Rwanda Wildlife Parks

Rwanda, Land of a Thousand Hills

Rwanda is a country of steep green hills, misty mountains and deep forest, and it shelters some of the rarest primates on earth. Most travellers come for one reason: the chance to sit quietly with a family of endangered mountain gorillas in the wild. Many leave surprised by how much more the country has to offer, from chimpanzees and golden monkeys to open savannah full of big game.

Three parks, three very different landscapes

Volcanoes National Park covers the Rwandan side of the Virunga range, a chain of volcanoes whose rainforest and bamboo slopes are one of the last places on the planet where mountain gorillas live. A trek here can also bring you close to golden monkeys, colobus, blue monkeys and owl faced monkeys.

Nyungwe Forest National Park protects a great sweep of equatorial rainforest in the southwest. Tracking chimpanzees is the highlight, and the forest is also home to Dent’s monkeys, olive baboons, vervets and many more primates. Its canopy walkway lifts you into the treetops among birds, butterflies and orchids.

Akagera National Park shows a completely different side of Rwanda. In the east, savannah, marsh, low hills and forest support topi, zebra, impala, giraffe, rhino, elephant and lion, and thanks to years of conservation work the animals are increasing and sightings are becoming more common.