Journey stop 4 of 7

Nyungwe National Park

See this location as part of Rwanda Three Landscapes Safari Circuit—where it sits on the route, how the Journey reaches it, and what comes next.

Place / visit
193.9 km on Kigali to Nyungwe National Park at Uwinka

The measured point where this Journey reaches or leaves the shared Across route.

0 km on Nyungwe at Uwinka to Gisenyi along the Lake Kivu corridor

The measured point where this Journey reaches or leaves the shared Across route.

This stop on the Journey The current stop is gold. Adjacent stops and the route into or away from it provide context.

Route context

Arriving and continuing

These details belong to this Journey. They describe the path through Nyungwe National Park, not the destination in general.

Arriving from

Kigali

Car · about 270 minutes

Timing is variable; use times only as broad guidance.

Travel through the southern highlands to Uwinka, allowing more time than a routing estimate for mountain roads, weather, and pauses.

Kigali to Nyungwe National Park at Uwinka 0 → 193.9 km · 193.9 km OSRM-routed road geometry over OpenStreetMap.

Continuing to

Gisenyi

Car · about 330 minutes

Timing is variable; use times only as broad guidance.

A long, winding western progression through highlands and the Lake Kivu corridor; road condition, rain, and daylight can materially change the day.

Nyungwe at Uwinka to Gisenyi along the Lake Kivu corridor 0 → 207.5 km · 207.5 km OSRM-routed road geometry over OpenStreetMap.

At this stop

Use Uwinka as the mapped rainforest anchor while confirming the actual reception point for each guided activity.