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Rwanda Ruhengeri Hotels/Kinigi Lodges/Car Hire/Tourist Attractions/Activities
Two luxury lodges have been built
around Kinigi area. These,
A)
Sabyinyo Silver Back Lodge/Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge/Sabyinyo Community Lodge.
The Sabyinyo Community
Silverback/Silver Back Lodge is the newest luxury lodge. With 16 bed capacity,
the lodge offers magnificent views of Virunga and the surrounding farmlands.
Each individual cottage comprises of a fire place, sitting room, dressing room,
a large bathroom plus a bed room. We advice earliest possible booking.
B
Virunga VolcanoesLuxury Lodge
Located on a hilltop between Lakes
Burela and Ruhondo, the Virunga volcanoes Luxury Lodge has offers one the most
vintage locations in Rwanda. From the lodge one enjoys panoramic views of
the twin lakes and Virunga range.
Getting to Ruhengeri/Flight to Ruhengeri:
Ruhengeri can be accessed by road or
by air.
Road Transport: Ruhengeri is
connected by a tarmac road to Kigali, Gisenyi and Cyanika (Rwanda/Uganda
Border). The drive Kigali-Ruhengeri will take you approximately 2 Hours
via a very scenic road.
Flying to Ruhengeri:
No scheduled flights are available at
the time of writing this directory but sometimes back we managed to fly some
guests from Kigali to Ruhengeri air strip.
Tourist attractions/Activities in Ruhengeri:
Ruhengeri is the nerve centre of
Rwanda's tourism. Ruhengeri is the base town for tracking hiking and
trekking mountain gorillas. The main attractions include, the Volcanoes
National Park, Virunga mountains with their four peaks-Muhabura, Bisoke,
Sabyinyo and Karisimbi. Karisimbi is the highest peak which can be
ascended in two days. An easier ascent is Bisoke-one day. Other
attractions are Musanze, the natural bridge, lakes Burela and Ruhondo.
Tourist/Tourism Activities
The tourist activities in Ruhengeri
are focused on Volcanoes National Park. The activities in Volcanoes
include
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Mountain gorilla tracking
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Trekking and hiking
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Mountain climbing-Karisimbi ascent 2
days/ Bisoke 1 day
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Hiking to Diana Fossey Grave
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Trekking and tracking Golden Monkeys
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Cave exploration
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Excursions to Lakes Burela and
Ruhondo
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Excursions to Lake Kivu
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