February - April 2006 Edition of The Eye Magazine Rwanda

It is breaking daylight on Thursday the 12th. A cold breeze blows over Ruhengeri town, facing the Virunga volcanoes. It is here that the main offices for the Rwanda tourism and national parks are located. The place that one acquires a permit for trekking either one of the five groups of mountain gorillas that are meant for tracking. Read More

If you haven’t noticed yet, black and white colobus monkeys can be found almost anywhere there is forest.  At first glance, black and white colobus are strangely beautiful creatures that seemingly lead rather dull lives.  If you take the time to get to know them a little better, however, they turn out to be quite interesting. Read More

I must admit to being a lover of all different cuisines from around the world! One of my all-time favourites, though, are the many varied and different tastes found in the cuisine from the Indian Continent, so it was a pleasant surprise to find that Kigali has several, very good, Indian restaurants.Read More

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A classical definition of wine is very simple: "Wine is an alcoholic beverage obtained from the fermentation of juice from freshly gathered grapes, the fermentation taking place in the district of origin according to local tradition and practice". Read More

Situated on the shores of a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Kivu, Bethanie Guesthouse enjoys near perfect surroundings.  All rooms face the waterfront in any of three directions, and you step out of your door to meet gorgeous views across the lake into the hills.  Read More

On his first trip to Africa, Stuart Stevens enters the Central African Republic with a bag of spare parts for a Land Rover, a detailed Michelin Map, two books on travelling across the continent and a young woman with a penchant for carrying 2-kilo issues of Vogue Magazine. His mission: to recover his friend’s Land Rover and drive it to the Mediterranean.
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After surviving the genocide of 1994, Dr. Jean de Dieu Hakizimana was inspired by visions of new peace and prosperity for his fellow Rwandans.  He began to follow his dreams by providing food and education to a small number of children, as well as assisting families in acquiring adequate healthcare.  Read More

The tarmac gives way to dirt road as it leads closer to the Kigali Memorial center, winding upward through a small marsh and a dusty neighborhood.  Kigali spreads out to the left, square homes of concrete stacked like stairs climbing Rwanda’s cone-shaped hills.  Read More

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