FIND YOUR PERFECT HOLIDAY
TOP HOLIDAYS IN AFRICA
- Mount Toubkal in Winter
- Morocco - Trek & Walk - 7 Days
- Kilimanjaro Rongai Route
- Tanzania - Trek & Walk - 7 Days
- Atlas to Atlantic Family
- Morocco - Family - 9 Days
- Victoria Falls to Cape Town
- Zambia - Biking - 20 Days
- The Simien Mountains
- Ethiopia - Trek & Walk - 12 Days
Rwanda
Known as the land of 1,000 hills, this country couldn't be further from the cliched African image of arid deserts and dry bush. Winding roads hug verdant slopes, every inch carved into fields with crops ranging from banana trees to maize. In the valleys are great sweeping tea plantations, rice fields and coffee groves. Rwanda has made a remarkable recovery from the 1994 genocide which saw more than 800,000 people killed at the hands of Hutu extremists and much of its infrastructure collapse. The country is now leading the way in using tourism for sustainable development and conservation. The bamboo and mid-altitude forests of the Volcanoes National Park in the north are home to the rare mountain gorilla and the high-altitude Nyungwe Forest in the south, one of the largest remaining rainforests in Africa, is home to 13 primates, including chimpanzees and colobus monkeys, rare orchids and nearly 300 different species of bird. A landlocked country, Rwanda makes up for this with the stunning Lake Kivu, with beaches at Gisenyi and inlets and coves at Kibuye. Out in a kayak, you can paddle around forested islands and nod hello to the fishermen in dug-out canoes. Whilst the economy is still based mostly on subsistence agriculture, with coffee and tea the major cash crops, tourism is increasingly important and is now the country's leading foreign exchange earner. Rwanda has achieved stability within the last decade and with a government that is rated as the most efficient and least corrupt in Africa, it is also one of the safest countries in the region.
- Exploring in the `Land of 1000 Hills`
- Chimp tracking in Rwanda
- Boat trip on Lake Kivu
- Meet the gorillas of the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
- Climb Mount Karisimbi over 2 days
