In the south west of Rwanda lies one of the few remains of the natural rain forest, which covered once a big part of the mountain ranges of Rwanda, before the continuously growth in population made it necessary to change everything into farm land. Before the border to the national park, maiz, banana, cassava, eucalyptus …
Driving up and down the thousand hills of Rwanda, we came to Nyanza, where the King of Rwanda had his palace until 1962. Here you can see the reconstructed traditional huts and the modern palace. We got a guide, which was dressed in an umushanana, the silky, flowing traditional dress of Rwanda. We were really …
We reached Kigali on a Sunday, hoping for less traffic and immediately got stuck when the roads were blocked for a bicycle race. When we reached the centre, a policeman made us turn around, as he deemed our car too big – there was a truck ban for this part of town. We made a …
After our last stop in Tanzania at Lake Victoria, we drove east, to get to the border of Rwanda. The border was a “one stop border”, with the office building on the Rwanda side to get all the formalities done. Surprisingly, there were not many trucks waiting at that border. For some reason, somebody had …
Here some of our experiences in Tanzania which we want to share with fellow travellers: Border:we used the small border north of Mbala in Zambia, close to Lake Tanganyika and the border to Rwanda, which were both very easy and fast to cross. Visa: we got a 3-month visa for $50,-pp twice, again when we …
After our tour through the Serengeti we had reached Lake Victoria, famous for the Victoria perch, and the town of Mwanza, famous for its numerous granite boulders, which are everywhere. The city is built between these rocks. The most famous is the Bismarck Rock, the tourist hotspot in town. We found a great spot at …
We entered Serengeti in the north and drove down to Seronera at the centre, where we stayed for 2 nights at a public campsite. The last day, we left through the western corridor and the Ndabaka Gate at Lake Victoria. We thought maybe the main roads through the park would be in a good condition, …
With our guide Elisha we walked into the valley behind the village Ngare Sero. At first there was a very comfortable path and a bridge to cross the river, but as the valley became narrower and narrower, the path suddenly ended and we had to continue through the water. The water comes from the Ngorongoro …
Before our trip to Lake Natron and the Serengeti, we spent a couple of days at the Migombani Campsite above Lake Manyara, a wonderful place you shouldn’t miss! Here we pondered about the options we had, to explore Ngorongoro and Serengeti. In the end, we decided to give up a visit to the Ngorongoro crater. …
We had found a simple camping just outside the park (Wild Palm Camp), from where we drove for one day into Tarangire National Park. Originally, we were not sure, if driving into a Tanzanian national park with our car would be a good idea, but it turned out to be great. While other tourists in …
