rolling hills of rwandaCharacterised by rolling green hills terraced with cultivation, Eastern and Central Rwanda is not so scenically spectacular as the western part of the country and it supports far less endemic wildlife than the Albertine Rift. That said, the region does incorporate the national capital Kigali, the starting point of most extended explorations...Read More

 Lake Kivu Rwanda’s main tourist attractions are concentrated in the far west of the country, and are mostly associated with the Albertine Rift, the well-watered arm of the Rift Valley that runs along the Congolese borders with Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. The dominant geographic features of western Rwanda are Lake Kivu, a vast inland...Read More

Golden monkey in Volcanoes National Park Rwanda and Uganda host a broadly similar set of attractions. Foremost among these mountain gorilla tracking, and while neither country could be said to offer a definitively better tracking experience than the other, our experience is that the more open nature of the forest in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park...Read More

 The Great Migration Mara river crossing in Kenya Rwanda offers several attractions not found in Kenya or indeed in most other safari destinations other than Uganda. Foremost among these is the opportunity to track mountain gorillas in the Virunga mountains and chimpanzees in the Nyungwe National Park. Rwanda offers far greater diversity than Kenya when...Read More

Rwanda has three main wildlife destinations, Volcanoes National Park, Nyungwe Forest National Park and Akagera National Park, each of which host a quite different fauna to the others. Birdwatching aside, wildlife viewing opportunities outside these national parks are limited.  The Giant forest hog can reach a length of between 1,3 and 2,1 metres Volcanoes National...Read More

Rwanda is, quite simply, the best place in Africa to engage in what is arguably the world’s single most thrilling wildlife encounter: tracking mountain gorillas through the steep bamboo- and forest-swathed slopes of the Virunga Mountains. No two encounters are ever the same, but whether it’s a 200kg silverback chilling out on the forest trail,...Read More

There are several accommodation options available in Sempaya Hot Springs, Ntandi Road, Semliki River or outside in Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve SEMPAYA Kirimia Guesthouse Kirimia Village, 100 from the Kirimia trailhead and 10km from Sempaya towards Bundibugyo National Park Bandas and Campsite Halfway between Sempaya and Ntandi on the main Bundibugyo Road Sempaya Rest Camp –...Read More

RUBONI Ruboni Community Camp Mobile: +256 752 503445, +256 774 195859Email: felex@pearlsofuganda.orgWebsite: www.rubonicamp.com Ruboni Turaco View Camp Tel: +256 774 379564Mobile: +256 774 851753Email: maserekabenard@yahoo.co.uk, RwenzoriTuracoView7@gmail.com GeoLodges Equator Snow Tel: +256 414 258273, +256 312 260758Email: info@geolodgesafrica.com, reservations@geolodgesafrica.comWebsite: www.geolodgesafrica.com NYAKALENGIJA Rwenzori Mountains Safari Lodge (Rwenzori Mountaineering Services) Tel: +256 483 444936, +256 414 237497Mobile: +256 752 598461Email: trek@rwenzorimountaineeringservices.comWebsite: www.rwenzorimountaineeringservices.com KILEMBE Trekkers Hostel (Rwenzori Trekking...Read More

Price guide: All prices are shown in US$, per person per night Luxury: $190 and overMidrange: $75 – $185Budget: $35 – $70Shoestring: Under $35 Bush Camp Tel: +256 312 294 894, +256 772 445 805, +256 772 370 263, Email: info@bushlodge.com, info@naturelodge.bizWebsite: www.kabiza.com/Bush-Lodge-Queen-Elizabeth-Park.htmPrice Range: Midrange Hippo Hill Lodge Tel +256 31 2 277304 / 078-2-399 235 / 077-5-887258Email: kitanda@infocom.co.ugWebsite: www.hippohilllodge.com Hotel Margherita Ltd Tel: +256...Read More

KANIYO PABIDI FOREST Boomu Women´s Group BandasContact via Pearls of Uganda: Mobile: +256 772 930304, +256 772 657700Email: info@pearlsofuganda.orgWeb: www.pearlsofuganda.org Budongo Ecolodge (UWA Concession) Tel: +256 414 267153Mobile: +256 772 426368Email: info@ugandalodges.com, info@safari-uganda.comWebsite: www.ugandalodges.com, www.safari-uganda.com NORTHERN AND EASTERN MURCHISON Chobe Safari Lodge (UWA Concession) Tel: +256 312 260260/1, +256 414 255992Email: mweyaparaa@africaonline.co.ug, reservations@marasa.netWebsite: www.chobelodgeuganda.com, www.marasa.net Murchison Safari Lodge – OPENING SOON Tel: +256 412 74767Mobile: +256...Read More