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 Rwanda

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Backpacking in Rwanda?

  • Rwanda is a special, somewhat smaller African country that you can get through as a backpacker, but whose impressions will linger for a long time.
  • Characteristics: green, varied, relatively safe and clean.

Traveling in Rwanda?

  • A trip through Rwanda is often dominated by the nature parks, volcanoes and wildlife.
  • Spotting cities: Gisenyi, Kigali and the villages around Lake Kivu.
  • Spotting animals: gorillas, chimpanzees, lions, elephants.
  • Avoiding animals: a number of snakes (including the black mamba) and the wild dogs.

Studying in Rwanda?

  • Huye is the student city for those who do not want to go to Kigali.

Internships in Rwanda?

  • Internships: internships can mainly be found in the education, agriculture and healthcare sectors.
  • Characteristics: be sure to bring a good dose of flexibility, French and English are spoken in addition to the local languages.

Volunteering in Rwanda?

  • Volunteer projects: mainly in the education (teaching English), social care and health care sectors.
  • Animal projects: not impossible to help protect gorillas or chimpanzees.

Working in Rwanda?

  • Jobs: except in the development sector, tourism and multinationals, you will find little paid work. Sporadically, board and lodging positions become available at safari lodges.

Working as a digital nomad in Rwanda?

  • Favorite cities: Gisenyi is a pleasant place to stay if you want to stay somewhere for a while to work online.
  • Characteristics: sustainable country where plastic bags have been banned for a long time, relaxed atmosphere, hygienic conditions in the catering industry, and relatively safe for those traveling alone.

Living in Rwanda?

  • Language: Mainly French, English and the local language Kinyarwanda are spoken.
  • Characteristics: super clean country with friendly, cheerful people, emancipated culture, it is not too cold or too hot outside, and the food is varied with lots of vegetables and fruit.

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Rwanda: Updates & Travel

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Travel in Rwanda

  • Visit the Genocide Memorial Centre. This is a special memorial centre in the capital Kigali for the victims of the Hutu-Tutsi genocide that took place in 1994.
  • Huye (formerly Butare) is a student town in the southern province of Rwanda, with the largest ethnographic museum in the country.
  • Gisenyi, also called the paradise town of Rwanda. This town is located at the northernmost point of Lake Kivu and has many Congolese influences because it borders directly on the city of Goma. Gisenyi also has several beaches where you can book accommodation and watch the sun set over Congo and the reflecting lake.
  • Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, is becoming increasingly attractive to tourists due to the various cozy restaurants and the landscaped city parks in combination with the safety and the good public transport system.
  • Unlike other East African nature parks, Akagera National Park has not yet been discovered by many tourists, which means there is plenty of room for spotting wild animals such as giraffes, zebras, lions and elephants.
  • Nyungwe Forrest, this protected rainforest is located in the south of the country. You can take various walks here for beginners to advanced. You can visit chimpanzee families, view high waterfalls or spot special birds.
  • Lake Kivu is the largest lake in Rwanda, it borders the Democratic Republic of Congo and has beautiful beaches with many restaurants and different types of accommodation. In addition to baking in the sun, you can do activities on the water here, such as: boat trips, paddle boarding, kayaking and canoeing.
  • Be prepared: at the large bus station Nyabugogo in Kigali, many employees of different bus companies try to convince you to buy a ticket from them, sometimes they pull your arm or get into a fight with their competitors over you.
  • Be aware that the Internet is censored, so it is not recommended to search for political information or visit websites with sensitive or inappropriate content.

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Education Category: General Ages: 16+ During my Bachelor's semester abroad in Rwanda, I gave a short course on "how to write a CV". My fellow Rwandan student friends told me they were a bit insecure about how to go about job searching. So I thought, why not give a short course? And we wou...

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Voor mijn minor Global Development Issues heb ik een casus opdracht moeten maken over de genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Tijdens mijn onderzoek ben ik achter verschrikkelijke, gruwelijke feiten gekomen wat zich daar heeft afgespeeld. Hetgeen dat mij het meest is bij gebleven is dat wij 'het westen' NIET...

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Lake Kivu in west Rwanda is an amazing place to watch the sunset above the Congolese hills at the opposite site of the lake, or you can lay on the beach and swim in the water, but there are so many other fun activities to do there, like: Kayaking! I booked my kayaking afternoon with the company...

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  • Het is mogelijk voor toeristen om via de officiële website van de Rwandese overheid online een Single entry visum aan te vragen. Dit visum is geldig voor 30 dagen en kan niet worden verlengd.
  • Ook is het mogelijk voor toeristen om persoonlijk bij de Rwandese amba...

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