Though a small country with only 12 million people, Rwanda has attracted up to 1.2 million tourists from different parts of the world to experience its unique scenery filled with emotional historical memories of the 1994 genocide which saw at least one million killed in the span of 100 days.
However, it isn’t only the genocide memorial centers where the breathtaking histories about how the genocide happened, testimony from survivors, and memories of the killed children that have made Rwanda a great tourism destination in East Africa, but also, the country is known to host bamboo forests which are home for the world’s few & last remaining endangered mountain gorillas.
With an array of things to do in Rwanda like; Kayaking around Lake Kivu while exploring the beautiful mountainous scenery, paramotor, hiking, cycling, canopy walkway, caving around up to 52 caves in the Northern Province of the country, big game viewing to several wild animals like lions, elephants, rhinos and hippos just to name a few, Rwanda offers you a good number of options for you to choose at any time of the year.
If you’re looking for the perfect mixture of luxury & mid-range tours that can be done in a few days, Rwanda should really top your bucket list.