Planning for an adventure to Nyungwe Forest National Park. Here is useful information on how to get to Nyungwe Forest, maps and guides etc.
Traveling to Nyungwe Forest by Air
If planning to fly to Nyungwe, the only Airport in Rwanda is in Kigali the capital of Rwanda and Air Rwanda flies there on a daily basis. From Kigali, you travel by road to Nyungwe and attraction to see before reaching the park include Rwanda’s National University tourists may opt to stop at the museum or culture centre on the way to Nyungwe.The journey takes you about 5 hours, on the narrow. Visitors are advised to carry bottled mineral water and smacks since the park does not offer shopping facilities.
The nearest shopping centre is in the western direction of Nyungwe in the village of Gisaku also a source of tourist information about Nyungwe forest and attraction can be ac A canteen with hot meals and tourist facilities are available at Gisakura, a tiny village located on the western edge of the forest road. The Conservation Project of the Nyungwe Forest (PCFN), supported by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), maintains an office and tourist welcome center here, as well as the canteen and guest rooms. There are forest research and conservation activities happening at this site. The Rwandan parks department has an office here as well. PCFN maintains several nice walking trails from Gisakura into the forest. You may also tour a tea factory at Gisakura, and visit a small forest fragment in the tea plantation where colobus monkeys are readily visible.
There are several options for your stay at Nyungwe Forest. There are camping facilities at Uwinka, if tourists choose to stay the night in the forest. There are also limited number of rooms in a small cabin at Uwinka that may be available to rent. Tourists should plan to bring their own food with them for their stay at Uwinka in the forest. Proceed to Gisakura and the PCFN office to check in and reserve a campsite or cabin space at Uwinka. Tourists may also stay at the guest house in Gisakura, and return each day to hike in the forest, an easy 40 minute drive. Lastly, there are several hotels and restaurants in Cyangugu, a town about an hour drive from Gisakura along the border with DRC.