Tourism in Rwanda

With its new world-class convention center, Rwanda is set to become a regional and international conference hub owing to ever-improving conference facilities, an excellent and expanding transportation network, and straightforward immigration procedures such as the ability for online visa applications, visa-free for all Africans, and a one-tourist visa policy for the EAC.

both of which will run until 2025 and one with the German Bundesliga Giants FC Bayern München that goes up to 2028, all in order to help build the country's tourism industry.

Rwanda is home to a huge, diverse population of animals, including mountain gorillas, and the world's largest natural park for hippos, of which 20,000 are believed to live there.

Sharing a border with Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this national park in Rwanda is home to a growing number of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

[4] Besides gorillas, Volcanoes National park is a home for golden monkeys, a variety of birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects among other creatures which together make a complete Rwanda safari package.

[5] Trekking at Volcanoes National Park typically lasts between four and eight hours, most of which is spent hiking through bamboo forests, meadows, and swampland, eventually leading a visitor to one of the habituated gorilla families.

Most tourists come to this rainforest to track chimpanzees, as well as 12 other primate species, including the L’Hoest’s monkey endemic to the Albertine Rift.

The Gishwati Concession is managed by Wilderness Safaris in collaboration with the Forest of Hope Association and Rwanda Development Board.

The park protects an African savanna landscape of acacia and bush with patches of open grassland and a dozen swampy lakes.

[11] Steep, terraced hills lead down to the picturesque lake shore and the resort towns of Gisenyi, Kibuye, and Cyangugu.

These small towns serve as retreats from the sometimes strenuous hikes to find gorillas and chimpanzees in the surrounding Volcanoes and Nyungwe Forest National Parks.

Throughout the day traditional singers lull the cows into a mellow state by belting poems, which is a ritual unique to Rwanda.

[6] One of Africa's best collections of ethnological and archaeological artifacts can be found in Rwanda's ethnographic museum, located about 130 kilometers south of Kigali in the Huye District.

Some areas are simple as a quiet garden space for contemplation, while others are larger and hold relics, remains, and exhibits on the genocide itself.