Trekking Permits for Rwanda Chimpanzees
Rwanda Legal cards or documentation issued by Rwanda Development Board (RDB), a government agency in charge of tourism in Rwanda, allowing all visitors above the age of 15 years to visit habituated chimpanzee families and spend one hour with them in their natural habitat, are known as Chimpanzee Trekking permits. Following gorilla trekking in Volcanoes national park, chimpanzee trekking in Rwanda takes place in Nyungwe forest national park and is among the most popular safari activities in Rwanda. Many visitors follow this activity.
Cost of Rwanda’s chimpanzee hiking permits
East African citizens pay 25 USD per person, international non residents pay 150 USD per person, and foreign residents pay 75 USD per person for chimps trekking permits in Nyungwe forest national park. The chimpanzee trekking permit charges include guide fee and exclude park admission fee which costs 100 USD per person for international non residents spending one night in the park, 60USD per person for foreign residents spending and 10USD per person for East African citizens.
Visitors spending two nights in the park will be charged 150 USD per person for foreign non residents park entrance fee, 90 USD per person for foreign residents and 15 USD per person for East African citizens while visitors spending three nights in the park will be charged 200 USD per person for foreign non residents park entrance fee, 120 USD per person for foreign residents and 20 USD per person for East African citizens.
How can one reserve Rwanda chimpanzee hiking permits?
Either book your Chimpanzee Trekking permits in Nyungwe forest national park Rwanda through Rwanda Development Board, where you will email or phone the offices in Kigali. Through a reputable tour operator, you can also reserve Chimpanzee Trekking permits in Rwanda and get in touch with us with the date, month, and year you would want to visit the chimpanzees in Nyungwe forest national park. Following your contact, we will look for permit availability and, should permits be available on your chosen dates, you will be required to submit a deposit. We will be able to buy the permits on your behalf once the money has been received and forward a scanned copy of the receipt to you as verification.
Trekking in Nyungwe, Chimpanzees
Trekking among Chimpanzees in Nyungwe
Experience trekking with chimpanzees in Rwanda
Beginning very early in the morning with a training on the guidelines to follow during trekking, chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe forest national park begins. Following the briefing, you will begin search for the habituated chimpanzees by trekking in the jungle under the direction of professional park rangers and guide. Depending on where the chimpanzees are found, trekking them in Nyungwe forest national park takes two to five hours as they enjoy to migrate in quest of food.
When should one go chimpanzee trekking in the national park of Nyungwe forest?
Though the best period is during the dry season in the months of June, July, August, September, December, January and February since during time there is less rainfall in the national park thus chimpanzee trekking paths will be dry and passable which makes trekking easy compared to the rainy season when the paths are muddy and slippery which makes chimpanzee trekking difficult.
To arrange a chimpanzee trekking safari in Nyungwe forest national park, do not hesitate to contact us or check our website for further information about Rwanda chimpanzee trekking permits.
