RWANDA SAFARI NATIONAL PARKS
The small country is well known as the country of a thousand hills, Rwanda is a small landlocked country located in the east Africa. The geographically rolled beautiful country is worthy a pay to visit. Visiting Rwanda has rewarding safari adventures of its kind in the endless rolling mountains giving a stunning scenic view of this small country.
However, hearing about Rwanda it’s not only displays it as thousand hills country but the country endowed with beautiful geographical features including lakes, rivers, varieties of wildlife comprising of the world most endangered species the mountain gorillas, the big five, several bird species.
The country in the years of 1900s suffered from the tribal brutal murder between the Hutu and the Tutsi people which claimed tens of thousands among Rwanda people. This caused a real set back of country that made it necessary to strictly tighten in the way of governance to avoid the same incidence from happening, and currently Rwanda in one of the few African countries that realizing progress.
Kigali the capital of Rwanda is one of the worthy a visit destiny with a number of tourist attractions. The capital has one of the Africa’s busiest international airport with a national airline Rwanda air, reaching Rwanda on a direct flight is not a worry. This is one of the few politically stable and free from dangerous viruses like the Ebola among others.
Kigali initiate your safari trip while in Rwanda due to variety of impressive tourist destination you can pay to visit. The town is the conference and business center however not like any other African capital made of chaos, Kigali city is orderly, peaceful and better for relaxation. The things you don’t have to miss when in Kigali is the Kigali genocide memorial Museum-Gisozi genocide museum the massive grave for the not to happen again chaos of 1994 massacre. The presidential palace museum found at the outskirt of the city in the eastern of Kigali, museum of natural history the local market and guided nature walks of Nyamirambo the Muslim quarters among many destinations.
The country has three protected national parks that of varying safari experiences of their kind among them is the Volcanoes national park famously known for its mountain gorilla, the Nyungwe Forest National Park popular known for its birding and Chimpanzee tracking and Akagera National Park known for its big five games and the wild game center of Rwanda.
Visit Rwanda you need just enough time to explore the destination on your holiday vacation. The summarized small country is destination loved most by luxury gorilla trekkers and caters for any person wishing to visit to several wildlife safari adventures the country.
National parks of Rwanda and their safari rewards
Volcanoes National Park
The park is located in the northwestern from Kigali capital, the park is part of the large Virunga Conservation Areas shared among the three neighboring countries of Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo. The well-known mountain gorilla destination for luxury trekkers, Volcanoes national park shares the biggest percentage of the mountain gorilla in the Virunga conservation ares. The Virunga conservation areas has half of the world mountain gorillas that are shared in the Volcanoes national park of Rwanda, Virunga national park in DR Congo and Mgahinga Gorilla Park in Uganda. The rest of the half is found in the Bwindi impenetrable national park of Uganda.
Arguably the park is one of the African’s most exciting destinations due to its spectacular mountain gorilla the forest chief inhabitants. Volcanos national park is a rain forest composed of the rolling terrain of hills that favors the existing of the mountain gorillas.
The volcanoes has about 10 habituated gorilla families for trekking, after an American zoologist Diana Fossy found out that these endangered species were finding a great threat from poachers and were seizing to exist she raised an international concern to conserve the remain population of the mountain gorilla. The park is also home for the golden monkeys that live along with the mountain gorillas about 300 bird species, various butterfly species and some other mammal species.
Encountering human closest relative in Rwanda mountain gorilla trekking cost US$1500 per one gorilla trekking permit higher than any other full African safari adventure. Alternatively can also trek the golden monkeys if you can afford the luxury/expensive gorilla trekking permit.
Nyungwe Forest National Park
The rain forest suited in the southern direction from Kigali capital, the park borders Lake Kivu western on the Congo and Burundi. Nyungwe park is popularly visited because of its famously Chimpanzees in the most large preserved rain forest in the central Africa, the 960 square kilometer coverage of land reaching an altitude of 3000 meter was open as a national park in 2004.
The park inhabit the varieties of wildlife including about 10 primate species, 80 mammal species, over 200 bird species and the forest is believed to have the greatest number of the endemic species in the Albertan rift valley.
Akagera National Park
Located eastern of Rwanda bordering Tanzania is the largest national park seated on an area of 1200sq/km. it’s the magical tourist destination of Rwanda featuring on the best African wildlife destination that you won’t miss on your holiday vacation in Rwanda. Crossed through River Kagera which is named from the Kagerala River.
Akagera is the perfect tourist wildlife destination in Rwanda inhabiting large species of wildlife, large of its area is covered by the papyrus and wetlands of the crossing river Kagera. Some of the savannah areas in the late 1990s was settle for the refugee who were affected by the genocide.
Viewing the big five in Rwanda and a one game drive park in Rwanda, the Chimpanzee, over 300 bird species and more game viewing. When planning to explore Rwanda safari experience is also a waiting for your visit.