Peaceful and covering just over 10,000 square miles (26,000 square km), yet packed with natural beauty and wildlife including mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, 400 bird species, the rare golden monkey and myriad other species in the jungle and on the savannah. Meanwhile, capital Kigali is having a moment culturally, culinarily, and more!

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Gorillas in your midst in Rwanda

There is a saying in Rwanda, "God roams the world but comes to rest in Rwanda." And so do 700+  mountain gorillas (over half of the surviving species in the world) who call Volcanoes National Park their home. This is a stunning area surrounded to the southwest by the Nyungwe Forest (the largest montane rainforest in the area) where Colobus Monkeys and 250 species of birds thrive, to the east by the magnificent Akagera National Park, and to the west by the picturesque islands of Lake…

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Mt. Karisimbi cited as one of Africa's 6 tallest mountains to tackle

Especially since the 1936 publication of Ernest Hemingway's short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro and its 1958 movie adaptation, many people around the world have heard of Africa's highest peak. But there are also a number of other remarkable mountains around the continent - most of volcanic origin - which you may not have heard of but which also provide adventure travelers with scenic challenges. Here are a half dozen of the most prominent of Africa''s ten highest mountains, all eminently…

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  • Great article from the Nov. 8, 2009 London Times:

    Welcome back to Rwanda

    Despite the violence of the recent past, Rwandans are now moving on - and receiving visitors with open arms

    by Sally Emerson

    On my first day in Kigali, I had lunch on the veranda of the Banana hotel, eating perfect grilled fresh fish from Lake Kivu.

    The horrors of the 1994 genocide weave into every part of life here in Rwanda, and before long, the glamorous owner, Françoise, confided that, on her return to Kigali from Brussels after the massacres, it was “like a horror movie” ...

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  • Rwanda is a country for those who love to do birdwatching.
    It is a safe country, quiet, not to many tourists and numerous (rare) birds.
    For more information you can go to:
    www.rwanda-birds.com and for bookings to go there:
    www.access-rwanda-safaris.com.

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