The land of a 1000 hills and home of the mountain Gorillas

Rwanda's National Parks - Rwanda's primates - Rwanda Factfile

• Mountain Gorilla Safari - 4 Days
  Our shortest safari captures the essence of Rwanda – a visit to the mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park in northern Rwanda. More...
• Rwanda Primate Explorer - 7 Days
  This safari is a safari where you exclusively trek the various primates found in Rwanda. The mighty mountain gorilla, chimpanzees, the golden monkeys and the Collubus with chances of seeing even more species with a bit of luck. More...
• Rwanda Discoverer - 7 Days
  This safari includes both a visit to the gorillas and the chimps as well as a visit to the savannahs of Akagera National Park in eastern Rwanda where a large variety of animals as well as birds are found. More...
• Best Of Rwanda - 10 Days
  This safari includes both a visit to the gorillas and the chimps as well as a visit to Akagera National Park in eastern Rwanda where a large variety of plains game, as well as birds are found. More...

Rwanda is a small, land locked country in eastern / central Africa. It has five volcanoes and 23 lakes as well as several rivers. A large part of the country has an elevation of between 1,500 and 2,500 meters. In prehistoric times as much as one third of Rwanda was covered with montain rainforest.

Today the only large tract of forest left in Rwanda is Nyungwe in the southwestern part of the country; it covers almost 1000 square kilometers. Some areas of forest are also found in the Volcanoes National Park in the northeast, but most of the natural vegetation here is bamboo forest and open moorland. The highlands in large parts of the country are now dominated by the terraced agriculture that gives the Rwandan countryside its beautiful and pleasant character. The eastern part of Rwanda has entirely different vegetation, the typical African bush, a mix of savannah and grassland dominated by acacia trees as well as large tracts of marshlands and swamps.

• Land area; 26,340 sq km
• President; Paul Kagame
• Official languages; Kinyarwanda, French, English & Kiswahili
• Population; Approximately 9 million
• Capital; Kigali
• Natural resources; Tin, gold and natural gas
• Average temperature; 24 – 27 degrees. Hottest in August – September
• Elevation; 1000 – 4500 meters above sea level
• Vegetation; from equatorial forest in northwest to savanna in the east
• Land use; 48% agriculture use, 23% forest, 20% grazing land, 9% other
• Main exports; Coffee & Tea
• Local Currency; Rwanda Franc
• Credit cards; Only accepted at few major establishments

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