A safari in Rwanda, Uganda and Rwanda offers numerous attractions that you can choose from while planning your tour. Checkout below he attractions available.
Dian Fossey hike
A hike to Dian Fossey tomb site is a exceptional adventure which visitors can opt for other than a visit to the mountain gorillas whose price has gone very high. Dian Fossey is the popular American primatologist who devoted herself in conservation of the rare mountain gorillas and their habitat in the Volcanoes National Park in Northwestern Rwanda.
Gishwati Mukura National Park
Gishwati national park is Rwanda’s newly established conservation area that is situated along the Congo Nile in the Northwestern Rwanda. It was gazetted as a national park in 2015 making Rwanda a home to 4 incredible protected areas. It creation is credited as it offers tourists with yet exceptional activities for them to enjoy while on safari in Rwanda. Gishwati Mukura National Park is best described as a miracle protected area in the Land of a Thousand Hills. It offers refuge to a number of mammal species especially the Red River hogs and Southern 3 hyrax, over 5 primate species
Kahuzi Biega National Park
Habitat for lowland gorillas, The Democratic Republic of Congo stands out as the only country where visitors have the great opportunity to visit both lowland and mountain gorillas in the jungle. Visitor access Kauzi Biega national park via Rwanda through the bukavu border. As much as watching mountain gorillas is such a unique adventure, lowland gorillas offer as much adventure with an added advantage of a lowland terrain making tracking for gorillas so much easy.
Bwindi impenetrable forest
Bwindi forest is home to more than half of the world’s mountain gorilla population situated in southern Uganda. Bwindi offers daily tours where visitors can see mountain gorillas deep in the jungle guided by local tour guides in search for families of gorillas. Protecting over 500 mountain gorillas, 13 gorilla families have been habituated spreed over four sectors of the forest each with its individual gorilla groups. Bwindi forest is also the only gorilla forest where visitors can take part in mountain gorilla habituation experience. In Bwindi forest, gorilla permits go for $600 USD and this stands as one of the cost effective alternative to Rwanda’s 1500 USD for a gorilla permit.
Mgahinga National Park
Home to the smallest population of mountain gorillas in Uganda. Mgahinga comprises of a single gorilla family also sharing borders with Virunga national park of Congo and Volcanoes national park of Rwanda. Even if the park harbors just one gorilla family, this is a big family with many members and two silverback gorillas. Mgahinga is a great place to go for gorilla tracking especially for visitors looking for an easy walk to the gorillas as its terrain is just like that of Volcanoes national park or Virunga. Offering a gorilla permit for just $600, Mgahinga is a good option for Volcanoes national park.
Mount Bisoke
Mount Bisoke is one of the 8 volcanoes of the virunga conservation region residing on the Rwanda side in Volcanoes national park Rwanda. With the price of gorilla treking in Volcanoes so high, visitors can opt to hike the Bisoke a very rewarding experience with very beautiful views at the top of the Volcano. The mount Bisoke is a dormant volcano raising at 3,711 M is a good challenge to climb and requires good fitness.
Its a just a 1 day hike of Bisoke volcano and goes for $75 Per Person starting by 7:00 am with briefing at the Kinigi park head office from your guide and later drive to the head trail where the hikes start.
Musanze Caves
The muzanze caves take their name from the province where they are located, Arising from centuries of geologic activity, the caves are specially nearing the virunga volcano region comprising of a 1.25 miles within Musanze. The caves are specially interesting for tourists with an enormous opening exposing a huge number of bats residing in the cave. Today the musanze caves are for tourism but where in the passed used as hiding places for rebels and fighters.
Volcanoes National Park Rwanda
Famous home of mountain gorillas and the home of the Kwita izina. This is Rwanda’s pride, hope and future. Without the gorillas, Rwanda wouldn’t be who she is today. The country has gained international recognition and sympathy through her tireless efforts to save the remaining population of mountain gorillas hence backing up the works of the famous American climatologist who last her life in the fight to save the rare engendered mountain gorillas. Today Volcanoes national park offers 10 habituated gorilla families and has the second highest number of mountain gorillas about 450 specias coming after Bwindi national park, and most definitely is the highest number of gorillas in the Virunga conservation region. Permits to see Rwanda gorillas cost $1500 today, all geared toward conservation of the critically engendered apes.
Mount Karisimbi Volcano
The Karisimbi volcano raises at 4507 meters and is the highest of the 8 mount peaks of the Virunga conservation region. This means that a hike up mt Karisimbi offers one of the best hikes of the Virunga mountains as you have the great opportunity to view all the 7 other volcanoes. From up the Karisimbi top visitors can easily see Bisoke volcano, Nyiragongo, Nyamiragira. Easily accessible from Rwanda’s Volcanoes national park, the Karisimbi volcano is every hiker’s challenge.
