Explore Gishwati-Mukura National Park: When visiting a national park, sightseers expect a lot and one of the most expected things is to be engaged in numerous safari activities that are carried out at the destination.
While on a visit to Gishwati-Mukura National Park, which is located in Rwanda, sightseers will be thrilled by the numerous attractions that are found in the national park, making it an excellent safari destination to go for any kind of adventure.
The national park is situated in the western province of Rwanda, spans approximately 34 square kilometers, and is home to over 60 species of trees, more than 20 chimpanzees, golden monkeys, L’Hoest’s monkeys, blue monkeys, and over 232 bird species.
Sightseers can have a drive at the national park and drive from Kigali to the park, which is about a 2-hour drive by road. Others can also fly there as an option of a chartered flight from Kigali to Gishwati-Mukura. You can also access this park from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.
When it comes to accommodations while at the national park, the national park is new and for that fact, there are accommodation facilities and camps under construction but the best lodge to stay in Gishwati-Mukura National Park is Gishwati luxury lodge with about six luxury chalets that house less than 15 guests at a time. Other options include Kivu, Rubavu, or Volcanoes National Park.
The national park has a lot to offer to all those who plan to venture through its perimeters and in this article, we get to notice some of the safari activities that rank the national park a unique destination to go for a safari adventure and they are as below:
Golden monkey trekking
The national park is also an excellent destination to go for golden monkey trekking because it is home to these incredible and endangered species. sightseers can get to engage in the activity and also get to marvel at other species such as mammals, primates, birds, and different plant species and, in the end, meet the golden monkeys
Chimpanzee tracking
One of the most thrilling safari activities carried out at Gishwati-Mukura National Park is chimpanzee tracking, which is one of the safari activities that brought thousands to come to the country and be able to engage in the activity, and this activity is led by well-trained safari guides who help sightseers to track the chimpanzees in the national park and other primates in the national park and these include blue and white colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, olive baboons, l’hoest monkeys, mongoose, civets, golden monkeys and many more.
Hiking the waterfalls
The national park is also home to the great Kazaneza waterfall and visitors have a chance to hike to the waterfalls as they get to marvel at the beauty that it holds, for those that love keeping memories, they can get to take pictures of the eye-catching views and the various wildlife they may encounter along the trails to the water falls, this hike is led by advanced safari guides who lead sightseers to the waterfall.
Explore Gishwati-Mukura National Park : Birdwatching
Home to over 230 birds including both endemic and Albertine rift plus forest birds, the national park a great birding destination for all bird lovers to go visit, as they get to witness birds such as the cardinal woodpecker, purple-breasted sunbird, Regal Sunbird, Grauer’s swamp warbler, booted eagle, Abyssinian ground-thrush, Ruwenzori Batis, Woodhoopoe, black-faced apalis, red-faced barbet, Martial Eagle, short-tailed warbler, handsome francolin, strange weaver, Dusky Crimsonwing, yellow-rumped tinkerbird, slaty flycatcher, Red-throated Alethe, Ruwenzori Turaco, Mountain Yellow Warbler, yellow-eyed black flycatcher, grey crowned crane, and great blue Turaco among others
For more information about Gishwati-Mukura National Park, sightseers can get in contact with Focus East Africa Tours to get booked up for a thrilling safari at the national park and other spots.
