Rwanda: |
There are only 650 mountain gorillas remaining in their natural habitat. These
habitats are in Rwanda, Uganda and Congo. We organize thrilling treks to visit these gentle giants in their misty mountain home, also known as the virunga mountains (a chain of' volcanoes with altitudinal ranges of 3500m-4507m). Mountain Gorillas are found in the high altitude forests surrounding these volcanoes. There are currently 4 habituated gorilla families that can be visited. Rwanda is a landlocked country surrounded by Uganda in the north, Tanzania in the east, Burundi in the south, and Zaire to its west and northwest.Rwanda lies on the East African plateau, with the divide between the water systems of the Nile and Zaire rivers passing in a north-south direction through the western part of the country. To the west of the divide, the land drops sharply to Lae Kivu in the Great African Rift Valley; to the east, the land falls gradually across the central plateau - its grassy highlands are the core areas of settlement of Rwanda's population - to the swamps and lakes on the country's eastern border. Most
of Rwanda is 3,000 ft above sea level, with much of
the central plateau being higher than 4,700 ft. In the
northwest, on the border with Zaire, are the volcanic
Virunga Mountains; the highest peak, Mount Karisimbi
(14,870 ft) is snowcapped. Lake Kivu, 4,700 feet above
sea level, drains into Lake Tanganyika, through the
sharply descending Ruzizi River. The Kagera River, which
forms much of Rwanda's eastern border, flows into Lake
Victoria.
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