Rwanda trips to a Land of a thousand hills. Trip Travel Africa tours and safaris will take you through the alluring Rwanda travel destinations. The major tourist draw in Rwanda is the Mountain Gorillas and Parc National des Volcans is a haven for the gorillas. Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda offer exceptional Chimpanzee tracking trips.
Nyungwe Forest is one of the largest montane forests in Central Africa and is home to a variety of primates including the chimpanzees, golden monkey, and large troops of colobus monkeys, Red-tailed Monkeys, Patas Monkeys and Blue Monkeys. Species of orchids thrive well in these montane forests of Nyungwe. Guided walking and hiking trips are quite in order in this tropical rain forest.
During your trips in Rwanda tour Lake Kivu the largest lake in Rwanda. The shores of Lake Kivu conceal some of the best inland beaches in the Africa. Lake Kivu is strategic located making for an ideal stop over spot when on your way from Nyungwe Forest National Park for chimpanzee tracking and from Parc National des Volcans for Mountain Gorilla tracking trips.
Beach activities at Lake Kivu offer water sports such as boat rides, kayaking and snorkeling. Inland island tours to Napoleon’s Hat Island for hiking, trekking,, cultural visits, nature walks, visit to source of hot springs,bird watching as well as beach volleyball, swimming on the Island of Peace.
The Akagera National Park in Rwanda offers great wildlife trips though not highly rated as its counterparts in Kenya, Tanzania or Uganda parks. While on trips in Akagera you will encounter the famous “big five”- elephants, buffaloes, lions, giraffes and other game like leopards, spotted hyenas, zebras as well as a wide variety of bird species easily spotted is the Elusive Shoe-bill stock.
Trips in Rwanda are possible all year round owing to the favourable tropical climate, with temperatures averaging between 23 and 28 degrees Celsius during the day and between 11 and 17 degrees Celsius at night. The rainy seasons are from March to May and October to December.