Rwanda genocide memorial museums are located in various areas which were mostly affected by the 1994 tragedy in Rwanda which left hundreds and thousands of people killed in the blood shade between the two tribes of Hutu and the most affected Tutsi. Currently the genocide sites in Rwanda are now acting as one of the very significant tourist attraction as many travelers from different parts of the world take safaris and tours to Rwanda to pay visit to any of the memorial museums.
Rwanda Safaris and tours organize itineraries for visitor to visit Gisozi Memorial site which positioned in the Gasabo District in Rwanda and its where most of victims of Tutsi Genocide are buried from the year 2000. A visit to this memorial site will expose the visitors to the cemetery which is a house showing various events on Genocide section. Gisozi memorial site is an estimate of around 300,000 genocide victims were laid to rest. To visit this place while on Rwanda safari is very vital as it open the doors for you to understand the tragic ethnic conflict that befell Rwanda in 1994.
Nyamata memorial site is yet a very important genocide Centre located in the Bugesera district. Its place where most of people ran seeking for refuge in the Catholic Church but unfortunately on the month of April year 1994 they follow those who ran to the church and they were killed and about an estimate of 10,000 people were killed in this place. The place therefore acts as reminder of the scaring violence memories which took place in this place.
The other interesting site is the Ntarama Memorial site which is located just 30 kilometers south direction of the Rwanda’s capital city Kigali. Ntarama Church is where most un merciful killings of the 1994 Rwandan genocide occurred and to prove this the floor of the Church at Ntarama has never been cleaned right from the time the genocide took place and paying tour to this place will give one chance to see the remains of the people who were killed and among the remains are bones, pots, wallets, shoes, vertebrae, skeleton, mention but few.
Gisenyi Memorial site is one of the must see memorial sites in Rwanda and its where the grave of Madame Carr, an American who was running an orphanage for the genocide orphans which was called Imbabazi. Besides the a above, there is also Bisesero Memorial site which is positioned in the district of Karongi. In this site almost 27,000 victims were laid rest in this place ad these victims were killed after long resistance as well as self-defense they tried but later they sold by the French soldiers. This historical site made of nine small buildings which stand for the nine communes that constituted the Kibuye province. This offers remarkable memories on your safari in Rwanda.
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Making a transit game viewing in Lake Mburo national park – Uganda safari news
Lake Mburo National Park positioned in the south west of Uganda is one of the famously encountered Uganda safari destinations with counts of wild game. The park which is also listed as the smallest savannah park in Uganda contain the Impala antelope in the whole of Uganda and has the highest counts of Burchell’s Zebra far higher than Kidepo and Pian Upe which are also encountered by travellers on safaris in Uganda.
The Lake Mburo National Park has positioned its self as a transit game viewing center for travellers on Uganda gorilla trekking safaris and tours to Bwindi and Mgahinga or wildlife Uganda safaris to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Whether you wish to spend an overnight in the park or drive through continuing to your respective destinations, Lake Mburo is by no means an ordinary destination.
Besides Impala and Zebra, the park is a home to counts of Topi, elands, warthogs, hyenas, buffaloes, and waterbuck among other wild game. The impressive savannah landscapes dotted with acacia vegetation and series of Precambrian rocks which date to over 500 million years ago combine to make Lake Mburo a must visit transit destination while planning a safari to Uganda.
The park presents a perfect en route along the long drive from the remote destinations in the southwest to Kampala after having a traditional lunch at the famous Igongo Cultural Center. This experience should be considered while planning safaris to Uganda.
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USAID donates tourism guide books to tourism stakeholders in Uganda – Uganda safari news
The Tourism for Biodiversity (T4B) which is a programme funded by USAID under the implementation of Africa Wildlife Foundation has enhanced the Uganda’s tourism sector with a range of educational and information guide books featuring the three Uganda safari destinations of Lake Mburo, Kidepo Valley and Murchison Falls National Parks.
The information guide books which were produced in conjunction with Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) aims at educating people including travellers that intend to undertake safaris to Uganda about the three featured parks where Tourism for Biodiversity works. These books have already been delivered to the respective institutions of learning including Makerere University and Mbarara University of Science and Technology along with other respective organizations like the Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC) and Igongo Cultural Center which is always visited by travellers on Safari in Uganda.
