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207 6 Rwamagana District Lake Master Plans 6 Rwamagana District Lake Master Plans 6.1.1 Existing Conditions/Opportunities and Constraints Rwamagana District is blessed with abundant water resources at its northern and southern borders. Together, these have the potential to give Rwamagana the opportunity to adopt a major economic development strategy to become a local, regional, and international resort destination. (See Appendix 3: Lake Muhazi Economic Feasibility Study for more detailed analysis.) The objectives behind this development strategy are to not only provide tourist opportunities for visitors to the District, but to promote local economic development and prosperity for the citizens. Additional objectives are to promote environmentally sustainable touristic development that protects, preserves and regenerates the Rwamagana landscape. The Rwamagana resorts are envisioned to provide a variety of recreational opportunities for a variety of users including local residents, Kigali residents, regional visitors, and international tourists. In addition, it is the goal of this plan to provide a variety of vacation, nature and recreational experiences including: • Hotels/Inns • Boating • Water Sports • Golf and Tennis • Restaurants and Retail • Conference Venues • Vacation Homes • Ecotourism • Fishing • Bird watching • Bicycling • Vacation Homes At Lake Muhazi, which has the ecology and topography suited for more “active” resort scenarios, there are three different prototypes envisioned, including a lakefront marina/waterfront resort, a hill top golf resort, and a marina/cove resort. At Lake Mugesera, which has an extensive and very delicate ecosystem, we envision a more natural “ecotourism” type of resort development. This prototype is integrated into the natural landscape, affording visitors the opportunity to experience the beauty of the surroundings and to learn more about the Rwandan people and culture. In both instances, great care has been taken to work within the natural and social constraints and to envision resorts that will benefit both visitor and Rwandan citizens alike. The development of resorts on the Rwamagana lakes is designed to achieve the following goals: • Promote local economic development and prosperity through employment and training of employees at the resorts; development of direct supply lines and services to the resorts from local business; and innovative co-ownership/investment strategies for local investors and investment groups. 207 • Build local capacity and services to support development • Reinforce national tourism by complementing global interest in the gorillas and leveraging trips made to Virunga National Park • Preserve and protect the natural environment, and minimize the impacts of development on: o Lakes and wetlands o Wildlife biodiversity o Reforestation o Erosion prevention o View preservation • Enhance and preserve Rwandan social needs and cultural values o Preserve the historic local culture o Integrate agriculture and agri-tourism o Use lake development to support and integrate education and scientific research with botanic research institutes o Enhance utilization of lakes for domestic water supply Opportunities and Constraints As noted in Appendix 3: Lake Muhazi Economic Feasibility Study, the development of resorts in Rwamagana District will take time and will need to be seen in the context of the international wildlife destinations in other countries in East Africa. But with the right background development, appropriate niche targets, and the participation of national tourist bureaus, the Rwamagana Lake resorts can expect to be successful in their ambitions. The opportunities inherent in Rwamagana District Lake Resorts are many, as noted throughout this section of the report (and indeed in the whole study). The key constraints that need to be addressed at this time are: • Infrastructure to support development, which is lacking at almost all sites around the lakes • Resource and labor supply chains. Currently few resources exist to support resort development, including staff and supplies to operations. 