Holidays to Rwanda

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Rwanda

The Land of A Thousand Hills ... never has a strap line been more accurate!  Rwanda is a small, land locked country in equatorial Africa made up of thousands of hills and lakes. Tea and Coffee plantations cover the hills with bright green. 

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Bucket List travel

The main reason for a visit to Rwanda has historically to see the Mountain Gorillas. 

This is indeed one of the most amazing wildlife experiences on earth and high on many bucket lists.  In addition, there is a lot more to Rwanda.  Furthermore, make sure you take time to meet the people & experience culture. 

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Rwanda and Uganda Holidays

Rwanda can be easily combined with neighbouring Uganda furthermore, you can include Kenya and the Indian Ocean. 

Virunga Mountains - Volcanoes National Park

Primates are definitely the draw card for tourists to Rwanda.  In the Virunga Mountains there are several habituated groups of Gorillas, have a look at the Gorilla Trekking page on this site.  Also in the same park you can visit the Golden Monkeys, seen in large troops in the bamboo forest and indigenous to this area. 

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Akagera National Park

Akagera National Park is Central Africa’s largest protected wetland and the last remaining refuge for savannah wildlife in Rwanda. 

A wonderful conservation success story. Furthermore, Akagera is now home to lions and rhinos, and is the only Big Five park in Rwanda.  Just two hours’ drive from Kigali, it is a beautiful and convenient savannah landscape.

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Habitat diversity includes lakes, marshes, savannah, mountains and woodlands in spectacular scenery. In addition, Akagera offers exceptional birdwatching with more than 482 species. 

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Tourism is growing with a new day visitor complex and the opening of Ruzizi Tented Lodge and Karenge Bush Camp. Proceeds from tourism revenue are invested back into the park and the local community.

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Nyungwe Forest Reserve Rwanda

To the south of the country is Nyungwe Forest Reserve - this is true rainforest and an incredible experience.  There are Chimpanzees here, though they are hard to follow and large groups of Black & White Colobus monkeys too.

Birdwatching Holidays

Nyungwe Forest has amazing biodiversity.  It is amazing as a birdwatching destination. Furthermore, there are hundreds of tracks and trails, enabling you to spend several days trekking in the forest.  In addition, there is an aerial walkway through the forest canopy.

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Source of the Nile

Nyungwe is also reputed to be the 'source of the Nile' and you can visit the point in the hills where the trickle of water begins! 

Lake Kivu & Beach Hotels

Lake Kivu spans the border between Rwanda and Congo and is a huge mass of water, which amazingly has no natural freshwater fish stocks as it's a methane lake!  Furthermore, there are some pretty lake shore lodges and hotels.  Above all, it's worth spending a few days here, meeting local people, visiting historical sites and taking boat trips on the lake.

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Kigali City

Kigali, the capital city, is a modern and cosmopolitan business centre.  Above all, there is a forward thinking government and a great infrastructure. Rwanda is now educating more of it's children than ever and actively encouraging home grown businesses onto the international market.

Escorted Primate Tours

There are some group trips which travel to Rwanda, mainly for the gorillas - if you are on a tight budget, take a look at the Gorillas and Mara group trip which is great value or the group holiday Rwanda Primate Safari. 

If you want a bespoke safari, ask us to put together the perfect itinerary for your tailor made holiday to Rwanda.  Travel in a group or independently, it's a fabulous inspiring and beautiful country!

Gorillas in the Mist

Take a look at Jules' blog for more about the Gorilla trekking experience. 

The genocide of the early 90's was of course world headline news and one of the most terrible acts of human violence ever.  I (Jules) first visited Rwanda shortly after the end of the genocide and as I hitched a lift in the back of a pick up truck through the pot holed dirt roads of the north of the country to see the gorillas, I felt permanently on edge.  There were more armed guards than tourists in the Virungas and people carrying guns and grenades were around every corner.  Even at that time though, I found the people to be incredibly friendly and on returning at the end of 2010, I found a completely re-juvenated and positive country.  The gorillas were as amazing as ever, and I was also fortunate enough to visit the other parks and various cultural sites.