The books were received in appreciation by the respective institutional departmental heads. In fact, Prof. Philip Nyeko who is Makerere University Head of the Department of Forestry Bio-diversity and Tourism was quoted saying that “To us academicians, this is food, especially food that comes at the time of famine”. Makerere University is one of the higher institutions of learning in Uganda that offer Tourism course at Bachelors level producing counts of Human Resource that have in turn ensured the flourishing and satisfaction of travellers on Uganda safaris.
The vice president Conservation Projects at African Wildlife Foundation Charly Facheux told the students of Mbarara University of Science and Technology that the organization is aiming at building a critical mass of Africans that would possibly take charge of the continents conservation issues. The body wants the African leaders talk about African Wildlife other than foreigners coming to speak about African Wildlife.
African Wildlife Foundation also carried out the Conservation Management and Training Programme (CMTP) two years back and young African leaders were paid for a two year conservation course in Nairobi Kenya who later took up various positions in different conservation organizations on the continent. This is seen as a positive step in ensuring biodiversity protection which will in turn ensure continuity of Africa journeys including safaris to Uganda.
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Batwa Experience at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park-Uganda Safaris News
The Bwindi Impenetrable national Park is popular because of its various natural biodiversity and so many travellers coming for Safaris in Uganda come with the intensions of visiting the exotic plants as well as animals characterize the Bwindi National Park. For decades of years the Impenetrable forest in Bwindi was habitant to the local Batwa people also called the Batwa pygmies.
When Bwindi Impenetrable Forest was gazzetted to national park, the Batwa where pushed away since then they started living miserable life but currently the traditional owners of the forests are enjoying the management of the park resources and now they developed the Batwa trails which is a community based tour products were tourist can visit the local owners of forest.
Tourists on Uganda safari have the opportunity to visit the Batwa community and the batwa trail which begins at Muhavura Mountain at 8:00am takes the visitors through the lower slopes of Gahinga and Muhavura volcanoes in the Mgahinga gorilla national park and the journey which takes roughly the full day pays visitors with the wonderful view of the vegetation and the wild life with the forests.
The most appropriate way to have a full Batwa experience is through booking Safari to Uganda and here one will be taken to Bwindi to have face to face encounter with the Batwa pygmies who are endowed with the interesting history about how they managed and adopted live in jungle of Bwindi forests. By the help of Batwa guides, tourists will have chance to see the huts constructed of branches, leaves, and also the history of the batwa which involves how these people managed hunting ,surviving in the forest.
The impressing experience comes when the visitors are led to the Garama cave, which is about 200m-long under Gahinga Mountain. In this cave visitors will be entertained by the Batwa women group who perform traditional songs, dances to the visitors, the Batwa are known for their dance and music performances and hence the garama cave provides memorable experience.
The Batwa trail explains the celebration of the first local people who lived in the forest for over 60,000 years and experiencing this Batwa culture will give someone an over view the past Batwa and even the show the modern current Batwa.
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Birding Experience in Budongo Forest-Uganda Safari News
The Budongo Forest reserve is an Eco-tourism site in Uganda and it’s included in the list of places in Uganda where birders who are in their bird watching safaris in Uganda can easily enjoy birding in Uganda. The wonderful birding destination in Uganda is positioned on the nice looking escarpments located in the northeast direction of the prominent Lake Albert.
Budongo forest covers an area of 42800 hectares of land and the forest is composed of the wood land and savanna vegetation characterized with semi deciduous verdant forests as well as being located in rolling landscape. The nature forest is supplied water by the three small rivers surrounding the forests and among these includes Sonso, river, River Waisoke and also Bubwa River. The existence of these rivers has favored the survival of different bird species which stay in the forest and sometime enter the rivers to take water and are always encountered by travellers on Uganda safaris.
