Rwanda

The land of a thousand hills – the unforgettable beauty of Rwanda’s rolling mountainous landscape earned it the sobriquet “Land of a Thousand Hills.”  After independence, Rwanda leaped to fame as the Land of “Gorillas in the Mist”, adopted home of Dian Fossey and the most important refuge for the rare mountain gorilla. In the 1980s, Rwanda established itself as a popular holiday destination with a bustling tourist circuit. Today, gorilla trekking in the Virunga is the premier attraction, supplemented by the mesmerizing savannah and plains wildlife of Akagera National Park, the incredible biodiversity of the extensive Nyungwe rainforest, and a range of montane and lakeshore habitants around the expansively beautiful Lake Kivu.