On the road to Nyungwe National Park, 88 kilometers away from Kigali city, in Nyanza district – southern province of Rwanda, lies the beautifully crafted King’s Palace Museum. The palace represents the Rwandan traditional system of monarchy that was abolished in the early 1960’s due to colonialism. In old times this place was the residence … Read more
Muhanga District is listed among the eight districts that compose the southern province of the country. This part is made up of high and lower peaks, constituting the one of the best elements of the central plateau of the country. The other part of the district is on the high mountains of the Nile Congo … Read more
The Murambi Genocide memorial site is one of the six general genocide memorial grounds in Rwanda that serves to commemorate the 1994 Rwanda genocide. The memorial is located 126 kilometers from Kigali city in Nyamagabe district found in the southern province of the country as you are heading to Nyungwe National Park, the ancient primeval … Read more
Nyamagabe district, one of the 7 Districts of the Southern Province of Rwanda. The district lies between the city of Butareand Rusizi the south-west of Rwanda. It also contains the eastern half of Nyungwe rain forest, a popular tourist destination, being one of the last remaining natural forest areas of Rwanda and home to chimpanzees and many other species of primates. … Read more
Nyamasheke town is also the city of Nyamasheke District, one of the 7 districts composing the Western province of Rwanda. Its capital is Nyamasheke town (Kagano). Nyamasheke was originally part of the colony of German East Africa, which included what are now Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika. Nyamasheke’s Lake Kivu is the site of the first German … Read more
Nyanza town is located in Nyanza District in the Southern Province. Nyanza town is also the provincial capital of the Province. Nyanza is a “bantu” word meaning lake, which probably refers to the small body of water created by a dam to the west of Nyanza town. The district lies between Muhanga city in the … Read more
Nyungwe is home to over 140 species of orchids; eight of them are endemic in Rwanda. Orchids in Nyungwe are many as it host 68% of all orchids of Rwanda, and it is one of the great concentrations of orchids all over the world. Nyungwe National park has dramatic terrestrial orchid species including the beautiful … Read more
Rusizi district with its small town on the border with the DRC, with views across to the Congolese city of Bukavu. Rusizi District is one of seven districts of the Western Province in Rwanda and it is divided into Rusizi District borders with the Republic of Burundi in the south, and the Democratic Republic of Congo … Read more
Rusizi village market is one of the unique daily activities that happens in a small town of Rusizi closest to Nyungwe National Park after Kamembe, it is on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rusizi village market visit can be done at any day of the week throughout the year, it is … Read more
