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The National museum of Rwanda is located in the town of Butare approximately 135 km from the capital city of Kigali and occupies an area space of 2,500 square meters. The museum is considered to be one of the finest ethnographic museums and many made wonders of Rwanda and East-Africa. The structure of the museum is artistically designed with expressions ... Read More »

 Explore Lake Burera and Ruhondo – rwanda  The lake covers a total surface area of some 2730 km2 and stands at a height of 1463 m above sea level. Lake Kivu is a shared resource between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The lake bed sits upon a rift valley that is slowly being pulled apart, causing volcanic activity in ... Read More »

Discover Nature in Rwanda – Gishwati A Forest of Hope  The Gishwati Reserve has only about 9 km² or 900 ha (3.6 mi² or 2,224 acres) of natural forest remaining, with a chimpanzee population of 14 individuals. There are an additional 7 km² or 700 ha (2.8 mi² or 1,729 acres) of agricultural fields and pastures that are, or soon ... Read More »

Africa’s Mountain Rainforest: The ideal place for adventure!  Nyungwe rainforest is placed in the southwestern Rwanda, at the border with Burundi, south, and Lake Kivu and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Nyungwe rainforest is probably the best preserved rainforest in the mountains throughout Central Africa. It is located in the watershed between the basin of the river Congo to the ... Read More »

Home to the critically endangered mountain gorilla. Virunga National Park is a land of superlatives. Virunga is the oldest national park in Africa anda UNESCO World Heritage Site in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border of Uganda and Rwanda. Virunga is Africa’s oldest national park and is also the continent’s most biologically diverse protected area. The park’s ... Read More »

Virunga National Park, a World Heritage site, is home to more than a quarter of the world’s remaining 880 critically endangered mountain gorillas. Virunga’s mountain gorillas live on the verdant jungle slopes of the park’s towering Volcanoes. In this spectacular setting, one of man’s closest relatives lives as they have done for thousands of years. Mothers care for their infants, ... Read More »

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