This community model involves local communities surrounding the different tourists sites to benefit from the tourism activity within their vicinity . This is through encouraging the locales to participate in the different tourism activities like cultural dances, drama, folklore or teaching tourists how to prepare local dishes, and traditional medicine. This method of communal development […]
Continue readingLake Kivu could Power Rwanda
At sight lake Kivu looks like an innocent beautiful small lake. Located along Rwanda’s western border, it is both a prominent food and water source in the country, and is increasingly a tourist hotspot. Business men have rushed to set up hotels along the lake coast to build accommodation for visitors, no doubt lured in […]
Continue readingPrimates in Uganda
Primates in Uganda are among the most social animals, forming pairs or family groups. Uganda has a diversity of primates, unlike any other East African country e.g. gorillas, chimpanzees and monkeys. These primates have slower rates of development than other mammals since infants are breastfed by their mothers and rely on them for grooming and […]
Continue readingCongo lashes out at Rwanda, Uganda and foreign tourists
Recently there has been a steep and sudden increase in Congo visa fees for Rwanda visitors and other tourists making the Democratic Republic of Congo an even more remote tourism destination. Following recent unsuccessful attempts to enter Rwandan territory by Congolese troops, which met with a resolute response by the Rwandan army and once more […]
Continue readingRwanda Gets U.S. $49million From Meets
The Rwandan tourism sector has managed to collect over $49million from conference tourism and the country is hoping to triple this by the year 2016. “Rwanda is becoming an attraction for conference tourism. Recently the country held the African Development Bank meeting, which is contributing to more revenue from the sector,” Head of Tourism and […]
Continue readingA Useful Guide to Rwanda – The land of a thousand hills
Spanning on an area of 26,338 square kilometers almost the size of Haiti or Albania, the land of a ‘thousand hills’ as commonly described is one of the most incredible Safari destinations in Africa. Geographically the country is located in the East African region and bordered by Uganda in the north, D R Congo in […]
Continue readingRwanda Tourism receipts increase by 4%
Efforts being done by the RDB (the Rwanda Development Board) aimed at attracting more tourists to Rwanda and increasing the number of Rwanda safaris are starting to bear more fruits, with the country’s earnings raising up to 4% last year. The numbers of tourists recorded were also up by 6 per cent during the year. […]
Continue readingTourism in Akagera National Park – Rwanda
The Akagera national park and Lake Ihema are the main areas of interest for most of the tourists. Lake Ihema is the biggest lake within the park with a 90 square kilometres, with a depth varying from 5 to 7 metres depending on the area and the season, located in the south of Akagera national […]
Continue readingConservationists report a “Gorilla Boom” in Rwanda
The medical team treating gorillas within the Volcanoes National Park have made a report of what they described as a “gorilla boom” in Rwanda as more than expected numbers of infants are born in the park. According to the Gorilla Doctors – a conservationist group reported Tuesday that it has recorded 24 baby gorillas in […]
Continue readingAdvice on Hiking Dian Fossey Tomb
How do I book a hike to the Dian Fossey Karisoke ? Do I need to join a group or can I do it alone?? Are there other activities at the research center? When planning to travel Rwanda to Hike the Dian Fossey Tomb, its important to either book through a travel agent with in […]
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