Popular Places in Rwanda

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  • akagera national park
  • Akagera National Park
  • Akagera National Park is a low-lying savannah reserve in the east of Rwanda on the border with Tanzania. It has a good selection of game and birdlife.
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  • Akagera National Park
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  • Butare
  • Butare was the largest and most important city in Rwanda prior to 1965 when it lost out to more centrally located Kigali. It has an impressive royal palace as well as an absorbing national museum.
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  • Butare
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  • Cyangugu
  • Cyangugu is the most southerly of Lake Kivu's ports. The lower part of the town is by far the most intriguing part, situated as it is on the lake shore.
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  • Cyangugu
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  • kibuye
  • Kibuye
  • With good roads from Kigali this is popular with visitors and Rwandans alike. The hills are planted with pines and eucalyptus which give the area a pristine, almost Alpine feel.
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  • Kibuye
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  • kigali
  • Kigali
  • The centre of Kigali is bustling, colourful, noisy but clean and safe. Peaceful tree-lined residential streets stretch outwards and generally downwards from the city's heart, and give visitors ample scope for strolling.
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  • Kigali
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  • lake kivu
  • Lake Kivu
  • Lake Kivu is the country’s largest body of water and takes up about half of Rwanda’s western border. The views from many hotels and guesthouses across the palm-fringed lake are wonderful.
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  • Lake Kivu
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  • nyungwe forest
  • Nyungwe Forest
  • The Nyungwe Forest National Park protects one of the oldest forests in Africa. The main attraction are the primates: chimpanzee tracking can be arranged and several other monkeys are readily seen as well.
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  • Nyungwe Forest
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  • ruhengeri
  • Ruhengeri
  • Ruhengeri is the closest town to the Volcanoes National Park and is therefore a convenient base from which to track mountain gorilla. On days not spent tracking, you can enjoy some pleasant strolls around town, or within easy distance are the seldom visited but lovely Lakes Burera, Ruhondo and Karago.
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  • volcanoes national park
  • Volcanoes National Park
  • Although home to elephant, buffalo, and duiker, Volcanoes National Park is best known for the 300 mountain gorillas that reside amongst the bamboo forests on the upper slopes.
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  • Volcanoes National Park
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