The canopy walk in Rwanda

The canopy walk in Rwanda is among the most rewarding tourism activities in Nyungwe national park that you should not miss out on for an amazing Rwanda experience. Nyungwe national park should be your first choice among the national parks you visit during your Rwanda safari. Nyungwe national park is famous for having escaped the ice age which makes it one of the parks with rich bio diversity, the park is famous for its large numbers of the chimpanzees and also a number of monkey species like the Hamlyn’s monkey, dent’s monkey, Mona  monkey, black and white colobus monkey, silver monkey, and the owl faced monkey  among that can be seen in the country but once you make your way to the park, you will get to realise that you will get to see the canopy walk way a suspended metallic walk way that will offer the exhilarating experience in the park for an amazing Rwanda experience.

While participating in the canopy walk in Rwanda, you are expected in hiking the igishigishigi trail from the Uwinka reception area which will give you access to the canopy walkway. Interesting about the activity in Nyungwe national park is the fact that you will get to participate in hiking the igishigishigi trail which will open up a number of rewarding attractions as you make your way to the metallic trail. Some of the most rewarding attractions that you will get to see include; numerous bird species like; like Pockefellers’s sun bird, Chapin’s flycatcher, Rwenzori Batis, strange weaver, red throated alethe, the blue turaco, Ross’s turaco, coqui Francolin, long tailed cisticola, bubbling cisticola, Miombo wren warbler, Chubb’s cisticola, you will also get to see a number of butterfly species a number of orchids that will make your hike worth it.

When you get to the canopy walk walkway, is a 160 metres long walkway that is 70 metres suspended above the ground in the lush montane rainforest of Nyungwe national park that you can get the opportunity to walk along the metallic bridge to get the chance to watch the park and a number of rewarding attractions like the chimpanzees and the different monkey species swinging along the different tree branches in the park, along the metallic lines, you will get to see a number of different bird species lining up along  the different lines along the canopy walk way, you will also get to see rewarding views of the park from an aerial view for a rewarding wildlife safari in Rwanda, Nyungwe national park. While carrying out your canopy walk in Rwanda, you can either take part in the activity in either the morning or the afternoon which you can tailor with a number of other activities in Nyungwe national park for an amazing experience in the park

While you visit Nyungwe national park, you will have the opportunity to participate in a number of tourism activities in Nyungwe national park and these include; There are a number of trails in the park that you can hike like the kamiranzovu trail that will lead you to the largest marsh in Rwanda, the kamiranzovu swamp where a number of elephants were killed through drowning, among the other famous trails you can embark on in the park, the Isumo waterfalls trail is another rewarding attractions that you should not miss out on for an amazing experience during your Rwanda safari. The trail will lead you to the Isumo waterfalls which are among the rewarding features and amazing views in the park, watching a number of animal species quenching their thirst from there, the waterfalls are also a perfect area for photography.

Because the park is also a home to a number of primate species you can also participate in the primate trek which is the activity which will give you the opportunity to track the different primate species in the park. among the notable primate species that can be seen include; Mona monkey, dent’s monkey, Hamlyn’s monkey, silver monkey, grey cheeked Mangabey, Vervet monkey and many other species that you will get to spend time with observing the different features of the primates in the wild for an amazing Rwanda tour.

Aside from Nyungwe national park, you can visit national parks like the Gishwati Mukura national park and get to watch the different primates, in volcanoes national park, you can take part in gorilla trekking in Rwanda, golden monkey trekking in Rwanda, you can also participate in the Dian Fossey hike and also Virunga mountains hike and in Akagera national park you can take part in the boat cruise on lake Ihema, you can also take part in birding in Akagera national park where you will have the chance to see the endangered shoe bill stork, you can take part in the game drives in Akagera national park to track the big five animals in Rwanda for the most rewarding experience in rwanda.