Resort manager Jean Nepomuscene Bazimaziki has written to let is know that the former Lake Ruhondo Lodge and Tented Camp is now called Ruhondo Beach Resort Contact details have also changed and are as follows: Tel: +250788356603 Email: manager@ruhondoresort.com Website: http://www.ruhondoresort.com
According to this Reuters report, Virunga National Park reopened to tourists on 15 Feb 2019. Oddly, the park's own website visitvirunga.org still appears to be in hibernation and doesn't include any further information about the reopening, so it isn't clear how you would go about booking accommodation and activities. Watch this space...
Eskil and Trine write: Thanks a lot for your great guidebook on Rwanda. It was a very useful during our 3,5 week holiday in Rwanda in January 2019. The Rwanda beauty and magnificient people has left a long lasting impression on us. As a great local guide we especially recommend Jado (http://kigalitourism.com). Jado has lived … Continue reading January 2019 trip report
Shema Amedee of Ames Boat Tours writes: I have a company called AMES BOAT TOURS Ltd, based in Gisenyi (Rubavu) and offering different services with Boat to tourists to visit numerous islands, hot spring, fishing experience (day and night), private boat tours to visit coffee washing stations and more. For further details contact us … Continue reading Boat trips on Lake Kivu
Thanks to Liza D for alerting me to this great blog https://jolitropisme.blog/category/travel-in-rwanda/, which is written by a resident of Kigali and especially strong on new restaurants, hotels and craft enterprisese in the capital.
Thanks to updater Sean Connolly for alerting to me to this new development just days after the 7th edition of Bradt Rwanda went to print: The Community Freelance Guides Cooperative at Akagera has established a campsite just outside the park on the ridge overlooking Lake Ihema. Its called Ihema View Campsite, and it looks to … Continue reading Ihema View Campsite, Akagera National Park
Jon Ruder writes: Excellent book. Thank you for the outstanding guide. A new start-up tour company called Paradise Safaris Africa (everest@paradisesafarisafrica.com; 250-784-90-4917), run by a young man named Everest Bahati, provided a great service on my trip/tour to Akagera National Park (we left from Kigali). The price was much lower than any other price around, … Continue reading Akagera and Nyungwe National Park tips
Ben writes: Just back from visiting friends in Kigali, Kibungo, Gahini and Rubavu(Gisenyi). Firstly, the book is brilliant - great level of detail, most of which is simply not available anywhere else, including online. A couple of things below which may or may not be useful! Minibus-taxis are now apparently required to have speed limiters … Continue reading Minibus-taxi travel
Following an ambush 10km outside Goma in May 2018 in which a park ranger was killed and two British tourists were kidnapped (to be released two days later), the management of Virunga National Park has announced the indefinite suspension of tourism to the park until such time as the safety of visitors can be assured. … Continue reading Suspension of tourism in Virunga NP, DRC
Jeroen writes: I'm enjoying your Rwanda book, travelling there for the first time this Friday for 2 weeks, with Nyungwe, Kivu and Virunga planned. You might want to alert readers that RDB trekking/activities bookings are now all done online via the government's useful Irembo website (e.g. https://irembo.gov.rw/rolportal/web/rdb/mountain-gorilla-tracking). It's not the most easily navigable site but easy … Continue reading Online bookings for gorilla tracking and other tourist permits
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