Rwanda Birding Safari Nyungwe

Birding Safari Rwanda, Butterflies and Orchids

BIRDS, BUTTER FLIES AND ORCHIDS
A guided nature walk Albertine Rift and its dense forests will place into the most beautiful eco-tourism destination in Africa, exposing you to more than 100 butterflies, over 670 bird species and about 125 varieties of wild orchids.

Nyungwe forest National park, one of the industrialized natural forest reserves remaining in Africa, is a habitat to 300 species of birds, 27 of which are regional endemics. There are difficulties in penetrating as most of the areas is unexplored. This is hindered by steep hills and deep valleys.

An excellent tarmac road passes in between the forest winding into the mountain slopes. A long this road, you will see the Rwenzori hill babbler, masked mountain apalis, Francolin, gracier’s rush, Rwenzori turacos, sim birds, African weaver birds, Yellow eyed black flycatcher.

There are more forest tracks for birding around the guesthouse at Gisakura and the campsite at Uwinka. Here, the bird species include the collatred apalis, Red-throated alethe and the long tailed cuckoo.

Nocturnal birds include the Congo-bay owl. There is also a possibility of viewing 13 primates like the Chimpanzee.