Safari Activities to do at Gishwati-Mukura National Park: Gishwati-Mukura National Park offers a fascinating blend of natural beauty to travelers while on Rwanda wildlife the national park is located in the western province of Rwanda covering a total area of about 34 square kilometers.
Gishwati-Mukura National Park boasts over 60 species of trees, including indigenous hardwoods and bamboo home to over 20 chimpanzees including; golden monkeys, L’Hoest’s monkeys, and blue monkeys. Containing over 232 bird species and 163 species in Mukura among them are Albertine Rift Endemic species and forest specialists.
The national park has a lot to offer to those who visit its perimeters and get a great kind of wildlife safari in the country ranking it the best safari destination in the country below are some of the safari activities to carry out in the national park.
wildlife safari activities to do at Gishwati-Mukura National Park
Chimpanzee tracking
Chimpanzee tracking is just one of the famous safari activities carried out in the national park as sightseers travel from far and near to be part of this thrilling safari activity in the national park. The activity is a guided trek where trekkers are given armed ranger guides to lead them through different trekking trails as they look for the habituated chimpanzees.
Getting to sightsee numerous primates like; blue and white colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, olive baboons, l’hoests monkeys, mongoose, civets, golden monkeys, and many more.
Golden monkey trekking
While on an adventure into the national park, sightseers can also get engaged in golden monkey trekking due to the number of golden monkeys existing in the park. and during the trekking, sightseers are also able to meet up with different park mammals, primates, birds, and different plant species meet the golden monkeys, and take photos among others.
Bird watching
The national park is ranked as a great birders’ paradise with over 230 bird species both endemic to the Albertine Rift and the forest birds and visitors at the national park can get to spot numerous 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 ramped tinker bird, slaty flycatcher, Red-throated Alethe, Ruwenzori Turaco, Mountain Yellow Warbler, yellow-eyed black flycatcher, grey crowned crane, and great blue Turaco among others.
Hiking the waterfalls
Hiking to the Kazaneza waterfall in Gishwati-Mukura National Park makes the adventure a more thrilling one for those who are interested in sightseeing the national park as they get hiking to Kazaneza waterfalls which is the famous waterfall in the rewarding views in the park, it also gives you an opportunity to spot some of the park’s fascinating animals such as civets, duikers, blue monkeys, l’hoests monkeys, vervet monkeys, Angolan colobus monkeys, birds, and different plant species.
How access to Gishwati-Mukura National Park
Sightseers can have a drive at the national park and drive from Kigali to the park which is about 2 hours drive by road. Others can also fly there as an option of a chartered flight from Kigali to Gishwati-Mukura. You can as well access this park from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.
Accommodation facilities in Gishwati-Mukura 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 which houses less than 15 guests at a time. Other options include; Kivu, Rubavu, or Volcanoes National.
