Volcanoes National Park

• mountain gorillas
• birds
• golden monkey

Volcanoes National Park is a national park in northwestern Rwanda. It covers 160 km² (62 sq mi) of rainforest and encompasses five of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains, namely Karisimbi, Bisoke, Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabyinyo.  It is home to the mountain gorilla and the golden monkey, and was the base for the primatologist Dian Fossey.

Akagera National Park

Akagera comprise savannah, woodland, wetland and a dozen lakes.

• Safari

• Birdwatching

Akagera National Park is a protected area in eastern Rwanda covering 1,122 km² (433 sq mi) along the international border with Tanzania. It was founded in 1934 and includes savannah, montane and swamp habitats. The park is named for the Kagera Riverwhich flows along its eastern boundary feeding into Lake Ihema and several smaller lakes. The complex system of lakes and linking papyrus swamps makes up over a third of the park, which is the largest protected wetland in Eastern-Central Africa.

Nyungwe National Park

One of the oldest rainforests in Africa.

• Primate Tracking

•  Birdwatching

• Tea

Nyungwe Forest National Park  is located in the watershed between the basin of the river Congo to the west and the basin of the river Nile to the east. From the east side of the Nyungwe forest comes also one of the branches of the Nile sources.

It was established in 2004 and covers an area of approximately 970 km² of rainforest, bamboo, grassland, swamps, and bogs. The nearest town is Cyangugu, 54 km to the west. Mount Bigugu is located within the park borders.

Gishwati Mukura National Park

• Primate Tracking
• Birdwatching

Rwanda’s fourth national park, Gishwati Mukura is made up of two separate forests – the larger Gishwati and small Mukura, forming a total of 34 square kilometres plus a buffer zone.

The forests sit on the ridge which divides the Congo and Nile water catchment areas, along the incredibly biodiverse Albertine Rift in the west of the country. It is made up of 60 species of tree, including indigenous hardwoods and bamboo.

Gishwati is home to a group of 20 chimpanzees which live alongside golden monkeys, L’Hoest’s and Blue Monkeys. Birds are well represented too, 232 species have been seen at Gishwati and 163 at Mukura, among them Albertine Rift Endemic species and forest specialists.