XS Rwanda Safaris

Access Rwanda Safaris, IF you prefer quality travel!

The Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of the two subspecies of the Eastern Gorilla. There are two populations. One is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, within three national parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The other is found in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Visit the colobus-monkey, Scientific Name: Angolan black and white colobus (Colobus angolensis), Eastern black and white colobus (Colobus abyssinicus), Size: 30 inches long, Weight: 15 to 30 pounds, Lifespan: 20 years recorded in captivity, Habitat: Forest, Diet: Leaves and insects, Gestation: Approximately 6 months, Predators: Leopards, large eagles, humans. The name colobus derives from a word meaning "mutilated one" because unlike other monkeys they do not have thumbs.The monkeys communicate with a songlike call, a warning call and a mating call. Local tradition says they are good weather forecasters because they become silent when bad weather is coming.

Mountain-Gorillas: One of the main touristic attractions in Rwanda. The Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei[2]) is one of the two subspecies of the Eastern Gorilla. There are two populations. One is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, within three national parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The other is found in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Some primatologists say[who?] that the Bwindi population in Uganda may be a separate subspecies, though no description has been finished.

Birding: In the international tourist trade industry, Rwanda is deservedly, and better known as the home of the rare mountain gorillas. However, Rwanda is equally well endowed, by being a natural home to a wide range of bird species, thanks to its varied geographical altitudes, and topographical terrain. More info …….

rwanda-wildlife-safaris. Akagera National Park was named after the river that runs along its eastern boundary; The Park is Rwanda's famous Savanna reserve. In comparison to the rest of the country, the area is relatively warm and low-lying, and plains support a cover of dense, broad-leafed woodland with lighter acacia woodland and patches of rolling grassland studded eloquently with stands of the superficially cactus-like Euphorbia candelabra shrub. Nyungwe Forest National Park is a true rain forest and it receives 2,000 mm of rainfall annually. It is also one of the oldest forests in Africa, and that is one of the reasons as to why it boasts such a high level of diversity. This is 160km² national park and it protects the Rwandan sector of the Virunga Mountains, range of six extinct and three active volcanoes which straddles the borders with Uganda and the DRC.

Akagera wildlife birding: The Akagera National Park (French: Parc National de l'Akagera) covers 2,500km² in north eastern Rwanda, against the Tanzanian border. It was founded in 1934 to protect animals in three ecoregions: savannah, mountain and swamp. It includes lakes including Lake Shakani and Lake Ihema. Much of the savannah area of the park was settled in the late 1990s by former refugees returning after the end of the Rwandan Civil War, but the other regions remain relatively remote. Animals which fled during the upheavals are now returning. The park is named for the Kagera River which flows through it.

Cultural-Safaris: The Rwandan art, part of its culture: Art is closely linked to the human kind: it enters into all activities of people. Nevertheless, it has been neglected by cultural and education project actors. As it was overlooked for so long, it was not valued by cultural investors and art specialists. Consequently, Rwandan art has gained very limited support. The Rwandan art is made of three components that have evolved differently: the fine arts or visual arts, the performing arts (dance, music, poetry), and the minor craft arts (ironwork, jewelry-making, pottery and basketry).

Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine (western) Rift, a part of the Great Rift Valley. Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika.

At ITB Berlin, we won for the 4th year in a row the price of having the most beautiful stand of the African countries. Never before in the history of ITB somebody else won this price for the third time, but we did last year.! And now for the fourth time! Please have a look at the pictures.

Combi Safaris:
Combine Rwanda & Uganda

Rwanda-Uganda---lion-in-tree-QENP
Access Rwanda Safaris can be met at WTM in London at stand: AF240 Access Rwanda Safaris offers: tailor made: Mountain Gorillas Safaris, Mountain Gorillas Golf Safaris, Home Stay Tours, Cultural Safaris, Rwanda Discovery Safaris, Primate Safaris, Birding Safaris, Combined Safaris to Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo, Safaris for the physically challenged and/or elderly people, honeymoon safaris

Access Rwanda Safaris offers you transportation with your own driver/guide, who does not only show you the beauty of Rwanda, but who can also tell you about the history and the present situation of our country. Access Rwanda Safaris will make you feel at home and take care of your wishes as much as possible.
Our long experience in tour operating is an insurance for a wonderful and memorable stay in Rwanda. A holiday you will never forget because of its fantastic flora and fauna, its scenery and its hospitality.

