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Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:53:58 +0000

4 days – Gorillas in the Mist
Highlights:
•    Gorillas in the mist.
•    Scenic views.
•    Kigali Genocide Memorial and Education centre.
ITINERARY: TEA-R4
Day 1: Kanombe Airport – Kigali
Arrive Kanombe Airport. Meet and greet with a Trek East Africa representative before transferring to Kigali. Dinner and over night stay at Serena Hotel – Kigali.

Day 2: Kigali – Parc National des Volcans
Your driver / guide will pick you up from your hotel at 7:00 am from where you will be taken on a tour that includes a visit to the Genocide Memorial site and other craft shops prior to heading to Parc National des Volcans. Dinner and over night stay at Gorilla Nest.

Day 3: Parc National des Volcans
After an early breakfast, head to the park gate where you are expected at 08:00 hours for registration and pre briefing. With the park guides, you will start the search for these rare Mountain Gorillas. The trek through Parc des Volcans can take between 2 and 10 hours depending on the family and the movement of the gorillas. Spend an hour viewing the gorillas upon location. Later return to your lodge for a lunch break.
Later in the afternoon, visit the serene lakes of Ruhondo and Bulera. Dinner and over night stay at Gorilla Nest.

Day 4: Parc National des Volcans – Kigali – Kanombe Air port
Drive back to Kigali from where you will be transferred to the airport for your outbound flight.

BON VOYAGE

Akagera National Park Rwanda

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:47:30 +0000

Highlights:
• Fishing
• Game drives
This park was conserved in 1934 and occupies an area of 90,000 hectares; Akagera National Park is located at a slightly low altitude on the border with Tanzania. This park is spotted by swamps and lakes. Herds of elephants and buffalos can be seen as they make their way to drink at the lakes. The park is also famous for being a habitat to Giraffe, zebra and over a dozen types of antelope like the oribi, bushbuck, cape eland and the handsome chest-coated impala.

More to mention
there is a provision for accommodation and is accessible at Akagera Game Lodge with camping also being attainable at the shores of the lakes in Akagera. It is as well in some of these lakes that part of Africa’s greatest population of water birds could be viewed.

Rwanda Safaris

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:21:17 +0000

She is a small, land locked country neighbored by Uganda in the north, Tanzania in the East, Burundi in the south and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the west and North West. Rwanda is in found in the East African plateau, with the divide between the water systems of the Nile and DRC rivers going through the north-south direction via the western area of the country.
The land drops greatly to Lake Kivu – west of the divide in the Great African Rift Valley; to the east, the land cascade slowly across the central plateau – its grassy highlands are the main areas of settlement of Rwanda’s inhabitants – to the swamps and lakes on the country’s eastern border.

The part of Rwanda that is located in the northwest, on the border with DRC, are the volcanic Virunga Mountains; the highest peak, Mount Karisimbi (14,870 ft) is snowcapped. Lake Kivu, almost 4,700 feet altitude, drains into Lake Tanganyika, via the sharply moving down Ruzizi River. The Kagera River, which makes up much of Rwanda’s eastern border, powers into Africa’s largest fresh water mass – Lake Victoria.
Size: 26,338 km².
Time: +2 GMT.
Climate: the majority areas of Rwanda get over of 1000 mm of rainfall. Temperatures range from f 25-30°C throughout the day and 15° during night all year round. Two rain seasons are received in Rwanda and these make up the short rains between September and December and the long rains between Februarys to June. The dry months are January, July, and August to mid-September.
Currency: The Rwanda Franc (both coin and paper) is the unit of currency in operation. Money exchange takes place in bureau de change, banks and some hotels.
Banking: Banks are in operation from 8 am -5 pm on weekdays (with a lunch break between 12 noon and 2 pm) however on Saturday they operating from 8 am -12 noon.
Languages: French, English and Kinya-rwanda are the official languages even if Kiswahili just as in the other East African Countries is also spoken.
Electricity: 230/240 volts at 50Hz.
Public Holidays:
1 January – New Year
28 January – Democracy Day
Good Friday
Easter Monday
7 April – Genocide Memorial Day
1 May – Labour Day
1 July – Independence Day
4 July – National Liberation Day
1 August – Harvest Festival
15 August – Assumption Day
8 September – Culture Day
25 September – Republic Day