Rwanda
North of Musanze, where the road climbs into increasingly dramatic hill country on its way toward the Uganda border, two lakes sit in adjoining valleys separated […]
Running roughly 227 kilometers along the eastern shore of Lake Kivu, from Rubavu in the north to Rusizi in the south, the Congo Nile Trail takes […]
Ask travelers who have visited multiple African capitals what surprised them most about Kigali, and cleanliness comes up almost every time. There is no litter blowing […]
Kigali’s hotel scene has changed dramatically over the past decade, moving well beyond the handful of international chain properties that once defined where visiting business travelers […]
Most visitors who make the journey to Nyungwe Forest National Park come for one of two headline experiences: chimpanzee trekking through dense montane rainforest, or the […]
Beneath the farmland and forest edges just outside Musanze town, a network of volcanic tunnels stretches for several kilometers underground, carved not by water erosion like […]
Most first-time visitors to Akagera National Park arrive with their attention fixed entirely on game drives, scanning the savanna for lions, elephants, and the rhinos reintroduced […]
Rwanda’s Golden Monkey Trekking Explained Gorillas understandably dominate the conversation around wildlife trekking in Volcanoes National Park, but they are not the only primate drawing visitors […]
The Story Behind Rwanda’s Agaseke Peace Baskets Walk through almost any market or craft shop in Rwanda and you will encounter the agaseke, a tightly coiled […]
A Guide to Rwanda’s Tea Plantations Rwanda’s hillsides are covered in two great agricultural signatures, coffee on the lower and mid-elevation slopes, and tea across the […]
Rwanda’s Best Day Trips from Kigali Most Rwanda itineraries treat Kigali strictly as a transit point, a place to land, sleep, and depart from on the […]
Rwanda’s Lake Kivu Kayaking and Water Sports Lake Kivu holds a distinction few visitors expect from an African lake: it is safe to swim in, free […]