Looking to taking a safari in Rwanda? Would you like to see the different primates in Rwanda? Why not take a safari to Nyungwe Forest National Park, one of the best adventure places for primates watching in Nyungwe. If you are looking to touring this tropical rainforest, a Rwanda safari cannot be complete without staying at the luxurious Nyungwe Forest Lodge, the only 5 star lodge in Rwanda.
Opened in March 2010, Nyungwe Forest Lodge is the National Park’s first five-star lodge and the perfect base from which to track the park’s most famous resident – the chimpanzees. Nyungwe offers guests an unrivalled location, including the best bird and wildlife viewing in the Nyungwe area. Nyungwe Forest Lodge consists of 24 luxury rooms which are situated in 6 wooden villas of four rooms each. There are also two presidential suites in separate villas with one of these having a Jacuzzi. This is a luxury lodge designed for a Western market by an international company with international experience. As such the rooms are modern fit-outs and well decorated with traditional touches here and there. Each room is equipped with private decks which offer views overlooking the vast forest terrain.
Nyungwe lodge is designed inform of thatched cottages with high quality facilities. The toilets and bathrooms are more like the ones in the distant safari camps. The cottages have a beautiful Veranda with well stocked bar and an organized dining room that gives a scenic view of the Forested hillside. The lodge also contains an outdoor-heated swimming pool, a relaxation retreat with two treatment rooms providing various massages and spa-treatments and a fitness centre. There is also a gift boutique and the lodge provides guests with Wi-Fi access too. The dining areas are made up of a boma (a wood-fenced area containing tables and chairs around an open fire) which provides a great location for outdoor dining and sundowners, as well as a restaurant with a private terrace, a tea lounge and a bar. Meals take place in a variety of these locations. The main lodge is apparently wheelchair friendly with relevant facilities.
Experience a touch of activities offered at Nyungwe Forest Lodge that revolves around walking and trekking in the National Park. Activities are tailored to the individual and guided walks can last anything from 1 to 7 hours. The most popular walking excursions available at Nyungwe Forest Lodge include chimpanzee trekking, black and white colobus monkey trekking, grey – cheeked mangabey trekking and the Kamiranzovu Swamps and Waterfall walks. Bird watching and cultural area walks are also offered – speak to us about the activities here.
Do you love chimpanzees? Then Nyungwe forest is the best place to be in. The major attraction in this area is of course the chimpanzees and other primates which call it home but Nyungwe Forest National Park also boasts an impressive degree of floral diversity. There are 200 different types of tree species here as well as a plethora of flowering plants including orchids and the giant lobelia. Classic vistas of Giant Tree Ferns lining the sides of hills, ridges and valleys also abound in this area.
Discover over 275 different species of birds and 75 different species of mammals that reside in these lush surroundings. The birds are particularly spectacular with giant hornbills, great blue turacos and red-breasted sparrow hawks being amongst the bird-watcher’s favorites. Twenty-four of these species are endemic to this section of the Rift Valley alone.
