Combining gorilla trekking with Cultural Tours in Rwanda
Combining gorilla trekking with Cultural Tours in Rwanda : Gorilla Trekking; gorilla trekking is a popular activity that visitors on Rwanda safaris commonly carry out while at the Volcanoes national park. The highlight of any trip to Volcanoes National Park is undoubtedly gorilla trekking. Gorilla trekking is an adventurous activity in volcanoes national park where visitors gets an opportunity to move on foot into the tropical rainforest in hunt for habituated mountain gorillas. Gorilla trekking in Volcanoes national park starts very early in the morning with a briefing about the rules and regulations to be followed during trekking. After the briefing, you will start the trekking in the forest which takes about 2 hours to 6 hours depending on where the mountain gorillas are located since naturally they move from one place to another in hunt for food. During trekking, you will be able to spot other primates species, birds and once the gorillas are found, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them in their natural environment where you will be able to learn about their habits, behaviors, how the carry out their daily activities like feeding, breastfeeding, playing, record videos and take pictures to show people back home. The country is also a destination of other amazing activities such as mountain hiking, bird walking, game drives, nature walks, and cultural tours among others. Combining gorilla trekking with cultural experiences in Rwanda will provide you with a complete tour safaris in the country.
Rwanda cultural tour in Rwanda provides tourists a great chance to learn more about their different unique cultural that exits in the country. Adding to that it is through taking a cultural tour in Rwanda that you will be able to freely interact with various locals’ communities, watch folk dance entertainment from traditional dances troupes and taste their traditional meals prepared by local in the communities you will visit during the Rwanda cultural safari.
Rwanda is also known as a Land of a thousand hills , is well known for its natural beauty with greenery terraced rocks , blue crystals lakes and its beautiful clean city “Kigali”. However the country may not be culturally rich as compared to other countries like Congo and Uganda which has a very excellent cultural that its people are proud of and quick to showcase to the whole world. There are only three ethnic groups that exists in Rwanda for example the Twa who were known as to be the hunters-gatherers, the Tusi who were predominantly cattle keepers and the Tutsi who were farmers.
Though much has changed currently and how these ethnic groups have also diversified on their cultures and livelihoods as well. Cultural tours in Rwanda provide tourists with a great chance to interact with more with its indigenous people and learn more about their traditional culture. these cultural tours includes tourists visiting the local indigenous community in Rwanda mostly those closely live near the national park .Rwanda is well known to be the country with only four national parks including Volcanoes national park, Akagera national park , Nyungwe forest national park and Gishwati Mukura national park which is a new national park currently introduced in 2019.
The Kings palace in Nyanza is one of the historical site to combine with gorilla trekking experience .Tourists can not miss visiting the king’s palace in Nyanza which is approximately 25kilomarters way from Butare town. Travelers will be offered a trip around the dorm styled palaces learning about the cultural history of the past Kings and Queens of Rwanda and you will also get to see how some royal instruments like the drums, spears, shield and other ornaments that were used by the past kings. You will also get a great opportunity to be crowned as a King or Queen.
The Ethnographic Museum in Butare would also be a good option for combining gorilla trekking experience with cultural experiences in Rwanda. Ethnographic Museum which is situated few kilometers away from Kigali capital city and the main reason to visit the places is to learn more about the people of Rwanda and their amazing cultures. The ethnographic museum in Rwanda was established by the Belgium government and was opened presently lunched in 1989 to the people. The museum has seven showcasing halls that visitor can tour and each hall showcases cultural artifacts, regalia and even entertainment center where you will learn a lot more about Rwandan history, culture from traditional tools, farming instruments and many more.
Iby’iwacu cultural village is mostly combined with gorilla trekking as it is too closed to the Volcanoes national park. Iby’iwacu cultural village situated just outside volcanoes national park. The cultural tour here offers visitors with a great opportunity to lean and fascinated yourself with the Rwanda traditional cultures. With its uniqueness where men in this village are known as reformed poachers who are now takings part in the national park in conversation development projects.
Visitor who visit the Iby’iwacu cultural village gets opportunity to be entertained by the traditional Intore dance team through a dancing performance, songs and folk. Visitor here gets an opportunity to get involved inn part of the traditional food preparations lessons, milking cattle’s, making products like local ghee and yogurt and also preparing local banana alcohol. Besides they are also other places that visitor may pay a visit while on Rwandan cultural tours for instance Nyamata church, camp Kigali, Nyamirambo women center, Richard Kandt house, Kimironko market, Caplaki craft village among others
Combining gorilla trekking experiences with a cultural tour experiences in Rwanda will be more meaningful
Combining gorilla trekking safaris with a cultural tours experiences would de unforgettable experience as you will get an opportunity to learn the background of the country’s culture, , traditional ways of living of the old Rwandans and compares to today’s modernization. We at Explore Rwanda Tours will make sure that your lifetime memories from designing your itinerary, booking your accommodation and ensuring safety and comfortable transport during your stay.
