Aug 2014 trip report

Kevin Sullivan writes: I have just returned after a couple of rewarding weeks in Rwanda. A few updates for you to note. If you wish to visit Remera Heroes’ Cemetery(pg.114) in Kigali you will need a permit from some government office to do so. You will be turned away at the gate if you show up …

Trip report from Gavin Parnaby

I have recently returned from Rwanda, where I made extensive use of the Bradt guidebook you co-authored. I found it to be indispensable, fully living up to the standards I have come to expect from the publisher. I should provide you with a few additions and corrections, however. I would recommend that you exchange the …

More about Nyamata & Ntarama

 just wanted to update the update that I already sent in about the Nyamata & Ntarama genocide memorials!  I just found out that there's an easier way to travel to Nyamata from Kigali (and safer than taking a matatu): Sotra Tours has very nice buses that leave for Nyamata every half hour from their downtown …

Nyamata and Ntarama Memorials

We're working at the Nyamata and Ntarama memorials, which you do mention  on p 113 of the third edition. Our organization Rwanda Community Works http://www.rwandacommunityworks.org has been working to make the sites more accessible and educational for visitors, so I'd like to provide more up-to-date information about what the sites are like today. First, a few logistical …