Visit the "Land of a thousand hills"
Rwanda is known as the “Land of a Thousand Hills” and is located in the Great Lakes region of central eastern Africa. A small, landlocked country (about the size of the state of Maryland) Rwanda’s grassy and rolling hills are home to abundant wildlife including the rare mountain gorilla, the country’s premier attraction. The notable geographic features of Rwanda include chains of volcanic mountains and deep lakes. Though widely known for the 1994 genocide, during which 800,000 people were killed, Rwanda has turned around significantly in recent years. In 2009, CNN went as far to call Rwanda “Africa’s biggest success story”; there is no better time to visit Rwanda than now.
Be in the know before you go
Rwanda:
A valid passport is required to travel and should have at least 6 months’ validity after your return home. You should have at least 2 blank pages per country that you are visiting. If your passport does not meet this requirement at the time of departure, you can be denied boarding for your international flight and may consequently incur additional expenses.
Citizens of the US, Canada & UK are required to obtain a visa in order to enter Rwanda. We suggest to apply for the East Africa Tourist Visa (if you are traveling to Kenya or Uganda as well). In order to apply for this visa you must hold return or onward tickets, all documents required for your next destination and sufficient funds for maintenance during your stay & International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever (for East African countries). Please visit Rwanda Migration.
Yellow Fever: If you travel to a country at risk within 6 months before arrival to Rwanda, you are required to present an International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever. You may be denied entry if you fail to present it. For more information on Yellow Fever vaccinations, please visit the Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
What Our Clients Are Saying
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I have done two extensive trips organized by Yampu Tours. These trips have covered 11 countries - 7 in Africa and 4 in Asia. Without a doubt Yampu has done an excellent job planning for us to see what we wanted and get among the countries comfortably. They are immediately responsive to every question. The itinerary that is sent is complete with details about each hotel, tent, airline and important highlights about each country. The contracted tour agencies in each country also live up to the standard set by Yampu and if you have even a slight problem and contact Yampu, it is taken care of before you even leave that country. We have traveled to 71 countries and used various travel agents. Hands down, Yampu has been the best.
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"We had an outstanding trip, thanks to you!! We both feel that every travel detail was seamlessly handled for us so we did not have to think about anything but enjoying our travels. You did an amazing job for us!! What was an incredible trip to view and photograph chimpanzees and gorillas also tuned out to be a trip to meet and fall in love with the land and people of Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda! Our guide in Tanzania, Sexton, was delightful and excellent in making sure our experience was exactly what we wanted. Although our time was short with him, we truly enjoyed every minute with him. We also just couldn't have had a better guide than, Eric Nodorere, who became a very dear friend and cherished travel companion throughout our extended travels through Rwanda and Uganda. Indeed we have never spent so much concentrated time with anyone except our children and wouldn't have had it another way. Eric was very observant and sensitive to making sure everything went perfectly without our even noticing which is the definition of "exceeding expectations"! Our lively and open conversations together as we spent hours together only enhanced our experience and lead to a deep understanding for all of us which was very enriching and satisfying. We truly shared some amazing experiences with Eric who was also astute enough to know that we like to be in charge of our own schedules and frequently like to wander off by ourselves. He graciously supported our requests and gave us space and time to do everything at our own pace. Having the freedom to get out on our own meeting and getting to know people in their own environment is one of the best ways to gain understanding and appreciation of the world and enrich our lives and perhaps the lives of those we encounter. I will send you a couple of videos in a separate email that gives a glimpse of only some of our experiences. I am now looking forward to getting into my Art Studio and expressing our beautiful time in Africa. Thank you so much, Stephanie, for making this a unique and very special adventure for us...."