Rwanda is one of the most important travel destinations in Central Africa. Also known as the "Land of a Thousand Hills", Rwanda has got five volcanoes, 23 lakes and numerous rivers. Rwanda naturally supports a widely varied fauna, within its 3 main conservation areas: the Volcanoes Park, Akagera Park and Nyungwe Forest. each of these protects a vaery different ecosystem and combination of large mammals.
 This is 160km² national park and it protects the Rwandan sector of the Virunga Mountains, range of six extinct and three active volcanoes which straddles the borders with Uganda and the DRC. The Volcanoes Park is part of a contiguous 433km² Trans frontier conservation unit that also includes the Virunga National Park and Mgahinga National Park, which protects the DRC and Ugandan sectors of the Virunga respectively. The three national parks are managed separately today.
At the time of independence, Rwanda’s new leaders confirmed that they would maintain the gorillas which were already known internationally despite the pressing problem of overpopulation. More on Parc Nationale des Volcanoes and the Gorillas
Nyungwe Forest National Park is a true rain forest and it receives 2,000 mm of rainfall annually. It is also one of the oldest forests in Africa, and that is one of the reason as to why it boasts such a high level of diversity. Nyungwe Forest National Park, along with other forests of the Albertine Rift, was unaffected by the drying up of the lowland areas during the last ice age, and therefore become a refuge for forest plants and animals. More on Nyungwe Forest National Park and its Primates
Akagera National Park was named after the river that runs along its eastern boundary; The Park is Rwanda’s famous Savanna reserve. In comparison to the rest of the country, the area is relatively warm and low-lying, and plains support a cover of dense, broad-leafed woodland with lighter acacia woodland and patches of rolling grassland studded eloquently with stands of the superficially cactus-like Euphorbia candelabra shrub.
The west of the plains lays a chain of low mountains, which reach the elevations of between 1,600m and 1,800m. The eastern part of the park supports a vast wetland. The mighty Akagera River feeds a complex of a dozen of lakes linked by extensive papyrus swamps and winding water. More on Akagera National park and its biodivesity
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