The best birding destination is Budongo forest because the forest has different bird species which are unique and endemic to the forest .Visitor’s tour to this area will reward him or her by having chance to view most of the birds among the total of 360 recorded birds in this area. Besides birds, the forest is also endowed with a total of 290 species of butter flies as well as 130 species of moths, all which can be found by Uganda safari undertakes while in this forest.
Safaris in Uganda planned for bird watching avail birders with the chance of watching the special two species of birds which are endemic to only the Budongo forest and hence such types of birds cannot be watched in some other parts in Africa a part from Budongo in East Africa. According to the Ugandan ranking the forest come second as best birding destination after the mighty Semliki National Park located in western part of Uganda. One of the best reasons as to why Budongo forest is ranked among the best birding destination is that the forest is blessed with the rare species which cannot be seen in other forests in Uganda and among these species include Ceratogymna fistulator, Zoothers camaronensis as well as, Neafrapus cassini and Batis ituriensis
Being diversified forests tourists under taking a safari in Uganda can also enjoy the different five main forests that make up the Budongo forest and these include Cynometra-mixed, swamp-forest, as well as Cynometra. The existence of various forests offer guests chance to carry out other activities such as identifying tree species, tracking some primates found in the forest.
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Climbing and trekking the volcanoes-Rwanda Safari News
Rwanda a country of thousand hills is the best climbing and trekking destination as earlier described by the French traveller while on her safari to Rwanda Dian Fossey. Dian Fossey on his own words expressed that the heart of Central Africa is so high up that hikers first have to shiver before they sweat and this great experience to the experienced hikers.
The stunning volcanoes indeed prove as an evocative example for a guided climb. As hiker makes his or her way along the ascents, trekker will pass through various types of natural vegetation and this ranges from thick green bamboo forests as well as the rare giant lobelia plant species which are only in places with high altitude especially in the alpine meadows. The most significant reward especially if the weather is very favorable, visitors on Rwanda safari can enjoy beautiful spectacular views of the mountain surroundings.
Travelers on Rwanda safaris and tours interested in hiking experience to climb and trek the prominent Visoke Volcano and mountain Karisimbi and the two Volcanoes offer climbers various routes to climb to the peak of any of the two virunga volcanoes. The treks usually take time of approximately two days to reach to the summit. During this hike guides are provided to direct climbers and also potters help to carry climbers hiking equipment. The climbing activity leads the tourists through the interesting natural vegetation but climbers are requested not cut down the trees but they can set fire in the designed camp site.
The most exciting bit of trekking and climbing the volcanoes is that visitors are awarded abundantly with various opportunities to view the different unique species of Primates such as the golden monkeys, Chimpanzees as well as human like brother the gorillas that form the ground for gorilla trekking safaris in Rwanda. Besides the primates, climbers will also have the chance to watch the mainly common herbivores living in the Volcanoes Park.
Climbing and trekking the Volcanoes while on a safari in Rwanda also offers visitors an assurance of the inspection of the hollows of trees for example hydraxes as well as genets, and forest poached rats. The trek further avails the trekkers with a precious opportunity to enjoy bird watching in the different zones when one is climbing from one zone to another and among the rare species one can see are francolins, as well as the various hawks and buzzards and also the wax bill.
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Exploring Akagera National Park in Rwanda-Rwanda Safari News
Besides being place of thousand hills, the Republic of Rwanda is blessed with a varied natural beauty and wild life and it has been one of the very important pulling factors for travellers taking their safaris and tours in Rwanda. The natural beauty and wildlife is exhibited in the country’s national parks which are constantly visited by different travellers from all over the world.
Exploring Akagera National Park is one the experiences travellers should not miss with in their safari tour to Rwanda. The well-known national park in Rwanda (Akagera) is located near Rwanda-Tanzanian border and it’s surrounded by the magnificent waters of River Akagera and the park also acts as home to the typical grasslands of the African Savannah.
