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AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK:
The Park stretches from north to south eastern
Rwanda, covering an area of 1085sq km. Set at a relatively low
altitude and doted with numerous swamps and lakes that follow
the meandering course of the Akagera River, this park could not
be more different from the cultivated hills that characterize
much of Rwanda.
There is much game to be seen in Akagera. More than a dozen
types of antelope inhabit the park, most commonly the handsome
chestnut-coated impala, but also the diminutive oribi ,
bushbuck, tsessebe and the world's largest antelope, the
statuesque Cape eland. Elephant ,buffalo, zebra and the spotted
hyena can also be seen at various watering holes.
Akagera National Park is a bird watchers paradise with over 525
species of birds, some of the continent's most dense
concentrations of waterbirds, while the connecting marshes are
the haunt of the endangered and exquisite papyrus gonolek, and
the bizarre shoebill stork - the latter perhaps the most eagerly
sought of all African birds.
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NYUNGWE FOREST NATIONAL PARK:
1000sq km of protected, rare montane forest
of unrivalled biodiversity. Among other natural marvels, this
virgin forest is home to 13 species of primates, 100 varieties
of orchids, about 300 species of birds and a river that is one
of the sources of the Nile. The numerous hiking trails are ideal
for primate trackers, botanists and bird-lovers.
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LAKE KIVU:
This vast fresh-water expanse forms part of the East
African Great Lakes. Sitting on its shores are the towns of
Cyangugu, Kibuye and Gisenyi, ideal rest and recreation transit
points between the primate tracking destinations of Nyungwe
Forest National Park, and the Volcanoes National Park.
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