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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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Ervaar alle hoogtepunten van Rwanda en Oeganda met een rondreis

Ervaar alle hoogtepunten van Rwanda en Oeganda met een rondreis door het land. De jungles en bergen van Rwanda en Oeganda zijn rijk aan cultuur en wildlife. Tijdens een rondreis kan je onder andere gouden meerkatten, zwartwitte franjeapen, rode franjeapen, bavianen, groene meerkatten, chimpansees en...

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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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Toeristenvisum

  • 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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Matoke Tours raakt reizigers in het hart met de mooiste reizen door het oosten en zuiden van Afrika. Matoke Tours is een kleinschalige reisorganisatie die gespecialiseerd is in groeps- en individuele reizen in onder andere Oeganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Madagaskar en Rwanda.

African Travels

African Travels biedt verantwoorde en duurzame reizen aan naar Botswana, Congo, Kenia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius. Mozambique, Namibie, Oeganda Rwanda, Seychellen, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabawe, Zuid-Afrika. African Travels is een Social Enterprise en heeft als doel reizen aan te bie...

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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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