July 2017 trip report

Claire writes: Thanks for your great guidebooks - always my first stop when planning a trip. I have just returned from Rwanda and had such a wonderful time. I thought you might be interested in a couple of updates:   Butare/Huye  The Shalom Guesthouse in Butare/Huye - although there is a section of the guesthouse …

Speed limits & no-car days

Thanks to Lisa Marsden for alerting us to the fact the Rwandan government has introduced new speed limits on several roads. The Kigali-Musanze/Ruhengeri Road, for instance, has a maximum speed limit of 60km/hour while Kigali-Huye/Butare is 80km/hour. While this is a welcome development in terms of road safety,  and it remains to be seen how strictly these …

New contacts for Regina Pacis Hospitality House, Kibeho

Uli writes: The Regina Pacis Hospitality House in Kibeho (page 156 in the Rwanda guide) has a new web address: http://benebikira.net/our-guesthouses.html. It lists their contacts as follows: Phone: 250 252 530 744 Fax: 011 250 530744 Email: benebikira@yahoo.fr 

2014 trip report

Goran writes: Trip report Jan 2014 Places visited Huye, Nyanza, Kigali, Rubavu, Rubona, Musanze, Lake Burera, Volcanoes NP (NB: some practical info may be outdated as the report is more than a year old). Exchange rate: USD1=RWF670 I was planning to stay in Rwanda for three weeks maybe, but had to cut my visit short as …

Jan 2015 trip report

Vincent writes: Rubavu La Corniche in Rubavu has recently been extended and renovated, giving it more rooms than the four you mention. Congo - Nile trail The hike is great, but the walking time mentioned in the description seems overestimated for any reasonably fit hikers. There are decent guesthouses in Cyimbiri, Kinunu and Bumba. Musasa …

New trip report from independent travellers

A reader writes:   We spent two weeks travelling around Rwanda in the early European summer and I wanted to share a few things that might be useful for others considering independent travel around the country – which is very easy to do.   Kigali Overall a fantastic city. The Discover Rwanda Youth Hostel is great …

Detailed updates for Huye (Butare)

Many thanks to Tina Sloane for these very detailed updates for Huye   Accommodation p. 142Hotel Barthos has a restaurant / bar attached serving the usual brochettes.Motel du Mont Huye is still best value place to stay in Huye, and the garden area often attracts monkeys!Motel Ineza has been renamed (need to revisit to remember …

News from Huye/Butare

Nick Johnson writes: The Ibis front bar has reopened after two years - probably the best place to sit in Rwanda - like sitting in a Graham Greene novel. Cafe Connections opposite the Anglican Cathedral should be a place of pilgrimage for coffee aficionados . The owner is a coffee fanatic ( Or possibly coffee …

Map corrections & birding updates

Florian writes: I went to Rwanda with 5 friends in June. Your Guide (5th Edition) offered us very useful information! Thanks a lot for that! Some updates/corrections for you: -page 174 (Nyungwe NP): We stayed at Gisakura Guesthouse and wanted to watch some birds and monkeys at the Gisakura Tea Estate ("forest patch with colobus …

Marilyn’s trip report

Marilyn Parsk writes:  We recently spent 6 days in Rwanda and information I had gleaned from posts on this website were helpful to me so I thought I’d share our experiences. I will preface this by saying we are a 60′ish couple who now like to travel comfortably, but not necessarily expensively. My key advice …