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Nature / Adventure
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Culture / Life
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Activities
- Nature / Adventure
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Volcanoes National Park: (all activities are offered in
cooperation with the ORTPN park authorities, and tours will be accompanied
and guided by park staff and guards)
- 1/2 day mountain gorilla trekking (including a guaranteed 1 hour with
the great apes) [please note that children below 15 are
not allowed to trek the gorillas]
- 1 day hiking and mountain climbing (Mt. Bisoke - 3,711m)
- 2 days hiking and mountain climbing (Mt. Karisimbi - 4,507m, overnight
camping)
- Golden Monkey trekking
- Visit to the Karisoke Research Centre
- Visit to the tomb of the legendary Dian Fossey
- Nature walk (volcano flora and fauna)
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Nyungwe National Park: (all activities are offered in
cooperation with ORTPN park authorities)
- Chimpanzee trekking
- Colobus trekking and nature walk (13 species of primates, 300 species of
birds, 250 species of trees, hundreds of different flowering plants
including 100 species of orchids)
- Camping
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Akagera National Park:
- Jeep safaris to explore the habitats of savannah animals (giraffe,
buffalo, zebra, elephant, antelopes, monkeys etc) and wetlands animals (hippo, crocodile, water birds)
- Water activities on the five lakes: Canoeing, water cruises, sport
fishing
- Camping
- Sport fishing
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Lake Kivu:
- Lake cruises between popular resort towns such as Cyangugu, Kibuye and
Gisenyi
- Water sport facilities in Kibuye
- Nature discovery tours around the many deserted islands with largely
unexplored natural attractions
- Napoleon's Hat Island: Climb to the top of Napoleon's hat and experience
of thousands of bats darkening the sky
- Island of Peace: Swimming, relaxing, beach volleyball, eating and
drinking, watching the sunset
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Twin lakes Burera and Ruhondo / Musanze Cave:
- Nature discovery tours in traditional canoes (breathtaking landscape,
wetland habitat, water birds)
- Exploration tour to the Musanze Cave (near Ruhengeri): The
lava flow from an earlier volcanic
eruption formed a natural bridge
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Hot springs:
- Hot springs near Gisenyi (boiling of eggs while taking a swim in the
heated waters of the adjacent Lake Kivu)
- Hot springs of Bugarama (springs bubbling up into a
large green pool)
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