What Is the Capital of Rwanda?
Kigali — and it is the closest capital city in the world to a wild mountain gorilla population, which is why so many Uganda trips now fly into Rwanda rather than Entebbe.
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Start herePlanning a Trip to Rwanda: The Complete Guide
Rwanda is small enough to cross in a day, which is the whole case for going — you can land at Kigali and be trekking gorillas the next morning. How many days you need, when to go, and what it costs.
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Can You See the Big Five in Rwanda?
Yes — all five, in Akagera, and only recently. Lions returned in 2015 after two decades of local extinction, rhino from 2017. One of very few places you can pair the Big Five with gorillas.
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Volcanoes National Park: The Complete Guide
Most visitors spend one hour here and drive away. The park also has golden monkeys, Dian Fossey's grave, and volcano climbs that almost nobody does — for a fraction of what the first day cost.
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Nyungwe National Park: The Complete Guide
One of Africa's largest surviving montane rainforests, a canopy walkway 70 m up, and colobus troops running to several hundred animals. Routinely skipped, and shouldn't be.
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Kigali: A Traveller's City Guide
Clean, safe, and with the best food in the region — but the reason to give Kigali a full day rather than a transfer is one building, and it reframes everything else you'll see in Rwanda.
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Lake Kivu: A Traveller's Guide
One of very few large African lakes you can swim in — no hippos, no crocodiles — a short drive from Volcanoes National Park. The natural place to go after a gorilla trek.
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Combining Uganda and Rwanda on One Safari
Flying into Kigali puts you a few hours from Bwindi, against most of a day from Entebbe. The open-jaw routing that removes a full driving day — and that very few travellers arrive having thought of.
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