, with one troop in Cyamudongo Forest and the other in Nyungwe Forest. Chimpanzee trekking is an active activity that involves travelers hiking different trails within the park searching for the habituated chimpanzee family. When travelers get to the habituated chimpanzee troop, they are only allowed to spend an hour observing their behavior in the wild.

Primate trekking in Nyungwe Forest National Park

Besides the chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest National Park, travelers get a chance to see other primate species during their chimpanzee hikes on the different trails in Nyungwe Forest National Park. Travelers should note that Nyungwe Forest National Park protects over 13 primate species, such as chimpanzees, mona monkeys, olive baboons, vervet monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabeys, de’ Brazza monkeys, silver monkeys, and red-tailed monkeys, among others, which makes Nyungwe Forest National Park so rewarding in Rwanda.

Nyungwe Forest National Park also protects other wildlife species that can be spotted in the park, including mammal species like bushbucks, black-fronted duikers, and bush pigs. Nyungwe Forest National Park bird species include the white-winged warbler, little egret, long-toed lapwing, spur-winged geese, African jacana, African open bill, papyrus gonolek, yellow wagtail, yellow-billed stork, common snipe, great swamp warbler, black-headed gonolek, African marsh harrier, and squacco heron. A Black-headed Heron

Akagera National Park

Akagera National Park is another tourist destination in Rwanda where wildlife viewing takes place for a memorable encounter with a number of activities that can be done. For example, Akagera National Park accommodates the big five animals that can all be viewed during unlimited game drives within the park. Akagera National Park offers morning game drives, so travelers always get a chance to see the early risers, such as elephants, lions, buffalos, and rhinos, grazing in the savannah plains of the park. The night game drives give tourists the chance to see the nocturnal animal species within the park, such as lions and leopards looking for prey, among other animal species. Akagera National Park also protects more bird species, which allows for birdwatching with numerous bird species.

Volcanoes National Park

Volcanoes National Park is situated in the heart of Central Africa. It is so high up that tourists shiver more than you sweat. It is famous because of the eminent primatologist Dian Fossey. The Virungas are great, old virunga volcanoes towering almost 15,000 feet and covered with rich, evergreen rainforest.”

 The Volcanoes National Park fall is located on one side of the Virunga Massif, protecting mountain gorillas, golden monkeys, and many more.

Culture & Heritage

Rwanda offers a warm, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, and so committed to the progress, beginning at the grass roots and maintaining all the way to the top.

 Rwanda maintained from the ancient kingdom to the modern kingdom, creativity is celebrated, either by a traditional dance, unique architecture, or the works of art.

Kigali Cultural Village

Kigali Cultural Village is a traditional marketplace where local artisans & food vendors trade or exhibit their goods. The Kigali Cultural Village also hosts events, festivals, workshops, and music.

King’s Palace

The King's Palace is a crafted, grass-thatched dwelling shaped like a beehive. At the back, there are a few long-horned Inyambo cattle from the king's herd, whose caretakers carefully tend and sing to them, which keeps alive a unique tradition in Rwanda.

Rwanda's Ethnographic Museum, which is also known as the National Museum, houses the finest ethnographic collection in East Africa at large.

Kigali Genocide Memorial

The Kigali Genocide Memorial at Gisozi is the place where 250,000 victims were buried. This memorial ground educates tourists about the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and examines genocide in the 20th century.

Akagera National Park

Akagera National Park is a relatively warm and low-lying national park, comprising savannah, woodland, grassland, wetland, and lots of lakes. In partnership with African Parks, there was a reintroduction of rhinos and lions at Akagera National Park, meaning once again tourists can hope to spot the Big Five on safari drives.

Nyungwe National Park

Nyungwe Forest National Park is among the oldest rainforests in Africa; it is rich in biodiversity and spectacularly beautiful. Nyungwe Forest, a mountainous region, protects wildlife such as a small population of chimpanzees and 12 other species of primate.

Gishwati Mukura National Park

Gishwati Mukuru National Park is Rwanda's fourth national park, which is made up of two separate forests—namely, the larger Gishwati and the smaller Mukura. Gishwati Mukuru is home to chimpanzees, golden monkeys, blue monkeys, L'Hoest's monkeys, and bird species.

The best time to explore Rwanda is usually in the dry seasons, which occur from June to September and again from December to February. Most tourists travel to Rwanda to view mountain gorillas; the best time to visit Rwanda is often whenever there is a highly demanded mountain gorilla trekking permit.