Welcome to Le Pays des Milles Collines (Land of a Thousand Hills). Rwanda is a lush country of endless mountains and stunning scenery, and nowhere are the mountains more majestic than the peaks of the Virunga volcanoes in the far Northwestern Rwanda. In Parc National Des Volcans, the volcanoes form a natural frontier with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, and hidden among the bamboo and dense jungle of their forbidding slopes are some of the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas. It is the opportunity to encounter these contemplative creatures at close quarters that continues to draw visitors to Rwanda.
There’s more to Rwanda than magical mountain gorillas, however. The shores of Lake Kivu conceal some of the best inland beaches on the continent. Deep in the southwest, Parc National Nyungwe Forest is the most extensive montane rainforest in the region, and home to many primates. But it’s not all monkey business – Kigali is safe and sophisticated.
Time GMT/UTC +2
Population 8.7 million
Borders Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Tanzania, Uganda
Seasons Wet (mid-March to mid-May, mid-October to mid-December); dry (mid-May to mid-October, mid-December to mid-March)
Telephone Country code 250; international access code 00
ATMs None that accept international cards
Budget US$25 per day
Capital Kigali
Visa US$60 for three months from embassy; US$60 for two-week extendible visas at major land border crossings and Kigali airport
Languages French, English, Kinyarwanda
Area 26, 338 sq km
Money Rwanda franc (RFr); US$1 = RFr545
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