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Tourism · Rwanda

Places to visit in Rwanda

National parks, mountains, lakes, coasts, cities and heritage sites, each with a full guide: official fees, the best months, how to get there and who to travel with.

10 places

A mountain gorilla mother with her infant on her back in Volcanoes National ParkNational park

Northern Province

Volcanoes National Park

Mountain gorillas and golden monkeys on the Virunga volcanoes.

Guide & costs inside
Forested hills and valleys of Nyungwe National ParkNational park

Southwestern Rwanda

Nyungwe National Park

Ancient montane rainforest, chimpanzees and a canopy walkway.

Entry US$100 · EAC RWF 10,000
Masai giraffes walking along a track in Akagera National ParkNational park

Eastern Province

Akagera National Park

Rwanda's Big Five savanna park, with lakes along the Tanzanian border.

Entry US$100 · EAC RWF 15,000
A visitor and an RDB guide looking out over the Gishwati forestNational park

Western Province

Gishwati-Mukura National Park

Rwanda's newest park: restored forest, chimpanzees and golden monkeys.

Guide & costs inside
Green hills and bays of Lake Kivu seen from Karongi (Kibuye)Lake and lakeside towns

Western Province

Lake Kivu

Beaches, islands and the Congo Nile Trail on a Great Rift lake.

Guide & costs inside
An aerial view of the Kigali Convention Centre and its gardensCapital city

City of Kigali

Kigali

Rwanda's green, hilly capital: museums, markets and food.

Guide & costs inside
The thatched royal palace at the King's Palace Museum in NyanzaMuseum and royal palace

Southern Province

King's Palace Museum, Nyanza

A royal palace, a 1930s king's residence and long-horned Inyambo cattle.

Guide & costs inside
Islands and terraced hills on Lake BureraCaves and lakes

Northern Province

Musanze Caves and the Twin Lakes

A lava-tube cave and the twin lakes Burera and Ruhondo below the volcanoes.

Guide & costs inside
The entrance to the Ethnographic Museum (Musée National du Rwanda) in HuyeMuseum

Southern Province

Ethnographic Museum, Huye

Rwanda's finest collection of traditional life, crafts and history.

Guide & costs inside

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