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Rwanda
the Bradt Travel Guide
Philip Briggs
with Janice Booth
Updated by Sean Connolly
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Volcanoes National Park: track
Capital city mountain gorillas in their misty
Major city mountain home, or scale the
Main town volcanic peaks of the Virungas
Other town
pages 243- 312-17
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pages 212-13, 192-9 & 200-17
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Nyungwe Forest National Park: a wealth of endemic birds
and primates, including the charismatic chimpanzee,
inhabit the largest surviving montane forest in East Africa
pages 161-82
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museum and memorial marks the site Ga only savannah reserve; home to
of one of the largest massacres that took elephant, buffalo, hippo and, as of
place during the 1994 genocide 2015, seven newly reintroduced lions
pages 118-19
Pages 285-301
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Nyanza: the hilltop Rukari Palace
Museum marks the site of the old
Mwami's (King's) palace
pages 143-5
National Museum of Rwanda: the top
cultural site in Rwanda's second city, Huye,
provides a rich insight into traditional cultures
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Intore dancing
Dance is as instinctive as music
in Rwanda and its roots stretch
back through the centuries.
Performances are infectiously
energetic, no matter the time
of day (AZ) pages 30-|
Gorilla tracking
Tracking mountain gorillas
in the Virungas is a peerless
wildlife experience, and one
of Africa’s indisputable travel
highlights (AZ) pages 252-9
Arts and
handicrafts
Weaving is one of the
specialities of Rwanda
— baskets, mats and
pots are crafted with
traditional patterns.
Pictured here, a group
of women from the
Muhanga area
(AZ) page 31
Hiking on
dormant
volcanoes
Hike through
atmospheric hagenia
woodland to reach
the summit of Mount
Bisoke, where you
will be rewarded
with stunning views
of the crater lake
(AZ) page 266
Forest and
savannah wildlife
After an absence of two
decades or more, lions
have finally returned
to Akagera National
Park with the 2015
relocation of two males
and five. females from
reserves in South Africa
(SH/AP) pages 285-301
Rwanda
in colour
above left Tracking golden monkeys
(Ceropithecus kandti), which
are more or less endemic to the
Virungas, is a popular activity in
Volcanoes National Park
(AZ) pages 259-63
The red-throated alethe (Alethe
poliophrys) is one of several elusive
Albertine Rift endemics associated
with forests in Rwanda
(AZ) page | 71
The great blue turaco (Corythaeola
cristata) can be seen gliding clumsily
between the trees in flocks of up to
ten birds (PO/MP/FLPA) page 17
Consisting of six extinct and three
active volcanoes, Volcanoes National
Park is home to over half of the
world’s population of mountain
gorilla (AZ) pages 243-68
The hike up to the mountain gorilla’s preferred habitat
involves a combination of steep slopes, dense vegetation
and high altitude (AZ) pages 252-9
Set at just under 3,000m in altitude between mounts
Karisimbi and Bisoke, the grave of famed researcher
ONE LOVED GORILEAS MORE }
Dian Fossey and the surrounding gorilla cemetery are
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today a popular destination for day hikes in Volcanoes
NALLY. PROTECTED
National Park (AZ) page 266
; THIS SACRED GROUND
With habituated groups ranging from 15 to 30
individuals or more, the strikingly varied personalities FOR YOU ARE HOME
of each gorilla can quickly become apparent over the
WHERE YOU BELONG
course of your hour-long visit (AZ) pages 252-9
Running along the Congolese border for 90km,
above
the stunning Lake Kivu has long served as
a popular weekend getaway for residents
of this otherwise landlocked country
(AZ) pages 183-217
These distinctive crafts, consisting of three
dugouts lashed together with bamboo poles,
are the vessel of choice for Lake Kivu’s many
fishermen and known as amato (‘boat’) in
Kinyarwanda (AZ) page 192
below In villages up and down Lake Kivu, young girls
head to the lakeshore to fetch water, socialise,
and take care of the day’s washing
(AZ) pages 183-217
