6 Unmissable Places To Visit For Your Rwanda Holiday Trip : Best Places To Visit In Rwanda : Dubbed as the land of a thousand hills, Rwanda is one of the popular travel destinations in the world and East Africa as well, this beautiful country is a perfect example of a phoenix that has risen from the ashes of the past that is the horrific Rwanda genocide of 1994 to become of the model Africa countries in terms of development.
Rwanda is a popular travel destination for mountain gorillas which is the main safari activity in the country and other African travel experiences such as chimpanzee trekking, wildlife safaris, bird watching safaris among others.
Rwanda is a perfect destination for curious travelers and has attracted millions of them from all over the world because of its serene natural beauty and warm welcoming people.
Rwanda has a number hosts another of amazing destinations and this article lists the 6 best places to visit in Rwanda during your Rwanda safari.
- Volcanoes National Park
Volcanoes National Park is the most popular travel destination in Rwanda located in the northwestern part of the country along the border with Uganda and DR.Congo. Volcanoes national park is famous for being a home to the endangered mountain gorillas and is part of the Virunga Conservation Area, many travelers visit the park purposely to track one of the habituated gorilla families in jungles of the park.
Beside mountain gorillas, Volcanoes national park hosts other attractions including 5 of the 8 Virunga Mountains that is Karisimbi, Bisoke, Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabinyo, Golden monkeys and many birds and wildlife.
- Akagera National Park
Akagera national park is the only savannah national park in Rwanda and a home for savannah wildlife such as the big Five “elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos and buffaloes”.
Akagera national park is at a size of 2500 square kilometers with Kagera River that flows along Rwanda’s eastern boundary with Tanzania, the park is located in the eastern part of Rwanda near Kigali City and close to the Rwanda – Tanzania border.
giraffes, hyenas and several antelope species like bushbuck, Topis, Oribis, waterbuck, roan antelope, impala, duiker, Klipspringer and the cape eland – the world’s largest antelope, hippos and crocodiles. There are also primate species including olive baboons, Vervet monkeys, blue monkeys and bush babies who are seen at night during night game drives.
Other attractions in Akagera national park include over 500 bird species including the remarkable shoebill, papyrus Gonolek, African Wattled Plover, Giant Kingfisher, Senegal Lapwings, Squacco Herons, African Open bill stock, Grey Crowned Crane, African Darter, Long-toed and Water Thick-knee. Lakes that is Lake Ihema and other smaller lakes in and around the park.
- Kigali City
Kigali City is the capital city of Rwanda located in the middle of the country and is the cultural and business center of Rwanda, Kigali Cituy has a number of many beautiful sites to checkout during your trip to Rwanda, 6 Unmissable Places To Visit For Your Rwanda Holiday Trip
Sites to visit in Kigali City include Kigali Convention Center, local markets of Kimironko Market and Nyamirambo Market, coffee cooperatives and Kigali Genocide center, Kigali Public Library among others.
- Lake Kivu
Lake Kivu is the largest water body in Rwanda covering about half of the entire boundary of Rwanda with D.R.Congo. Life around Lake Kivu is relaxing and adventurous as well, there is a number of fulfilling activities to do and these include a boat ride on the calm waters of the lake and visiting several islands in the lake.
- Nyungwe Forest National Park
Nyungwe Forest National park is a popular travel destination in Rwanda for a huge population of chimpanzees, the forest dominated park is located in Southwestern part of Rwanda along the border of Rwanda with Burundi and DR.Congo.
Nyungwe Forest National Park is well known for hosting a huge population of Chimpanzee and is the best destination for Chimpanzee tracking in Rwanda, other primates found in the forest include Blue Monkey · L’hoest Monkey · Owl-faced monkeys · Golden monkeys · Red-tailed monkey · Crowned monkey · Dent’s Mona Monkey · Velvet Monkey.
Nyungwe Forest National Park has many trails that are used to explore the thick forest.
- Musanze Caves
Musanze Caves are located on the foothills of Volcanoes national park, the caves are a home to colonies of bats which makes them a perfect destination to visit. These caves are generally cold and quiet on the inside with streams of water slowly flowing out of the rock ceiling and down the rocky walls to holes underneath the cave floor. A complete tour in Musanze caves takes approximately 2 hours, the cave consists of numerous tunnels and as you explore it, you will see bats hanging on the cave walls that have been darken by smoke.
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