Photo: Kelley Lynch/World Bank, Evening in Kigali’s Central District (Some rights reserved)
Rwanda is located in Central Africa. The country is hilly and mountainous with an altitude averaging 1,700 meters and known affectionately as the Land of a Thousand Hills. Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital is Kigali.
Spotlight on the new inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Nyungwe National Park
visitrwanda.com
nyungweforestnationalpark.org
nyungwepark.com – Facebook
Wikipedia
Google Maps
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Headlines
Rwanda Converts Degraded Wetland Into Urban Ecotourism Park
It’s high time Africa walks the talk – New Times
Rwanda is the Most Remarkable Country in the World – Galt Elijah MacDermot/Medium
What lies beneath
Tourism Sector Stakeholders Urged to Support Park Communities
Rwanda’s gorillas contribute to sustain entire communities
News
New Times Rwanda – Facebook – @NewTimesRwanda
Recommended Listening
Rwanda’s cup of excellence – Despite more than 400,000 coffee farmers – and coffee being one of Rwanda’s biggest agricultural exports – when people stop for a cuppa in Rwanda pretty much all 11 million of them sit down for a cup of tea. That’s why Jean-Marie Irakabaho and his Swiss business partner Luzius Wipf set up a coffee roaster and a grinder in a shop they call Café ConneXion.
Museums
rwandaheritage.gov.rw – @RwandaMuseums – @IntekoyUmuco
Tourism Portals
visitrwanda.com – Flickr – @visitrwanda_now
Community development
Government
gov.rw – @RwandaGov
World Heritage
whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/rw
Volcanos National Park
visitrwanda.com/destinations/volcanoes-national-park
volcanoesparkrwanda.org
Wikipedia
Elsewhere
panorama.solutions
Butare
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Planeta.com