Tourist Attractions in Rwanda

Tourist Attractions in Rwanda  : Are you interested in visiting Rwanda, the land of 1000 hills? Here are some of the most eye catching tourist attractions from the culture, climate to the people among other attractions in Rwanda that you should not miss out on if you’re interested in having the most rewarding Rwanda safari. Explore the best of the country at a generally affordable price and let us customise your safari by booking with us today to make your experience quite memorable

Mountain gorillas

The mountain gorillas in Rwanda are the most famous tourist attractions in the country which have attracted a number of tourists from all over the world to visit the country. Gorilla trekking in Rwanda is carried out in volcanoes national park gorilla trekking in Rwanda involves hiking the Virunga mountains in Rwanda which will give you access to the habituated gorilla families in Rwanda. during your gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda, you will have the opportunity to spend one hour with the gorillas along the Virunga mountains namely mount gahinga, mount muhabura, mount sabyinyo, mount karisimbi and mount bisoke.

When you get to the gorilla families in Rwanda you will have the chance to spend one hour observing their behaviour in the wild, you will observe their diet which consists of mainly edible leaves, bamboo shoots and fruit and on rare occasions when food is scarce in the wild they can be seen eating a number of invertebrates like the centipedes, millipedes, larvae and snails. you will get to see the dominant male of the gorilla family the silver back who’s the general overseer of the group, whose duty is to expand the group which can be done through raiding other gorilla families for their members and many other means making the activity quite rewarding for them.

During your primate safaris in Rwanda, you can also take part in a number of primate safaris where you will get to see the endangered golden monkey species and the chimpanzees among other rewarding tourist attractions in Rwanda. for golden monkey trekking in Rwanda, you can visit volcanoes national park where you will also hike the Virunga mountains to access the habituated golden monkey troops. For chimpanzee trekking in Rwanda, you will get to access the chimpanzee troops by participating in chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe where you will spend one hour with the playful primates observing a number of rewarding features in the wild.

Genocide memorial museums

Among the top attractions in Rwanda that have attracted a number of travellers to visit the country. Rwanda become widely popular among the people in the world because of the 1994 genocide. The 1994 Rwanda genocide was unfortunate time during the country where over 1000000 people were killed. The mass killings of the tutsi people which is among the tribes in Rwanda. the killers, the Hutu were determined to wipe out the Tutsi another group of people this was because of the tensions where the tutsis were being favoured by the Belgians during their colonial era by giving them prominent positions in the government which infuriated the Hutu that are believed to have migrated to Rwanda before the tutsis and they believed to have been unfair to them. When president Juvenale Habyarimana was killed, it is believed that a tutsi from the Rwanda patriotic front is believed to have bombed the plane which sparked off the revolt between the two which led to the killing of mass killings of the tutsis as a way to wipe out the tutsi tribe in Rwanda.

During your Rwanda genocide tour, you can visit a number of Rwanda genocide memorial museum which will give you the opportunity to visit a number of genocide memorial museums in Rwanda like the Kigali genocide memorial museum where you will get to get an insight of the time in the country watching confessions of killers and heart breaking cries and pleas of help by the victims that can be seen when you visit the different exhibition areas in the museum.

Wildlife species

Interesting about Rwanda is the fact that you will get to watch a number of wildlife species that can be seen when you visit a number of national parks in Rwanda the most common being the big five animals in Rwanda that can be seen when you participate in the boat cruise on lake Ihema which will give you the opportunity to watch the elephants quenching their thirst, you will watch a number of animals species watching a number of herbivores like the elands, gazelles, oribi, impalas, Uganda kobs, rhinos as they graze within the plains in the park that can be seen when you participate in the game drives in Akagera national park for an amazing experience.