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Rwanda% POP 11.53 MILLION / 250

Includes  Why Go? ...... 640 Tiny ’s name may evoke memories of the horrif- Musanze ic genocide that brutalised this country in 1994, but the (Ruhengeri)...... 645 country is better known today as one of Africa’s most Volcanoes ­stable nations, a plucky survivor that has come together National Park...... 647 in the decades since the dark times to create a promising Huye (Butare)...... 648 and dynamic future. Nyungwe Forest Tourism is once again a key contributor to the economy National Park...... 650 and the industry’s brightest star is the chance to track moun- tain gorillas through bamboo forests in the shadow of the Understand Rwanda...... 650 Virunga volcanoes. These conical mountains are shrouded in equatorial jungles and helped earn Rwanda the moniker Survival Guide...... 652 of ‘Le Pays des Mille Collines’ (Land of a Thousand Hills). So, while Rwanda’s scars may run deep, now is the time to help the country look to its future and embrace its new- found optimism. Best Places to Eat ¨¨Heaven Restaurant (p644) ¨¨Shokola Cafe (p643) ¨¨Nehemiah’s Best Coffee (p648) When to Go ¨¨Khana Khazana (p644) Kigali °C/°F Temp Rainfall inches/mm 40/104 24/600

30/86 Best Places to 16/400 Sleep 20/68 ¨¨Discover Rwanda Youth 8/200 10/50 Hostel (p641) ¨¨Garden House (p645) 0/32 0 J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨¨Cormoran Lodge (p646) ¨¨Ruzizi Tented Lodge Dry seasons Jun–Jul Baby The long rains (p649) Rains ease from gorillas­ are Although often mid-May to Sep- named during wet from mid- ¨¨Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village tember and from the Kwita Izina March to mid- (p647) mid-December to ceremony. May, travel is still mid-March. possible. - A B3 er

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Kayanza t Memorial (p641 the horrors Confronting at this the genocide of and haunting museum memorial. back on the sandy shores of shores on the sandy back 5 3 4 ) Watching an (p648) Watching Rwanda performance dance Intore in the museum at the finest (Butare). in Huye country, ) Nyamagabe (Gikongoro) Volcanoes Kibuye National Park 50 km Gisenyi (4507m Karisimbi ) 25 miles ) Rutshuru a Lake Kivu National Park Uwinka a Nyungwe Fores (130km Butembo Luhw e Goma Saké

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