All About Rwanda

Rwanda Travel Guide

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About Rwanda

Rwanda, a small landlocked country with so many beautiful hills! has various / several tourist attractions to any one traveling to Africa may be for tourism, visiting, exploring, studying and research purposes and for many more other reasons. Among Rwanda’s beauty, you will be able to enjoy her endangered mountain gorillas, wildlife (chimpanzees, golden monkeys and Colobus monkeys, etc.) birding, relaxing and chilling out places, cultural visits to the indigenous local tribes of Rwanda, (where you can see how different African cultures do survive in their world), as well as the Historical sites and information that is especially good for the explorers, i.e. The 1994Genocide between the Hutu and Tutsi tribal groups of Rwanda.   In its tourism services, Rwanda can offer / provide you with volcanoes mountain climbing, hiking and biking, wildlife adventure for the wild (chimpanzees, mountain and lowland gorillas’ trekking, colubus and golden monkeys’ tour, and so much more.

Kigali, Rwanda’s Capital City

Kigali is the capital city of Rwanda that became the capital of free Rwanda in 1962. It is an important economic, cultural, and transport hub of the country. It’s the most densely populated area of the country with most of its population rising from the misplaced peoples by the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Since then ( 1994), Kigali has been slowly rebuilt and income from tourism especially gorilla tourism together with the numerous aid works and volunteering organizations have all helped spark off her economy.

It is a relatively safe and sophisticated small city that has developed in quite a short while. It is a beautiful city sprawling over several hills, with nice avenues (full of flowering trees) as well as the green mountains surrounding the city. While in Kigali, one thing you should not be afraid of is communication since a few international languages are used there that is; Kinyarwanda, English, French and even German etc. Kigali is usually the arrival spot for many county’s visitors .It has some interesting sites that are easily reached even by taxi such as the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center (a permanent exhibition of the genocide remains), Caplaki (market shops where shopping can be done on items like wood carvings, drums, baskets ceramics etc), community nature walks can also be enjoyed here especially a the dancing pots where you will find the Batwa pottery and also learn more about the Twa people. With all this going on in Kigali, it is evident that the capital can provide you with such a wonderful city tour.

Things to Do on a Rwanda Safari

What to do in RwandaThere are lots of things to do in Rwanda. Here are the some of the most popular adventures you can engage while on holiday in Rwanda;

• Gorilla Trekking: This is the most popular tourist activity that pulls travelers to Rwanda. The Volcanoes National Park in the northern part of the country is the favorite to travelers looking for gorilla tours in Africa. Trips from short day tours to 2-7 days gorilla treks can be booked from listed local tour operators.
• Golden Monkey tracking – The Volcanoes National Park hosts some of the rare primates; the endangered golden monkeys. You can track these elusive monkeys on your next trip in Rwanda.
• Genocide Memorial tours – There are several genocide memorial sites including the Kigali Genocide Memorial, Nyamata, Ntarama, Gisozi and more.
• Chimpanzee Tracking – an adventure carried out in the Nyungwe Forest National Park.
• City tours – there are two major cities; Butare and Kigali. There are several attractions in these cities including museums, art galleries and natural monuments.
• Bird watching – Rwanda is one of the best destinations in East Africa where travelers go birding.
• Boat Cruise: Have amazing launch trips along Lake Ihema, Lake Kivu, the Twin Lakes etc.
• Game Viewing in the Akagera National Park, the only savanna national park in Rwanda.

Where to Go

Destinations – Where to go in Rwanda

The top places to Visit in Rwanda include

• Volcanoes National Park – Home to the Mountains for gorilla tracking/Trekking in Parc Des Volcans
• Genocide Memorials sites –
• Gishwati Mukura National Park – Go chimpanzee tracking in Rwanda’s newly created protected area.
• Dian Fossey’s Remains -Karisoke Research Center,
• Akagera National Park – The Only savanna national park in Rwanda. Meet the big five on a classic African safari within Akagera.
• Nyungwe forest National Park: The only East African forest where you can experience chimpanzee tracking and a canopy walk.
• Lake Kivu: One of Africa’s great lakes famous for leisurely adventure activities.

Top Cities to Visit in Rwanda

• Gisenyi city
• Musanze City
• Butare Town
• Kigali city

When is the Best Time to visit Rwanda

The country can be visited at any time of year. The dry season stretches from mid-May to mid-October and this season is easier for tracking the mountain gorillas. Peak season for safaris in Rwanda is July – September as well as December – February. However traveling outside this time means it is easier to arrange a gorilla permit.