Welcome to the Rwanda Guide, a resource for visitors planning to take a tour in Rwanda. The About Rwanda portal presents the most comprehensive travel and safari guide for this beautiful country. This tourism resource provides assistance to travelers looking to visit Rwanda, explore the different national parks, and take on thrilling adventures like gorilla tours, chimpanzee tracking and more.
Why Visit Rwanda
Wake up to a golden glow in the sky, mountains unveiling their mists, the air sweet and cool as it brushes your cheeks. Walk through a primeval forest bathed in green, thrill to the sight of that rarest of beasts, the mountain gorilla, look into the eyes and look into yourself.
You¹re here, you are in Rwanda and you¹ve discovered a new African dawn. Discover a new place, a new adventure, new friends and unimaginable beauty.
Rwanda is a very beautiful country with unique natural assets including the Volcanoes National Park, the best place to see the endangered mountain gorillas. Explore the rainforests of Nyungwe National Park: home to rare chimpanzees, birds and a great flora.
Rwanda’s landscapes in this ever green country
Rwanda’s landscapes in this ever green country are truly incredible. When you visit Rwanda you will realize that the physical beauty of the country is unique on the African continent. its no wonder that Rwanda is popularly known as ‘the land of a thousand hills’ because of its many tourist attractions.
The country of a thousand hills, filled with lush vegetation and thick rain forests. The country is renowned for its mountain gorillas which inhabit par de volcanoes providing wonderful gorilla tracking adventures for those on safari to Rwanda – this is the Rwanda you will experience. Feel the thrill and adventure of a close encounter with wild mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, monkeys, buffalo and leopard…A treasure revealing Africa`s hottest new eco-tourism destination for the adventurous & discerning traveller. The physical beauty of the country is unique on the African continent.
National Parks in Rwanda
Rwanda’s landscape is composed of lush forests, gentle hills, volcanic chains making it one of africa’s most beautiful countries. From the east to West; and north to south, you get to discover one of the best climates with a great biodiversity and great game parks.
Rwanda today has three main conservation areas: the Volcanoes National Park, Akagera National Park and Nyungwe forest national park. Each of these protects a very different ecosystem and combination of large mammals. Rwanda has three main conservation areas.
The Akagera National Park in the east is dominated by savannah and wetlands, and protects big game species characteristic of such habitats. Nyungwe National Park is the largest conservation area in the country, a 970km2 tract of rain forest with on of the highest biodiversity levels in Africa.
Volcanoes National Park
Lying in the northern part of Rwanda, the 160km² Volcanoes Park Rwanda protects the Rwandan sector of the Virunga Mountains, range of six extinct and three active volcanoes which straddles the borders with Uganda and the DR Congo. The Volcanoes National Park (PNV) is a natural habitat to more than 300 rare mountain gorillas that were made famous in the 1980s by the works of Diane Fossey. The park is inhabited by Rwanda’s most prized endowment- the endangered mountain gorillas . More than a half of the world’s population of gorillas can be found in the Virunga Mountains and a separate population lives in Bwindi National Park of Uganda.
Nyungwe Forest National Park
The largest block of montane forest in East or Central Africa, Nyungwe Forest National Park is one of the most ancient, harking back to well over the Ice Ages. Located in South Western Rwanda, Nyungwe is one of the best places where you can see chimpanzees. [Read more]
Akagera National Park
This beautiful game reserve in eastern Rwanda is crowded with wildlife both large and small Set at a relatively low altitude along the Tanzanian border with typical African savannah landscape acacia and brachystegia bush, with patches of open grassland and swamp-fringed lakes along the course of the river Akagera. The Akagera park consists of the famous “big five”- elephants, buffalos, lions, giraffes and other game like leopards, spotted hyenas, zebras.
Things to See in Rwanda
Mountain Gorillas
The endangered mountain gorillas are almost extinct with only 1000 in number left in the world shared between Rwanda’s parc de volcanoes, Virunga of Congo, Bwindi National Park and mgahinga national park of Uganda. A tour to the remaining mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s parc de volcanoes is a memorable experience that contribute greatly to the survival of these mountain gorillas.More information on the mountain gorillas.
Itinerary Planning
Gather information and get your gorilla-viewing permits from the ORTPN. It is sensible not to rush off to the gorillas immediately; take a few days to get the feel of the country and to acclimatize.
Things to Do in Rwanda, Africa?
Rwanda, the land of one thousand hills and hundreds attractions is an extraordinary place where serene scenery and placid people greet you at every juncture
Gorilla Tracking
Tracking mountain gorillas in the Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is a peerless wildlife experience, and one of Africa’s indisputable travel highlights. It is difficult to describe the simple exhilaration attached to first setting eyes on a wild mountain gorilla.
Plan Your Trip to Rwanda
Rwanda Safari vacations
Whether you are for gorilla safaris, birding,cultural ,chimpanzee or wildlife tours, this guide presents all the Rwanda safari offers from leading safari operators.
Safari and Tour Planning
Tour operators, car hire, buses, flights, National Parks & what to do when planning a holiday to Rwanda [Read more]
Hotels & Lodges
Rwanda Hotels, safari lodges, apartments, safari accommodation, restaurants, arranged by location with more emphasis to Kigali city. [Read more]
Travel Information
Travel Map, culture, visa tips, climate, diplomatic missions and embassies, country facts, magazines and Kigali city guide.
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General Directory
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Featured Tour
3 DAYS GORILLA TREK SAFARI
On arrival at the Airport; you will meet the company safari guide, and then transfer to Gisenyi arriving in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Palm Beach Hotel (FB)