Best places to visit on Rwanda Safaris; Rwanda famously known as a country of thousand hills and mountainous terrain that offers a lush green view covered with the rain forest in the west and massive fields and valleys. The country is naturally endowed despite a landlocked country and a great hideaway that attracts millions of visitors here.
Below are the best places to visit on Rwanda Safaris as includes;
Volcanoes National Park
This is world’s famous safari destination to visit and see the great mountain gorillas thus becoming a top tourist site in Rwanda, situated in Northwestern Rwanda and is on the list of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Volcanoes National Park still a home of over 15 habituated gorilla groups.
Due to the great works of Dian Fossey upon the rare mountain gorillas, it’s the reason that has impacted on Rwanda’s Tourism Hub.
The bamboo forest inhabits a lot to offer such as African bush elephants, golden monkeys and other primates, mammals and bird species are the main tourists attraction. Note, the Virunga conservation is also part of the park with its deep history and breathtaking landscapes.
The Virunga conservation is composed by extinct volcanoes such as Gahinga, Muhabura, Sabyinyo, Muhabura, Karisimbi and Bisoke. Along your visit to Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National park, you can add on your bucket list, the safari here will be worth it.
The Gorilla trekking permits in Rwanda costs USD1,5OO per individuals and 90 permits only can be released on daily basis.
To those who wish to experience what makes the surrounding area beautiful are the primates, forests and the green nature.
Akagera National Park
Akagera National Park is Rwanda’s largest game park, located at the border of Rwanda and Tanzania. The park is composed of mainly open savanna and swampy on the edges of River Akagera that flows through to Burundi.
Following the genocide crisis of 1994, refugees to the country had occupied the area for human use and animal were poached for human consumption and sale. Later on, in 2000, this Akagera was restored to her former impact, showing a return of 18 Eastern black rhinoceros in 2017. Then lions were introduced back in 2015, added on existing zebras, elephants, buffaloes, spotted hyenas, leopards, bushbucks antelopes, water species hippos and crocodiles which can be spotted at the banks of the river. You will also see primates species like baboons, vervet and blue monkeys and a home of birding paradise overs 500 bird species includes; Northern brown-throated weaver, Mustached grass-warbler, Marsh owl ,Lesser moorhen ,Double-toothed barbet .Denham’s bustard ,Crested barbet ,Caspian plover, Carruthers’s cisticola , Pennant-winged nightjar ,Yellow-throated leaf-love ,Yellow-bellied eremomela ,Western reef heron , Striped pipit ,Souza’s shrike ,Short-tailed pipit ,Shelley’s francolin ,Semi-collared flycatcher ,Rufous-bellied heron among others.
While on visit here, you can take part in following activities;
Sport fishing
Bird watching
Game drives
Community visits
Boat rides-cruises on Lake Ihema
Nyungwe Forest National Park
Nyungwe forest national park known as primate’s capital which inhabits in a misty of rain forest that has been preserved and kept in it’s beautiful natural form. Primates to see here include Chimpanzees, mangabey bees, colobus monkeys and various species of birds. Within the park there are two chimpanzee communities known as Uwinka and Cyamdungo sections of the forest where chimpanzee tracking takes place.
The park is also famous because of the canopy walk where you can experience spectacular views of entire green foggy top of the forest and this canopy measures a 91-meter-long suspension bridge that hangs 50 meters above the rain forest. You can engage in hiking through amazing trails of the forest and get explore to park’s species at closer view.
Kigali City
Kigali Rwanda has been mentioned as the most beautiful and cleanest city in Africa by the United Nationals. Rwanda looks to be among the smallest country in Africa but quite developing due to its much effort in tourism hub. On visit here you will have a deep understanding about its historical sites along culture people.
However, historical sites to visit during your safari include;
The Hand House museum
Museum of National History
The Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre
Statehouse Museum
Camp Kigali memorial
Visit the first modern building on which the city was built all come with outstanding history, Best Places to Visit on Rwanda Safaris
Along your visit, you can visit local restaurant and have a taste of the locals every day’s lives through checking out the Kimironko market. Kimironko market sounds as Kigali’s largest and busiest market. You can as well tour Nyamirambo Women’s Centre to buy souvenirs things to take back to your friends and family people.
You can still enjoy the nightlife under the brightening of Rwanda City, go chill around and unwind into beautiful places with in the city and enjoy your comfortable stay in Five –Star –star hotel.
Genocide Memorial Sites
Rwanda country is rich in history and the most popular historical site is the genocides that happened in 1994 which led to close to a million people dying. Apart from genocide, there is quite various sites where you can learn about its history and enjoy this rich culture. Other visiting sites includes;
Murambi Genocide Memorial site ‘’school’’ where number of people were slaughtered school and are now refurbished as an exhibition site.
The Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre it’s a different place where all the names of the victims of the war were written on the wall.
Ntarama Memorial Site in Bugesera which is an hour drive away Rwanda city ‘’Kigali’’ and sounds as formerly a church where people seek solace in the times of war where over 5000 people died in this church and since then it became remembrance site.
Visit the Nyanza Memorials site its now a city.
Visit Musanze Caves
This is a fabulous cave which is found in the Northern provinces of Rwanda in Musanze district. The Musanze caves also took over the biggest part of Volcanoes National Park which makes it easy to visit the two most incredible places on single trip.
There are numerous 32 caves which are located on the foothills of the National Park and are said to have been created over a million years ago in the Volcanic eruptions that created the Virunga Volcanoes, Best Places to Visit on Rwanda Safaris
These caves stunning with reward of bats and the surrounding lush green vegetation covered with notable flowers and plants that creates a spectacular view as you ascend and descend. The experience here is worth an adventure.
National Museum of Rwanda
This Rwanda museum was created in 1987located in Huye district in the Southern province of the country and it is considered one of the best museum in Eastern Africa. However, over 7 galleries, artistic, archaeological artefacts ad ethnographic and other items categorized in historical.
Visit Lake Kivu
This is also a famous place to tour while on safari to Rwanda, located along the border of Rwanda and Democratic in the Albertine rift Valley. Around the lake you can enjoy the cool breath and mind set relaxation in the evening after spending the day exploring the lake.
Things to engage in around the lake include; Kayaking, Mountain biking, Hiking, Cycling enjoy interesting place around.
Get started now to Rwanda’s outstanding safaris and get to learn from different aspects of Rwanda that speaks so much the historical back ground of country socially, culturally a politically. Taking a visit to such amazing places you will definitely the Country.
On visit always try a visit to ;1 Day Kigali City, Rwanda Tours
2 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trek
