The 2017 Rwanda Kwita Izina ceremony officially kicked off on Sunday with a two day conservation and tourism exhibition at the Kigali Conference and Exhibition village. The event was opened to the public yesterday amid strong emphasis of the tourism industry to the Rwandan economy. Kwita Izina is an annual Continue Reading
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Rwanda Preps for Gorilla Naming
The naming dubbed ‘‘Kwita Izina’ will see 13 baby gorillas named. The naming ceremony was introduced in 2005 with the aim of creating greater awareness of conservation efforts and of thanking communities for their ongoing and valuable support of these initiatives. The year marks the 13th edition of the annual Continue Reading
Rwanda Reveals Dates for 13th Gorilla Naming Event
The Rwanda Development Board (RDB), the body charged with promoting the country’s tourism and investment sectors has revealed dates for a series of events that will lead to the 13th annual Gorilla naming event, Kwita Izina. The dates were revealed by RDB Chief Tourism Officer Belise Kariza while speaking at a Continue Reading
Rwanda Increases Price of Gorilla Permit from $750 to $1,500
The Rwanda Development Board has announced an increase in the price of the gorilla permit from $750 to $1,500 for all visitors effective immediately. A new exclusive package for tourists who wish to book an entire family of gorillas was also introduced at $15,000, and will receive exclusive personalized tour Continue Reading
RwandAir shines in Nigeria
It’s not a month down the road as tourists and travelers to Rwanda and across East Africa celebrated the arrival of a brand new Airbus 330-200, named Ubumwe (Unity) that was brought to reduce challenges in regions airline industry for Rwanda Air. The craft stopped over at Entebbe international airport Continue Reading
22 Baby Gorillas Named at 2016 Kwita Izina
Twenty Two baby mountain gorillas were given names at the 12th Kwita Izina held at Musanze on the foothills of the Virunga. The annual ceremony involved dignitaries, locals, tourists and conservationists giving the baby gorillas names of their choice. From September 2015 to September 2016, a total of 23 baby Continue Reading
Rwanda Travel & Adventure Show Attract 1000s in Los Angeles
Thousands of Los Angles people set all their eyes on Rwanda stand during the Rwanda Los Angeles-based travel and Adventure show. Rwanda built its reputation more in the U.S.A as a first choice destination in East Africa with variety to explore and discover.Los Angeles people showed love to Rwanda by Continue Reading
Rwanda Taps Asian Tourism Market
Rwanda’s foreign tourism growth shows that Rwanda is one of the most visited African countries by Asian tourists and fourteen thousand tourists visited Rwanda in 2015 a high population increase in just one year compared to four hundred tourists in 2014 according to Hindustan Times newspaper of India. The newspaper Continue Reading
Rwanda’s Ntarama & Gisozi Genocide on TripAdvisor Africa’s Landmark 2015
The Trip Advisor recently identified “the Top 25 Land Marks of Africa”, in which it named The Kigali Genocide Memorial Site and The Ntarama Church Genocide Memorial Site, all in the Busegera district of Rwanda. These memorial sites do explain the happenings of The 1994 Rwanda Genocide between the Tutsi Continue Reading
18 Baby Mountain Gorillas Named at 2015 Kwita Izina
Rwanda celebrated the birth of 18 baby gorillas at the 10th anniversary of Kwita Izina. The annual naming ceremony of the rare mountain gorillas took place on July 3rd 2015 at the slopes of Volcanoes National Park at Kinigi in the north western part of Rwanda. More than 40,000 residents Continue Reading