The best option to explore Akagera National Park is by booking Rwanda Safari and here visitor will be explore the pictorial natural beauty of the fresh waters of the rivers and lakes in which the park is located. The well-know Akagera National Park boats of wide combination of wildlife and therefore visitors can enjoy different activities such as game watching, chimpanzee trekking, and also visitors can have chance on good days to set eyes on the King on Jungle (Lion) roaming in the forests vegetation of the park. Among other animals which are housed in the Kagera national are the giant elephants, zebras, leopards, and sometimes human like brother the gorillas. The most interesting bit of exploring this park is that ,the visitor will have chance to see one of the largest antelopes which are only found again in the statuesque Cape eland in the whole world.
For travellers on safaris in Rwanda interested in birding, the best park to explore is Kagera because the park is habitant to some unique bird species which cannot be easily viewed in other national parks and some of them include the fish eagles, as well as papyrus ganolek and bizarre shoebill stork. The strategic location of the park near water bodies provides tourists with the opportunity to view birds while swimming in lake water, bird watching can also be done in the beautiful vegetation of the park
The national park which is estimated to be covering an area of 2, 500 square kilometer has one unique accommodation place where tourists can be receive relaxation and refreshment services which are rated to world standards. The accommodation place name is called Akagera game lodge along with others like the Ruzizi Tented Camp.
Taking Rwanda safaris and tours offers visitor chance to see the other ecosystems of Uganda’s precious Kikati game reserve as well as the unique wild life found in the Ibanda, Rumanyika game reserves of Tanzanian origin.
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Trekking the legendary Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda- Uganda Safari News
Trekking the mystic Rwenzori Mountains also called Mountains of the Moon is a surely an impressing and fantastic experience which can only be got by taking safari tour to Uganda. Having face to face encounter with the wonderful glaciers found at high altitude of the mountains of the moon and experiencing the beautiful valley composed of nine lakes is an experience one should not just read or wait to be narrated too by friend but rather it should be you sharing the memorable experience when you confirm your Uganda safari tour and i guarantee you the experience you will get from the trip will keep meditating on your mind for the rest of your life time on earth.
The diverse beautiful flora and fauna with various biospheres as one goes through distinct vegetation zones offers the ultimate experience for trekking. Trekking the mystic mountains of the moon of the famous destinations usually encountered on Uganda safaris is beautiful, impressing and rare trek that has never existed before time immemorial and it’s undoubtedly and unspoilt trekking places in the whole world.
World Heritage Site as recognised by UNESCO is really the award the park deserves because it offers the various chances for visitors to see nature at its natural and beautiful state. The unique beautiful vegetation changes from one zone to another depending on the altitude and the vegetation ranges from the diverse tropical rainforest to bamboo forests as well as montane cloud forests and lastly at the top alpine vegetation which hosts rare plant species which cannot live in the any of the lower vegetation zones. The scenery is surely attracting and at an altitude above 4,500 metres the white like snow and glaciers top up special ingredient to the beautiful views throughout the pristine mountain range – something that would leave you mesmerised when encountered on safaris and tours in Uganda.
The visitors on safari in Uganda interested in trekking should not be scared of the trekking facilities and services because Rwenzori Trekking Services provide different climbing and trekking equipments, options right from one day to last twelve’s day and these equipments ,options fit every style of trekking adventure and time schedule. Mountain Rwenzori is really a true mountain range with various climbing routes as well as the hectic adjacent and all this combined together in hike makes the mountain to have tough climb but besides that beautiful scenery is incredible. Travelling to Rwenzori Mountains is actually unique memorable experience because ones travellers reaches the park he or she starts to experience the changing climate characterised with high rainfall that is always more than three months per year, the rocks which are fully covered with moss as well as the high peaks and cliffs towering above the valleys which are meandering all over.
The sealing impression from the trek comes when visitors reaches Bamwanjara through the Kilembe route and here he or she is reward with the panoramic view of the main mountain peaks such as the Margherita peak which is the highest with the great tooth as well as the Elena peak in the middle is Mt. Speke, while on the left hand side Mt. Speke and from this you gain turn left to climb to Wiesmanns peak in order to have clear view of the Mt. Beker. All this can be encountered by undertaking Uganda safari tours.
