4 Days bird watching safari Rwanda

4 Days bird watching safari Rwanda offers amazing birding and gorilla trekking experiences in the Ngungwe Forest and Volcanoes National Park. Other fascinating tourism activities offered by the two locations include nature hikes, canopy walks, chimpanzee trekking, mountain hiking, and tracking golden monkeys. As a result, you can tailor your package to your travel preferences and inclinations.

You may extend this 4 Days bird watching safari in Rwanda to the Akagera National Park, where you can see big five wildlife as well as other creatures grazing on the broad savannas.

Trip highlights

• 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: Volcanoes National Park Birding Experiences and Gorilla Trekking

After breakfast, travel to the Volcanoes National Park for an unforgettable experience of gorilla trekking. Look for a number of bird species in Volcanoes National Park during your gorilla trip in Rwanda, including the Baglafecht weaver, Grauer’s swamp warbler, Cinnamon-chested bee-eater, Bateleur, Blue-spotted wood dove, and Red-backed shrike. Double-collared sunbird Ruwenzori Long-eared owl in Africa, Doherty’s bush-shrike, Dusky turtle dove, Handsome francolin, Dusky crimsonwing, Archer’s robin-chat, Lagden’s bush-shrike, Red-faced woodland warbler, Brown woodland warbler, Brown-necked parrot, Unusual weaver Among them are Ruwenzori apalis, Ruwenzori batis, Ruwenzori turaco, Ruwenzori nightjar, and Scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird. After retiring from the bush, return by car to your resort for lunch, and then make your way to the international airport in Kigali to conclude your 4 Days bird watching safari Rwanda.