Rwanda Tour
Rwanda tour is an exciting safari package that takes the traveller to the famous land of thousand hills as you explore the amazing wildlife species in the country. Rwanda is one of the small countries that is found in the Eastern region of Africa. It’s a member of the East African Community hence making it easy to have a combined tour with any of the East African destinations with only one East African tourist VISA. Rwanda is gifted by nature hosting more than half of the remaining Mountain Gorillas in the world. The country is dominated by lush hills hence getting its nickname land of thousand hills. The country has evergreen forests with the largest rainforest that is Nyungwe forests home of Chimpanzees, monkeys and canopy walk.
Rwanda has only three national parks those are Nyungwe forest National Park, Akagera national park, and Volcanoes national park. The three parks contribute to the greatest booming tourism industry of Rwanda hosting rare species. Akagera national park inhabits all the Africa big 5 though they were just introduced to the park. Volcanoes national park is the most famous national park in Rwanda. It’s a home of mountain Gorillas, Golden monkeys, volcanic mountains, hundreds of bird species and others. Besides that Rwanda has 8 Volcanic mountains with Mount Karisimbi being the highest standing at 4,507 meters. Other volcanoes include Mount Bisoke, Mount Sabinyo, Mount Muhabura, Mount Gahinga, and others. These form the Virunga Conservation Area.
Rwanda tour takes you to one of the African undiscovered tourist destinations which were first opened to the world by the famous world primate conservationist Dian Fossey. The American Primatologist was a member of Primates. These are the group of the people who were focused on the research of Primates across the world. The main aim was to study the behavior of the primates so as to capitalize on the conservation of these primates so as to protect them and their habitats. Dian Fossey worked with her other group members like Jane Goodall who specialized in Chimpanzee habituation in Gombe stream national park in Tanzania and Birute who was in Indonesia where they specialized in Orangutans. Dian Fossey is recognized as Mother Gorilla in Rwanda. She was the first person to set up Research station at Karisoke Research centre where she tirelessly worked for the conservation and protection of Mountain Gorillas. You cannot talk about Gorilla habituation in Rwanda and miss out on the name Dian Fossey. Her grave is one of the key tourism attractions in Volcanoes national park.
Rwanda tour experience starts from the time you jet in Kigali international airport with good view of the unique City. Kigali was once voted the cleanest city in Africa, full of agony in the middle of the city with different historical museums found in the centre of the city. This makes you feel sad but later enjoy though pitting the locals who lost their loved ones during the genocide time. The city is also filled with good cultural and fresh local market destinations. Our consultants have packaged Rwanda tour with both short and long safaris that cut across neighboring countries. The tour packages start from 2 days Gorilla trekking, 3 days Gorilla trekking safari, 5 days Gorillas and Chimpanzee trekking safaris, 4 Days Gorillas and Akagera safaris, 3 days Gorillas and Bisoke hike and many more.
Why choose Rwanda tour?
Rwanda is a complete destination that tourists can enjoy a wide range of safari experience that mixes wildlife, Gorillas, sightseeing, and Culture. The land of thousand hills is a home of over 703 bird species, a wide range of wildlife species not forgetting a good number of primates. The country is a home of half of the remaining mountain Gorillas in the entire world with the balance shared between Uganda and the Democratic republic of Congo. Rwanda has 3 national parks those are:
Nyungwe forest national park
This is located in the Rusizi district in the South Western of Rwanda, it’s the oldest rainforest not only in Rwanda but entire Africa. Nyungwe Forest national park is the only park in Rwanda where Chimpanzees are found. The chimpanzees in Nyungwe are semi habituated making some times harder to spot. The park has over 85 animal species with more species of primates that account for 13 species like Columbus monkeys, forest bird species, 120 butterfly species, over 1000 plant species, wonderful canopy, and waterfalls.
Nyungwe national park has over 500 Chimpanzees though only around 30 chimpanzees are habituated. The chimpanzees are trekked on the side of Cyamudongo Forest Area which has over 50 Chimpanzees which are semi habituated but easily seen. The other famous activity in Nyungwe forest national park is Canopy walk. This is the longest and oldest forest canopy walk not only in Rwanda but entire East Africa. The canopy walk is raise at 50 meters high above the ground making you swing in the treetops.
Akagera National Park
Akagera national park is the only protected area in Rwanda where wildlife game viewing is done. Located in the Eastern part of Rwanda, Akagera is an extension of Uganda open savannah parks. Akagera national park has more wildlife like Elephants, Lions, Rhinos, Zebras, Buffalo and many more. There are several activities that are done in Akagera like Game viewing, bird watching, boat cruise and many more.
Volcanoes National Park
Volcanoes national park is commonly known as Parc National des Volcans in the French language. In the local language, the locals call the park as Parikiy’lgihuguy’ibirunga. The park is located in the North-Western part of Rwanda in Musanze sometimes called Ruhengeri. Rwanda tour is counted complete after visiting Volcanoes a home of remaining rare mountain Gorillas. This is the oldest national park not only in Rwanda but in Africa as a continent. It inhabits half of the Mountain Gorillas that are found in the entire world.
Volcanoes national park does not only inhabit Mountain Gorilla but also Golden monkeys and bird species. The park also inhabits 5 of the 8 volcanoes that form the Virunga conservation Mountains. These Virunga mountains that are found in Volcanoes national park include Mount Karisimbi, Mount Muhabura, Mount Bisoke, Mount Sabyinyo, and Mount Gahinga.
Rwanda tour is an extremely great deal for tourists who are looking for true African adventure and Mountain Gorilla trekking experience.
