Rwanda, A Thousand Hills
Three primates, one lake, and a Muslim quarter that has been in Kigali longer than the city has been a capital.
The trip
Three primates, one lake, and a Muslim quarter that has been in Kigali longer than the city has been a capital.
Rwanda is small and green and improbably orderly, and you can cross most of it in an afternoon. This route uses that. Kigali first, including Nyamirambo, the old Muslim quarter and the most alive part of the city, with the Masjid Al-Fatah at the middle of it. Then north to Volcanoes National Park for the gorilla trek, an hour with a habituated family on a forested volcano, and a golden monkey trek the day after. West to Lake Kivu at Gisenyi for a day that asks nothing of you. Then south to Nyungwe, one of the oldest rainforests in Africa, for the chimpanzee trek and the canopy walkway strung sixty metres above the forest floor. Prayer mats are in every room, mini-bars come empty, and the mosque nearest each base is named before you travel.
Nyamirambo is where Kigali actually lives: the mosque, the tailors, the barbers, the food. It is worth more than an hour.
Day by day
Every day, already considered.
Prayer, dining, and where you rest, planned into each day, so you are never caught out.
- 01
DESTINATION
Arrival, and Nyamirambo
Met at Kigali airport and checked in, then a city tour: the Genocide Memorial, the art galleries, and the Nyamirambo Muslim quarter with a mosque visit.
- 02
DESTINATION
The gorilla trek
North to Volcanoes National Park for the gorilla trek: a briefing at Kinigi, then a guided climb through farmland and bamboo to an hour with a habituated family.
- 03
DESTINATION
Golden monkeys, and a village
The golden monkey trek in the bamboo, with the permit included, then the optional cultural village at Iby'Iwacu to meet the families who used to hunt this forest and now guard it.
- 04
DESTINATION
A day that asks nothing
West to Lake Kivu: the drive itself is one of the best in Rwanda, then a leisure day by the water with an optional boat ride along the lake.
- 05
DESTINATION
Chimpanzees at first light
South to Nyungwe, one of the oldest rainforests in Africa, and out early for the chimpanzee trek, following the calls through the trees.
- 06
DESTINATION
The canopy walk, then home
An early breakfast and the canopy walkway, sixty metres above the forest floor, then the drive back to Kigali for departure.
OUR STANDARD HALAL SERVICES
How we look after you.
Nearest Masjid
Pick and drop for Friday Prayers - ( if nearest Masjid available)
Prayer Facilities
Prayer Mat available in each room
Muslim Restaurants
Information of Closest Muslim owned Restaurant ( If available )
Veg / Sea Food Restaurants
Information of closest Veg / Sea food Restaurants
INCLUSIONS
What your trip carries.
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CONDITIONS
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Rwanda, A Thousand Hills
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