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Kibuye is located at the centre of lake Kivu. Private boats can be hired betweeen the main lake towns at either ends but are expensive! The isles and bay around Kivu are definite worth a jaunt.........really picturesque.SEE KIBUYE PAGE.................
Gisenyi on the northern shore of lake KIVU and metres from the Congo border has a tropical laid back feel ; but with cooler temperatures as most of Rwanda is 1500m above sea level. Good place to chillout and have a swim........SEE GISENYI PAGE............
In the northwest frontier region of Rwanda the five vocalnoes of the Volcanoes national Park loom upwards into the mist. The neighbouring DCR-Congo and Uganda can be easily reached from here. This is the gateway to the Gorillas and one of the seven wonders of the natural world.....if this is on your hit list visit now! as prices are going up to limit tourist numbers..........SEE MY RUHENGERI PAGE...........
Kiglai & its suburbs are charmingly spread over many hills. Each ville tumbles down the mille collines! where one minute you are in city bustle and the other country bristle.....With 340000 folk this ville has all the charm of an african capital....relax & unwind & check out the nite life!SEE MY KIGALI PAGE.............
Definitely worth it for the scenery and road trip. Enough game to keep you occupied. Make sure to wear long sleeves as insect spray dont work!As many lakes as theree are hillsSEE MY PARC AKAGERA PAGE...........
A road trip by minbus: private or local is a must. The scenery all over the countryside is of juxtaposed alpine landscape with bananas! The main roads are very well tarmaced and each turn is picture perfect. this was on my way from Kigali to Ruhengeri
The skulls that are still largely intact, most bearing the distinct machete crack, have been neatly arranged in rows on wooden planks, each one telling a painful story. A bizzarre reminder of the 100 days that history tried to ignore.
It feels a bit odd, to call this a `must see activity', since its not exactly a tourist spot that i`m talking about, but considering how disaffected the issue was to the world, i think it couldnt go with a better title...We were aware that the Ntarama church was among the genocide sites. We knew it was going to shock us when we saw it, but werent prepared for the sights that lay in store. While we approached the site upon a little hill, there were no pointers to the acts that took place here in April1994. Seemed like a peaceful part of the countryside, but only till you reach a little board with some statistics, erected just outside the church compound. It read: `Ntarama church, Genocide site, +-5,000 persons'.
The Church has been left pretty much as it was in 1994, the bones and belongings of the dead still lying among the aisles and the altar. I was trying to get some shots for the feature we were shooting, and wanted to get myself to a point near the altar, but simply could not make my way past the skulls, bones and the remains of the clothes of the victims from that day. Tattered pieces of cloth that still bore blood stains.
When the killings were underway, a large portion of the Tutsi-christian-minority, flocked to churches. Assuming that their Hutu attackers (the Interehamwe) and fellow christians, would not enter.That however was not to be. The killers found their conveniently rounded up and unarmed targets, and what followed was a bloodbath of immense propotions.The near 5,000 Tutsis taking shelter were were hacked to death with machetes and clubs. Soon the attention turned to the children, who were dashed to the walls one by one and killed. The stains from which can still be seen. The few that survived, by hiding amongst the dead, lay beside bodies from their own familes. Mothers, children, brothers...
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3 Reviews and 14 Opinions I've stayed at the Umabano over a period of several months so feel well qualified to comment on it....
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