Hi Nic
Thanks for the positive feedback 🙂
In terms of primates, Rwanda is best known for the mountain gorillas of Volcanoes National Park; but you can also track golden monkeys there. There is a sizeable group of chimpanzees open to tourists to track in Nyungwe Forest National Park, a superb rainforest in the south west of the country. Nyungwe also has a habituated group of black-and-white Colobus. Visitors can get within a few metres of them, in the company of a wildlife ranger.

Excellent article thanks!

I am busy writing an article on Rwanda Primates on my website

One of the highlights of my last few weeks research for Fodor’s Travel “Complete Guide to the African Safari” is visiting Rwanda’s tiny Gishwati Mukura National Park for the first time.

It is three years since I published this blog and finally I had a chance to visit this nascent National Park.

Thank you MURAKOZE to Anaclet of Rwanda Development Board (RDB) for giving me an insight into the park’s future direction: future tourism activities will include hiking, birdwatching, Eastern Chimpanzee tracking, camping, and numerous cultural experiences. I look forward to hearing more.

In the meantime, a tree planting programme is helping to protect the Gishwati Mukura landscape from further erosion, protect the rivers, improve biodiversity and – crucially – provide firewood for local communities. Improved charcoal practices give direct health, environmental and financial benefits. Combined, these initiatives generate more appreciation for conservation.