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What to know about Lake Kivu in Rwanda-Rwanda Safaris News
Rwanda also called a home of thousand hills is proud of wildlife and a varied natural beauty and the country which is positioned in the Great Lakes region and composed of five distinguished lakes surrounding the entire region. Lake Kivu is the biggest numerous freshwater body of the great Rwandan region. The lake is also one of the Great Lakes in the whole of the African continent and therefore paying a safari to Rwanda specifically to this beautiful lake will offer total memorable excitement to the tourists.
Lake Kivu is an ultimate beautiful fresh water body which is covered on all sides by huge green terraced hills which is vertical and the serene lake is positioned the Rwanda- Congolese border. Lake Kivu supplies its water to River Ruzizi and it further flows in the southwards direction into the great Tanganyika Lake in Tanzania. The lake approximately covers an area of 2700 square kilometers and falls from an estimated height of 1460 meters above sea level. This can be evidently encountered by travellers on Rwanda safaris.
The beautiful Lake Kivu is worth a visit because it has unique attractions such as the Idjwi Island which is the number eight among the largest inlands in the whole world. The lake is surrounded by number of beautiful cities among these include Bukavu, Sake, as well as Kalehe, Goma and Kabare all in Congo .The cities in Rwanda that are situated on the shores of the serene lake Kivu include Kibuye, Gisenyi .These cities have distinguished world class hotels, lodges, beaches, and other recreational centers where tourists can enjoy warm charming tourists facilities and services while on their Safari in Rwanda.
The prominent Lake Kivu is one of most exploding lakes which are affected by fierce lake overturns and its characterized by timely volcanic activities which periodically occurs in the lake and the outcomes of the volcanic activities are that the dangerous chemicals from the volcanoes get inter mixed with the fresh lake’s water and hence cause serious threat to the aquatic life surviving in the lake. Lake Kivu which is the largest lake in Rwanda usually encountered on Rwanda safari tours is also said to be having big amounts of methane gas which is being said to be extracted gradually.
Lake Kivu which is one of the serene Rwanda Lakes offers memorable experience to visitors who take tours to Rwanda and the interesting experience comes from the scope of various tourists activities such as swimming in the fresh waters of the lakes Canoeing, participation in water gliding and also tourists can experience water –skiing.
The three resort towns of Gisenyi as well as Kibuye and Cyangugu which are positioned close to Lake Kivu are linked to the lake with the help of a roller-coaster road and this route passes small patches of the rainforest and luxuriant beautiful plantain field and the journey from Lake Kivu to any of the three resorts provides visitors with a memorable experience of the most astonishing journeys in the whole of African continent.
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Encounter the beauty of Echuya forest in south western Uganda – Uganda safari news
The Uganda safari destination of Echuya Forest is located in the south west of Uganda along the road to Kisoro from Kabale in the shadows of the Virunga Mountains one of the unique features that Uganda is gifted to have shared that in turn prompts various travellers to undertake safari tours to Uganda.
The Echuya Forest is one of the mature tropical forests in Uganda thus it contains great counts of bio-diversity dome of which is rare on other areas. Its position in the famous Kigezi highlands makes it a high altitude forest with remarkable species of high altitude dwelling species. Considered to have a population of 152 species of birds with 18 of these being listed as endemic to the Albertune rift valley such as the endangered Grauer’s Swamp-warbler which is among the highly sought after birds by birders on birding safaris and tours in Uganda, Echuya forest is a rich birding destination.
Stretching to cover 3,400ha filled with remarkable flora and fauna, Echuya Forest is greatly covered by the mature Hagenia abyssinica and Macaranga kilimandscharia to over 80% of its land surface while the remaining is occupied by Yushania alpina – mountain bamboo. The Bamboo is also common in the hilly forested landscapes of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where gorilla trekking in Uganda is carried out.
Within Echuya forest, there lies Muchuya swamp perched on a more raised altitude which makes it unique and besides that it contains 30 – 50 counts of endangered Grauer’s swamp warbler which makes it to be listed among the Uganda’s 30 Important Bird Areas by the prestigious Birdlife International.
The forest is also a habitat for the Batwa Pygmies, the forest people and one of the last groups of short surviving people on earth and though they were evicted, they live close to the forest margins and thus can be encountered by travellers in safaris in Uganda.
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