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Top Destinations to Explore on Self Drive in Rwanda
A Self-drive trip is the best way to experience The Country of a thousand Hills, abundant Rwanda wildlife including the endangered Mountain Gorilla in Volcanoes and the beautiful Kinyarwanda culture. Rwanda Car rental fleet consisting of Toyota Land cruisers and Toyota RAV4s is the best company to hire a car for your self Driving safari.…
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Outstanding Cultural Heritage Sites in Eastern Province Rwanda
Worldly known as a country of thousand hills, Rwanda has one of the world’s richest diversified cultural heritage, with both intangible and tangible components including sites that offer an incomparable view on the beauty of the country giving our visitors platform to learn about Rwandan history, mythology and culture. Going on a safari in Rwanda…
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Furry in Parliament Over Management Of Genocide Memorial Sites
Rwanda Parliament has rejected a proposal seeking to give full authority to private institutions to manage genocide memorial sites located within their premises. The Ministry of culture and sports tabled a bill to parliament proposing in articles 11 and 23 providing for memorials of 1994 Genocide against Tutsi located on the land of organizations, such…
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Semana rock, a Tourist Attraction in Burera district
Burera district lies in the northern part of Rwanda, adjacent to the Ugandan border, and between the cities of Ruhengeri and Byumba. It is home to Lakes Burera and Ruhondo, and the Virunga Lodge hotel, which lies between them, commanding views of the lakes and the nearby Virunga mountains, making it one of Rwanda’s tourist…
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Akagera National Park: Well-trained Dogs to Hunt Down Poachers
Jes Gruner, Director of Akagera National Park confirmed the presence of eight dogs which will be used to fight against poaching. The park has spared no effort to deal with these poachers but the problem still persists. The proof is that even park rangers often catch these poachers but there are other poachers infiltrating the…
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Why Is Lake Kivu Changing Colours?
In the past few weeks, Lake Kivu suddenly began changing colours. Residents on the shores have been taking selfies and sharing on social media. Photos of the colour changing lake attracted several comments on social media and there was no sign that the lake waters would return to normality. This caused panic. However, scientists have…
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What attracts Visitors to Rulindo Rock?
Many people from various districts of the country were motivated to visit the rock located in Rusayu Village, Marembo Cell, Cyungo Sector after hearing that the latter distributes money to visitors. According to the inhabitants of this locality “some people visit this rock as a tourist place” while “others visit this rock to try their…
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Construction of Kigali Convention Center likely to be completed in May
If good weather persists, the physical structure of the Kigali Convention Center and Hotel should be completed by May 1, 2016. The announcement was made by Rwanda’s Finance Minister, Amb. Claver Gatete while appearing before parliament yesterday. Rwanda had to contract Turkish engineering firm-Summa to complete construction of the multimillion dollar ($300million) Kigali Convention Centre,…
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Village-themed Tourism Improves Rural Livelihoods
Welcome Muzungu are the melody soft, tender words that hit your eardrums as you watch the jolly smiling face of the 60 year old mother of four, a farmer turned tour guide as she welcomes her tourists. In her eyes lies a great ambition of conquer despite the fact she never saw a classroom, a…
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Rwanda to host Africa travel association congress
Rwanda will be host the 41st Annual Congress of the Africa Travel Association to be held in Kigali, after a yearjoining the association as a full member. Being selected as host country reflects the strides Rwanda has made over the past decade in raising the country’s tourism profile. Rwanda will assume the presidency in 2016…
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