Big five animals in Akagera National Park, Rwanda's only savannah safari destination, and it holds one of the most remarkable wildlife recovery stories in Africa. Following the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, the park was reduced to roughly two-thirds of its original size to accommodate returning refugees, and its large mammal populations, including lion...
What to do at lake shakani, Akagera national park. Lake Shakani is located quietly in the southern section of Akagera National Park, a few kilometers northeast of the park headquarters, and it holds a distinction found nowhere else in Rwanda: it's the only lake in the country where sport fishing is permitted as a tourist...
Where to go fishing in Rwanda. Fishing isn't the first activity most people associate with in a Rwanda trip, and that's precisely what makes it worth understanding properly for anyone with even a casual interest in wetting a line. Rwanda's lakes and rivers, from Akagera National Park's Lake Ihema and Lake Shakani...
Guide to Dian Fossey Hike: Most travelers go to Rwanda with one activity circled in red on their itinerary and that is ‘gorilla trekking’. Fewer visitors realize that a half-day walk on the same slopes, through the same bamboo and hagenia forest, leads to the grave of the woman...
10 Birds to Spot on a Birding Safari in Rwanda: Rwanda has over 700 recorded bird species in a country the size of Wales, and 29 of those species are Albertine Rift endemics found only in the narrow band of Afromontane forest running along the western edge of the Great Rift Valley. For a serious...
Road Trips in Rwanda: Rwanda's roads are among the best-maintained in the East African region. The main highways connecting Kigali to Musanze in the northwest, Kigali to Huye in the south, and Kigali to the eastern border at Akagera are fully sealed tarmac in good condition. The speed limit is 80 km/h...
Rwanda holds approximately a third of the world's remaining mountain gorilla population. The current global count sits at just over 1,000 individuals, which makes every family group you might visit on a Rwanda gorilla trek part of one of the rarest wildlife populations on earth.The country has positioned itself as the primary destination for...
Rwanda sits almost exactly on the equator, which means the temperature stays relatively consistent throughout the year. You are not choosing between hot and cold seasons the way you might in a more temperate country.What you are choosing between is wet and dry, and that distinction matters considerably more in Rwanda than temperature does, particularly...
