Nyungwe National Park is the largest mountain forest in East or Central Africa and one of the most ancient dating back to before the last ice age ; covering 1,000 square kilometers across the majestic hills of southern Rwanda.

A uniquely rich centre of floral diversity, the forest has more than 200 different species of trees ; over 100 species of colorful orchids and a myriad of other flowering plants including the other-worldly giant lobelia, 13 species in all, including humankind’s closest living relative the chimpanzee, as well as the handsome L’Hoest’s monkey and hundred-strong troops of diligently acrobatic Angola colombus not forgetting over 250 species of birds and 15 well-maintained trails teeming with flora and fauna.

Chimpanzee