4 Days bird watching safari Rwanda

4 Days bird watching safari Rwanda takes you to Ngungwe forest and volcanoes national park for a fantastic birding tour and gorilla trekking experience. The two destinations feature other exciting tourism activities are like golden monkey tracking, mountain hiking, chimpanzee trekking, canopy walk and nature walks. Therefore, your package can be customized to best suit your travel tastes and preferences.

This 4 Days bird watching safari Rwanda can be extended to Akagera national park for game viewing including big five game and other animals grazing in the open savannas.

4 Days bird watching safari Rwanda

• Day 1: Pick up and Transfer to Nyungwe forest national park
• Day 2: Full day birding Nyungwe Forest Reserve of Rwanda
• Day 3: Half day Birdwatching Nyungwe Forest – Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
• Day 4: Gorilla Trekking – Birding Experiences in Volcanoes National Park

Day 1: Pick up and Transfer to Nyungwe forest national park

Meet and greet your birding guide and transfer to Nyungwe forest national park for an exciting birdwatching tour. Arrive at your booked lodge, check in, either relax or go birding around your booked accommodation. Dinner and overnight stay at Nyungwe Forest Lodge.

Day 2: Full day birding Nyungwe Forest Reserve of Rwanda

Wake up early for breakfast and head to Nyungwe forest for birdwatching trip to look out for several birds such as Kivu Ground-Thrushm, Rwenzori Hill-babbler, White-tailed Blue-flycatcher, Mountain Greenbul, Red-chested, Sunbird, Regal Sunbird, Rockefeller’s Sunbird, Archer’s Robin-Chat, Miombo Rock-Thrush, Mountain Masked Apalis, Black-faced Apalis, Collared Apalis, Chestnut-throated Apalis, Grauer’s Warbler, few Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Stripe-breasted Tit, Purple-breasted Sunbird, Red- throated Alethe, Ruwenzori Turaco, Thick-billed Seedeater, Handsome Francolin, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, White-headed Wood-hoopoe, Olive Woodpecker, Cinnamon Bracken Warbler, Mountain Yellow Warbler, Northern Puffback, White-starred Robin, Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird, Dusky Crimsonwing, Streaky Seedeater, Great Blue Turaco, Variable Sunbird, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Waller’s Starling, White-bellied Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird among others. Retire and drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight at Nyungwe Forest Lodge.

Day 3: Half day Birdwatching Nyungwe Forest – Transfer to Volcanoes National Park

After breakfast, you will resume your birding trip to Nyungwe forest in search for birds that you might have missed in the past days. You may spot birds like Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Mountain Sooty Boubou, Rwenzori Batis, Black Cuckoo, Sharpe’s Starling, Golden-breasted Bunting, Equatorial Akalat, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Evergreen Forest Warbler, Dusky Tit, Doherty’s Bush-shrike, Siffling Cisticola, Bronze Mannikin, Neumann’s Warbler, Red-throated Alethe, Mountain Wagtail, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, Blue-headed Sunbird, Kungwe Apalis, White-bellied Robin-chat, and many more. Drive back to your lodge for lunch and drive to Volcanoes national park for gorilla trekking experiences the following day. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla Mountain View Lodge

Day 4: Gorilla Trekking – Birding Experiences in Volcanoes National Park

Have breakfast and drive to Volcanoes national park for a life time gorilla trekking tour. During your gorilla tour in Rwanda, look out for several bird species in Volcanoes national park like; Baglafecht weaver, Grauer’s swamp warbler, Cinnamon-chested bee-eater, Bateleur, Blue-spotted wood dove, Red-backed shrike, Ruwenzori double-collared sunbird, African long-eared owl, Brown woodland warbler, Brown-necked parrot, Doherty’s bush-shrike, Dusky turtle dove, Handsome francolin, Dusky crimsonwing, Archer’s robin-chat, Lagden’s bush-shrike, Red-faced woodland warbler, Strange weaver, Ruwenzori apalis, Ruwenzori batis, Ruwenzori nightjar, Ruwenzori turaco, Scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird among others. Retire from the forest, drive back to your lodge for lunch and later transfer to Kigali international airport to end your 4 Days bird watching safari Rwanda.

4 Days bird watching safari Rwanda includes;

• Park fees
• All activities
• A professional driver/guide
• All transportation
• All Taxes/VAT
• Pick up and drop off
• Meals
• Drinking water

4 Days bird watching safari Rwanda excludes;

• International flights
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Tips
• Personal items
• Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees