Rwanda is located south of the equator, in the heart of Africa. Within a week you can discover incredible wildlife and landscapes, thanks to the country’s relatively small size and its biodiversity.

Rwanda is easy to explore by car. Popular excursions to national parks traverse the beautiful landscape, with new sights and warm smiles awaiting you at every turn.

Known as the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’, Rwanda, with its stunning landscapes and warm and friendly people, offers a unique experience in one of the world’s most impressive countries. The country is blessed with incredible biodiversity, with remarkable wildlife inhabiting volcanoes, mountain rainforests and vast plains.

Travellers come from afar to see the majestic gorillas, but there is so much more to see and experience.

Destinations in Rwanda
Kibeho
The parish of Kibeho has been a worldwide pilgrimage site for Roman Catholics since the apparition of Our Lady on November 28, 1981. The focal point is the Kibeho Church, where the faithful receive Holy Communion.

Today, the site welcomes pilgrims throughout the year, with two key dates on the calendar: the Assumption (15 August) and 28 November (the anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions).

In high season, the church in Kibeho receives between 25,000 and 30,000 visitors. Tourists and religious pilgrims come from all over the world, including America, Poland, the Czech Republic and elsewhere.

Gishwati Mukura National Park
Rwanda’s fourth national park, Gishwati Mukura consists of two separate forests, Greater Gishwati and Lesser Mukura, totaling 34 square kilometers plus a buffer zone.

The forests are located on the ridge separating the Congo and Nile river basins, along the biodiversity-rich Albertine Rift in the western part of the country. It is home to 60 tree species, including native hardwoods and bamboo.

Gishwati is home to a group of 20 chimpanzees living alongside golden, L’Hoest and blue monkeys. Birds are also well represented with 232 species recorded in Gishwati and 163 in Mukura, including Albertine Rift endemics and forest specialists.

Activities in the park started in 2019 and include a guided nature walk, guided chimpanzee and monkey tracking, bird watching and a visit to the waterfalls.

The area was almost depleted, mainly due to resettlement, illegal mining in the mineral-rich forest and cattle ranching.
The formalization of national park status in 2015 aims to restore the balance, increase the number of trees to improve soil fertility, stabilize slopes and regulate the streams.

It will also help to improve the living conditions of the people living in the surrounding areas, which in turn will give the forest more opportunities.