Infamous for the horrific genocide in 1994, Rwanda is a country struggling to shed that mantle. Its beautiful countryside, rare mountain gorillas, cheeky chimps and friendly people will go a long way towards that goal.
- Discover for yourself the truth about Rwanda
- Explore the rolling green hilly countryside
- Visit genocide memorials around the country
- Get very close and personal with the primates
- Wander Africa's last remaining mountain rainforest
- Go chimp trekking and meet your closest relatives
- Gaze in wonder at massive mountain gorillas
Rwanda is a country that will forever be known for the events of its troubled and sometimes horrific past. The land has known war, genocide, colonialism and tribal conflict for almost its entire history. Fortunately it is home to a people who are eager to recover and to learn from their past mistakes and move forward in peace.
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There are an array of amazing wonders within Rwanda that make it well worth the visit. First and foremost are the
Mountain Gorillas found on the bamboo forested slopes of its peaks. Secondly their smaller cousins and our closest animal relatives, the
Chimpanzees, found traipsing through the tree canopy of the
Nyungwe Forest National Park, Africa's last remaining mountain rainforest habitat. Then there are the amazing volcanoes with their green slopes and the dark waters of the lakes within their 'dormant' craters in the
Volcanoes National Park. You might also be surprised to find a tropical beach environment on the shores of
Lake Kivu.
See our Chimpanzee and Gorilla section for more information.All in all Rwanda is a fantastic country to visit, with many sights to see, much culture to be exposed to and a past that while undoubtably very troubled, is also one that the rest of the world can learn from and hopefully strive not to repeat.
Capital City:Kigali
Population: 8,600,000
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +2
Languages: Kinyarwanda, English, French
Currency: Rwanda Franc
Climate: The climate of Rwanda is made up of two wet seasons and two dry seasons. The short wet season lasts from October-November, and the main rainy season lasts mid-March to the end of May. During the dry seasons, which last from December to mid-March and from June to the end of August, frequent light cloud cover yields a pleasant, never stifling, temperature.
Geography: Located near the centre of Africa, a few degrees south of the Equator. Rwanda is separated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Lake Kivu and the Rusizi River valley to the west; it is bounded on the north by Uganda, to the east by Tanzania, and to the south by Burundi. The capital, Kigali, is located in the centre of the country.
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