Rwanda National Parks: The Must-see Attractions in Rwanda

Rwanda National Parks: Popular Places to Visit in Rwanda: Akagera National Park, Nyungwe, Volcanoes, and Gishwati Mukura National Parks in Rwanda. Rwanda’s National Parks safeguard ecosystems and wildlife areas inside the country’s borders in east-central Africa. Volcanoes National Park, Akagera National Park, and Nyungwe Forest were among the protected natural zones in 2012. (Rwanda National Parks). The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) manages the national park system, as well as tourism infrastructure and park promotion, with cooperation from government ministries.

Each park safeguards a distinct habitat and a diverse range of animals. Volcanoes National Park, which borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, and into which the Virungas volcanic mountain group extends, is the most heavily monitored park in the world and the oldest in Africa. It serves as the world’s only refuge for mountain gorillas, whose numbers have been expanding here over the last decade, in conjunction with other parks in neighboring nations. Visitor numbers to the gorillas are highly limited, and passes must be acquired from RDB, frequently months in advance. A different section of the park is also home to golden monkeys.

Nyungwe National Park, located to the southeast along the Burundian border, is home to many chimps and other primate species in a highland rainforest setting. Akagera National Park is located on Rwanda’s eastern border, along with Lake Victoria and Tanzania, and protects a variety of African animals in a savannah ecology, including giraffes, elephants, buffalo, baboons, gazelles, and zebra. Lions once roamed the park, but they were poisoned during and after the Rwandan genocide.