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Rwanda With Eastern Congo: The Bradt Travel Guide

by Philip Briggs
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Rwanda With Eastern Congo: The Bradt Travel Guide
Rwanda With Eastern Congo: The Bradt Travel Guide

Comprehensive guidebook to Rwanda's transformative journey.

If you're looking to explore Rwanda beyond the usual tourist spots, Philip Briggs' detailed guidebook is invaluable. It's like having a knowledgeable friend take you through the Land of a Thousand Hills, suggesting hikes, excursions, and cultural insights you might not discover on your own. Whether you're gazing at the beauty of Lake Kivu, tracking gorillas, or immersing in Rwanda's history and rapid modernization, this guide addresses both the why and how of traveling in Rwanda with depth and nuance.

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Rwanda With Eastern Congo: The Bradt Travel Guide

by Philip Briggs
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ISBN: 9781784770969
Author: Philip Briggs
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Date of Publication: 2018-11-07
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Travel, Nature, History, Politics
Related Topics: Travelogue, Natural History, Guidebook, Adventure, Autobiography, American History, Government, Animals, History, Society, European History, Biography, Travel, Nature, Ecology
Goodreads rating: 4.5
(rated by 2 readers)

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Now into its seventh edition and written by Philip Briggs, the world's leading writer of guidebooks to Africa, Bradt's Rwanda has been the go-to guide for visitors to this historical and resurgent ‘Land of a Thousand Hills' for nearly two decades. It continues to be in a class of its own when it comes to in-depth information on this emerald slice of East Africa. With freshly researched and updated details on developments across the country, Bradt's Rwanda includes up-to-date maps of rapidly modernising Kigali, information on hiking to the summit of Mount Bisoke, and a newly expanded chapter on excursions into the neighbouring DRC. In this new edition are extensive and recently updated maps and natural history information, details of kayak and canoe excursions on Lake Kivu and the Mukungwa River, all you need to know about tracking not only mountain gorillas in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park but also lowland gorillas in the Congo, and information about overnight stays on tea plantations at Sorwathe or Gisovu. Also covered are Nyungwe Forest National Park, where a wealth of endemic birds and primates inhabit the largest surviving montane forest in East Africa; Nyanza, where the hilltop Rukari Palace Museum marks the site of the old mwami's (king's) palace; and the National/Ethnographic Museum of Rwanda, the
 

Comprehensive guidebook to Rwanda's transformative journey.

If you're looking to explore Rwanda beyond the usual tourist spots, Philip Briggs' detailed guidebook is invaluable. It's like having a knowledgeable friend take you through the Land of a Thousand Hills, suggesting hikes, excursions, and cultural insights you might not discover on your own. Whether you're gazing at the beauty of Lake Kivu, tracking gorillas, or immersing in Rwanda's history and rapid modernization, this guide addresses both the why and how of traveling in Rwanda with depth and nuance.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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