6.1.2 Guiding Principles In order to achieve the previous goals mentioned, the following principles are established with the intention of creating value on the lakes while by protecting their natural and scenic character. Ecology Viewshed Management • Preserve and protect lakeside ecology Viewshed Management • Protect highly visible lakeside hill slopes from dense development and protect as open space/recreation and agricultural land uses Viewshed Management-Hilltop208 • Hill top resort development and associated recreation along the tops of ridges Concentrated Urban Development and Maintained Rural Character • Prioritize urban growth areas to the south side of Lake Muhazi and rural character development to the north • Rwamagana and Kayonza townships as the primary service centers with concentrated high density urban resort centers at key locations within the lake Urban Growth Areas • Concentrate high density resort development within coves and inlets, and ensure protection of viewsheds Cove Developments Watershed Management • Maintain 200m wide environmental protection zone along the edge of the lake with management controls to ensure protection of water quality of the lake Water Quality Management • Retain and protect areas of wetland as important ecological and water filtration areas Watershed Management 6.1.3 Lake Muhazi Resort Master Plans The general plan for Lake Muhazi responds to the existing conditions, opportunities and constraints in several ways. Located along the northern part of Rwamagana District and approximately 6 km from the Town of Rwamagana, Muhazi offers many opportunities for retreat and recreation for residents of the town. The topography is such that it offers many scenic views from the coves around the lake. Elevations of the adjacent hills dramatically rise up to 75 meters from the lakes edge. The majority of land in this area is used for subsistence agriculture. Wet agricultural crops such as rice and sugar cane are predominant in this area due to the abundance of wetlands around the lake. The lake currently has one existing resort development and one proposed resort, Lake Muhazi Boulevard. These, along with other existing towns offer services and amenities that compliment future resort development 209 Within the area designated as the lake study area (see Exhibit: Lake Muhazi Constraints) there are approximately 230 hectares of existing forest, 800 hectares of wetlands and over 4,000 hectares of steep slopes. Together, these constraints leave approximately 80% or 21,500 hectares of land for development. Another major constraint is the lack of roadways in this area, making it difficult to access the waterfront and nearby towns. There are three different resort prototypes at Lake Muhazi illustrated below. Each one of them has a different “feel” and caters to different types of touristic desires. The first prototype is a lakefront resort town with a more urbanistic feel that act as gateways to the lake resort district. The second prototype is a classic golf resort with grand views of the lake, where guests can easily step out of their accommodations to play golf or visit other resort amenities on the lake. The third prototype is a “cove resort” that would appeal to the visitor who desires a bit more seclusion and communion with nature. All of these resort prototypes could be located in various places along the lake. There is the opportunity for many resourt since ther are other great locations along the 22km lake. These are summarized in Exhibit: Lake Muhazi Conceptual Master Plan w/Loop Road. Along with the different resort prototypes, this master plan proposed an extended Loop Road to better serve both Lake Muhazi and the Town of Rwamagana. The proposed road utilizes portions of existing paved and unpaved road around the lake and adds an additional 13 km of paved roadway. The following Exhibit: Proposed Road Typologies displays the different forms the loop road could take. 210 GAHENGERI MWULIRE Murehe MWULIRE KIGABIRO MUYUMBU NZIGE Nzige Legend Districts Sectors MUNYAGA Rubona Rivers Major Highways RUBONA Nkungu Other Roads RWAMAGANA Towns NYAKARIRO Lakes Existing Forest 20% > Slope Wetlands Total Land Area: 9,394 Hectares Natural Constraints Percent RURENGE Existing Forest 0% 20% > Slope 2% KARENGE Karenge Wetlands 8% % Land Unbuilable 10% * Total forest area includes forests not on steep slopes or in wetlands. Lac Mugesera KAREMBO MUGESERA JURU BUGESERA NGOMA ZAZA JURU JURU BUGESERA RUKUMBERI 01,0002,000500 Meters Lake Mugasera Constraints Map May 2007 01,250 2,500 5,000 Feet Scale 1:20,000 JURU BUGESERA Kayonza Urban Waterfront Resort The concept behind this resort (Exhibits Kayonza Local Development Plan and Kayonza LDP Waterfront, below) is to create a new waterfront destination resort town for world and local travelers alike. This resort’s unique quality at Lake Muhazi would be its townscape emphasizing pleasant walkable streets all within one kilometer of the waterfront to allow people to park their car only once. A significant central park leads visitors to the waterfront, acting as the connecting spine of the community. No vehicular traffic is allowed on the pedestrian-only waterfront – it is a “people place”. A mix of hotel or inn choices ranging from high-end elite boutique, large scale resort hotels (including conference) down to the most affordable of hostel options would be available. The town also provides tourist activities including shopping, art, dining and entertainment.
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