Tourists who come to the Republic of Rwanda for holidays to see the endangered mountain gorillas, sometimes add-on their safari in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Having three national parks, Rwanda has become a thriving country with amazing mountain scenery and some surprising diverse wildlife with plenty to occupy a longer which certainly deserves further exploration. Presently, the republic of Rwanda has one of the fastest growing economies on the continent of Africa with more women in the parliament than any other country in the world, comprising of 64 percent. It is one of the safest and the friendliest countries on the continent with hospitable and friendliest people and for most people tourists, it is inevitably conjured up by images of the dreadful of the 1994 where almost a million people died. At the same time, the genocide is considered as a massive part of its history, twenty years ago. It evolved into a united, proud and optimistic country that warmly welcome its visitors and provides a truly memorable and inspiring holiday.
Where a tourist can go on a Rwandan holiday
The park is located in the North-west of the country. It is a park where most the tourists/visitors come on a holiday most especially for mountain gorilla trekking. The tracking/trekking is the biggest activity in the country and because of this; it is less known holiday option area. The Akagera on the other hand is the only park in the country for the tradition safaris in Rwanda and it offers very good wildlife opportunities although not on the scale of the parks in Kenya and Tanzania. The Akagera’s scenery is beautiful has been described as Rwanda’s Lake District and it is worth visiting. With correlation with Nyungwe, Akagera is dense rainforest with very interesting hiking trails, bird watching and primate spotting. These parks are easily accessible by road, so circuit of all the three perhaps includes the beautiful shore of Lake Kivu and the capital city of Kigali.
The activity of Gorilla Tracking in Rwanda
The activity of gorilla trekking is the most ultimate wildlife activity experience and is the reason why most of the people come. While you are sitting with a family group of gorillas in the national park, you are required to be serious and enthusiastic. In this country, at this very point Dian Fossey first brought the world’s attention to the plight of these majestic primates in the late 1960s. At this time only around 250 survived and their number s worldwide to have increased some 880 and split between Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mountain Gorilla survival has been one of Africa’s greatest conservation success stories and tourism in Rwanda has played a big role. The republic of Rwanda is probably the best gorilla tracking safari though gorilla tracking permits aren’t cheap, your permitted hour with these great apes promises to be a priceless encounter that will remain with you along after your holiday is over.
The primate holidays in Rwanda
Though the mountain gorillas are the stars of the show in the country, there are plenty of other primate tracking opportunities while on the holiday. Within the park of Nyungwe Forest National in the republic of Rwanda is a home to thirteen different primate species, including the chimpanzees and the Rwenzori colobus both of which several have been tracked. Nyungwe’s colobus monkeys can sometimes be seen in spectacular troops of the several hundred. There are two groups of the endangered golden monkeys that have been habituated for the visitor tracking with pretty and playful.