 

Allow me to tell you in 90 seconds what we can offer you. Click om my image.Access Rwanda Safaris can offer you tailor made:

  • Mountain Gorillas Safaris
  • Mountain Gorillas Golf Safaris
  • Home Stay Tours
  • Cultural Safaris
  • Rwanda Discovery Safaris
  • Primate Safaris
  • Birding Safaris
  • Combined Safaris
  • Safaris for the physically challenged and/or elderly people


Access Rwanda Safaris for WNF - WWFAccess Rwanda Safaris has meanwhile many years' experience in-depth setting up, implementation and accompanying travelers. Depending on the products and/or services a good and cost-conscious proposal for approaching the correct target group is laid down. Access Rwanda Safaris was the chosen supplier of the press travel for National Geographic Channel from the Netherlands.Access Rwanda Safaris

was invited by National Geographic Channel to facilitate the visit of 12 journalists from The Netherlands to the Gorillas in the Virunga Mountains in March 2009. This was part of a large promotional campaign about the preservation of mountain gorillas in Rwanda
.This campaign was organized , together with WNF (WNF is the Dutch Branch of the World Wildlife Fund).

 

Vulcanoes National Park has several activities for tourists, including:

  • Gorilla visits - there are seven habituated groups open to tourists, allowing for a total of 56 permits per day. Tourists spend an hour with the gorillas.
  • Golden monkey visits.
  • Climbing of Karisimbi volcano - this is a two day trek with overnight camping at an altitude of 3,800 m.
  • Climbing of Bisoke volcano - one day.
  • Tour of the lakes and caves.
  • Visiting the tomb of Dian Fossey.


Access Rwanda Safaris testimonial: “Thank you all so much for such a wonderful trip, I canʼt express how much we both enjoyed it, the Gorillas were amazing and Gaston really made the trip for us, he was so knowledgeable and kind. .................... read more



Access Rwanda Safaris  Samples:
Please remember that the samples we provide just show you some of the possible safaris we can offer you.
We create our safaris according to your wishes. We try to show you as much as possible from our beautiful country.
Rwanda is one big wonderful park, without fences, where the animals and the people live together in harmony.

Safaris for physically challenged and or elderly peopleAccess Rwanda Safaris strongly believe and practice the non-discriminative policy of assisting and helping the physically challenged and elderly people to visit Rwanda!

Access-Rwanda-Safaris-Blog

Follow RwandaSafaris on Twitter 
 

New:
Volcano Safaris to DR Congo

DR-Congo---Mnt.-Nyiragongo-d

rwanda-golf-experience. Play Golf in Rwanda. You have not played real Wildlife Golf until you played golf In Rwanda and visited the Mountain Gorillas!

The-Royal-Palace: Nyanza (also known as Nyabisindu) is a town located in Nyanza (district) in the Southern Province of Rwanda. The old Royal Palace of the Rwandan monarchy is located in the town of Nyanza. It is now the Rwesero Art Museum.

Rusumo Falls: Rusumo Falls is a waterfall located on the Kagera river on the border between Rwanda and Tanzania, part of the most distant headwaters of the river Nile. Although the falls themselves are not of a significant height in comparison to other waterfalls, they have played an important part in the history of Rwanda because they form the only bridging point on the river in that area. The falls were the scene of the first arrival of Europeans in Rwanda in 1894, when the German count Gustav Adolf von Götzen came across from Tanzania (Rwanda had been considered part of German East Africa since 1885 but no German had yet entered the country). He continued from there to the palace of the Mwami at Nyanza, and onward to the shores of Lake Kivu.

boattrip lake kivu: Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine (western) Rift, a part of the Great Rift Valley. Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika. The lake covers a total surface area of some 2,700 km2 (1,040 sq mi) and stands at a height of 1,460 metres (4,790 ft) above sea level. Some 1 370 km2 or 58% of the lake's waters lie within DRC borders. The lake bed sits upon a rift valley that is slowly being pulled apart, causing volcanic activity in the area, and making it particularly deep: its maximum depth of 480 m (1,575 ft) is ranked fifteenth in the world. The lake is surrounded by majestic mountains.

