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Stories, guides, and insights from the heart of Rwanda's wild landscapes.
Lake Kivu is Africa's high-altitude great lake — a 2,700-square-kilometre expanse of islands, bays and clear water ringed by green hills. Here is how to kayak it, from Rubavu to the island villages of Kibuye.
READ MORE eastRwanda's Congo Nile Trail runs about 227 kilometres along Lake Kivu from Rubavu to Rusizi. This guide covers hiking and cycling the trail, where to stay and how to plan the journey.
READ MORE eastMount Sabyinyo's jagged 3,645-metre summit is the meeting point of Rwanda, Uganda and the DRC. This guide covers the steep scramble, the border views and how to plan the climb.
READ MORE eastKarisimbi rises 4,507 metres to Rwanda’s highest point. A two-day climb through bamboo, Hagenia forest and alpine moorland ends at a summit camp beneath one of Africa’s great volcanic giants.
READ MORE eastMount Bisoke rises 3,711 metres above Volcanoes National Park and hides a crater lake at its summit. This guide covers the trail, permits, packing and how to combine the climb with gorilla trekking.
READ MORE eastBefore the first trekkers reach the park gate, Rwanda's park rangers are already hours into their day. This is the story of the men and women who track the gorillas, patrol the savannah, and guard the country's wild places.
READ MORE eastThe Albertine Rift is Africa's richest biodiversity hotspot, home to the mountain gorillas of the Virungas, the chimpanzees of Nyungwe, and hundreds of species found nowhere else on Earth.
READ MORE eastThe mountain gorillas of the Virunga Massif need the forest, and the forest needs constant repair. This is the story of reforestation in the Virunga ecosystem, from bamboo planting to the communities who grow the trees.
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Gorilla trekking in Rwanda is frequently called a once-in-a-lifetime experience – and it is – but the deeper story is that every permit sold is also a conservation intervention. The US$1,500 you pay to spend an hour with a gorilla family does not disappear into a government account: it funds ranger patrols, veterinary care, habitat […]
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Gorilla trekking in Rwanda is a genuine rainforest expedition: steep volcanic slopes, dense bamboo, stinging nettles, and weather that changes three times before lunch. Pack correctly and the trek becomes one of the great travel experiences of your life; pack wrong and it can become a wet, cold, miserable grind. The difference between the two […]
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