climbing-the-vulcanoes: The Virunga Mountains are a chain of volcanoes in East Africa, along the northern border of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The mountain range is a branch of the Albertine Rift, a part of the Great Rift Valley. They are located between Lake Edward and Lake Kivu. The mountain range consists of eight major volcanoes. Most of them are dormant, except Mount Nyiragongo 3,462 metres (11,358 ft) and Mount Nyamuragira 3,063 metres (10,049 ft), both in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Recent eruptions occurred in 2006, and in January, 2010. Mount Karisimbi at 4,507 metres (14,787 ft), is the highest volcano. The oldest mountain is Mount Sabyinyo which rises 3,634 metres (11,923 ft), above sea level. The Virunga Mountains are home of the critically endangered mountain gorilla, listed on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species due to habitat loss, poaching, disease, and war (Butynski et al. 2003). The Karisoke Research Center, founded by Dian Fossey to observe gorillas in their native habitat, is located between Mount Karisimbi and Mount Bisoke.

The-Intore-Dancers: Intore dancers have gained a worldwide status of fame and have become an indispensable part of the Rwandan culture and tradition. The Intore dancers gained popularity in the year 1958 during the World Expo which was held in Brussels. This form of traditional Rwanda ballet is one of the ancient forms of dancing in Africa. The Intore dancing is also known as "warrior dancing". The Intore people, who were once regarded as part of the traditional Rwanda army, were not only given military training but also taught the technique of high jumps and dancing. They were known for their outstanding method of jumping with the help of which they could rise up to 2-40 meters from the ground.

Visit the tea and coffee plantations: Maraba coffee (Kinyarwanda: Ikawa ya Maraba; French: Café de Maraba) is grown in the Maraba area of southern Rwanda. Maraba's coffee plants are the Bourbon variety of the Coffea arabica species and are grown on fertile volcanic soils on high-altitude hills. The fruit is handpicked, mostly during the rainy season between March and May, and brought to a washing station in Maraba, where the coffee beans are extracted and dried. At several stages, the beans are sorted according to quality. The farmers receive credits based on the amount and quality of the beans they provide. The beans are sold to various roasting companies, with the best beans going to Union Coffee Roasters of the United Kingdom, who produce a produce a Fairtrade-certified brand and Community Coffee of the United States. Rwanda Specialty Coffee Roasters buys from Maraba and sells to the domestic market. Maraba coffee is also brewed into a beer. About 2,000 smallholder farmers grow the coffee plants under the Abahuzamugambi cooperative, founded in 1999. Since 2000, the cooperative has been supported by the National University of Rwanda (NUR) and the PEARL. The cooperative has improved coffee quality and penetrated the speciality market.

Discover-Rwanda: The Republic of Rwanda, known as the Land of a Thousand Hills, is a landlocked country located in the Great Lakes region of eastern-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. Although close to the equator, the country has a cool temperate climate due to its high elevation. The terrain consists mostly of grassy uplands and gently rolling hills. Abundant wildlife, including rare mountain gorillas, have resulted in tourism becoming one of the biggest sectors of the country's economy. In 2009 a CNN report labeled Rwanda as Africa's biggest success story, having achieved stability, economic growth (average income has tripled in the past ten years) and international integration. The government is widely seen as one of the more efficient and honest ones in Africa. In 2007 Fortune magazine published an article titled "Why CEOs Love Rwanda." The capital, Kigali, is the first city in Africa to be awarded the Habitat Scroll of Honor Award in the recognition of its "cleanliness, security and urban conservation model." In 2008, Rwanda became the first country to elect a national legislature in which a majority of members were women.

Kakira art Imigongo: Imigongo is an art form popular in Rwanda that is produced using cow dung. It is a traditional Rwandan art form made by the women. Often in black & white, and red, popular themes include the spiral and geometric designs that are painted on walls, pottery, and canvass. During the genocide the skills involved almost disappeared. However, a women's cooperative on the road to Rusumo in the Eastern Province near Kirehe, has rescued and revived this uniquely Rwandan art form. Traditionally geometric designs are produced but as the women artists have grown in confidence they have begun to experiment with more modern innovative images that convey the spirit of the Rwandan landscape, its flora and fauna and its people. The images are produced using cow dung which is put onto wooden boards in spiral and geometric designs. The dung is left to harden and is then decorated using colours made from organic material. The traditional colours are black, white, red, grey and beige-yellow but increasingly other colours are used. The imigongo images were originally found in Kibungo inside the walls of huts as "magical decorations during the 18th century.

RTTA-member

  Last updated: 30/07/10

© Access Rwanda Safaris 2010