Reviews of trips to Lake Kivu
(98%) From 18 travellersBelow are independent comments from 18 of our travellers who have visited Lake Kivu, and have kindly agreed to share their thoughts.
They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa.
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Mr & Mrs W - Aberdeenshire
On this trip, I visited Rwanda between 13 Jun 2010 and 25 Jun 2010 and I travelled with 1 other person.
The trip was exellent and the country was amazing. The people of Rwanda are friendly and warm, its great to visit a country that has not been totally overdeveloped by tourism. Read more about this whole trip
My Feb 2010 trip
Mr and Mrs S - Notts
On this trip, I visited Rwanda between 7 Feb 2010 and 19 Feb 2010 and I travelled with 1 other person.
It was a great holiday. Primate Safaris were really good at trouble shooting and were lovely people to meet. They gave us confidence from the start which is great when arriving tired in a new country. Some difficulties in paying ...Read more about this whole trip
We had a fantastic trip!
Ms K party from Herts
On this trip, I visited Kenya, Rwanda between 31 Aug 2009 and 9 Sep 2009 and I travelled with 3 other people.
Overall, we had a fantastic trip to Rwanda. Got great gorilla sightings and a bonus sighting of one of the research groups on the way back from Karisoke. We had to walk through shoulder high stinging nettles to get out of their way ...Read more about this whole trip
Fascinating friendly Rwanda - sunny Zanziba
The C. family - Shrewsbury
On this trip, I visited Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zanzibar between 23 Jul 2009 and 13 Aug 2009 and I travelled with 3 other people.
Rwanda was brilliant - fascinating, scrupulously clean, would recommend the country to anyone who is bitten by the Africa bug. Communication was in a mixture of English, Swahili and French. It was good to start our trip with a visit ...Read more about this whole trip
We've been to Heaven and seen Hell
Mr & Mrs R from Somerset
On this trip, I visited Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zanzibar between 25 Jan 2009 and 8 Feb 2009 and I travelled with 1 other person.
We had a fabulous holiday and absolutley adored Rwanda. Chimpanzee trecking was very hard work but we did it. Saw lots of Golden Monkeys in the gorgeous Bamboo forest and about 14 Gorillas in the Virungas - one chased us - wanted ...Read more about this whole trip
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Mr & Mrs D from Cambridge
On this trip, I visited Kenya, Rwanda between 27 Aug 2008 and 8 Sep 2008 and I travelled with 1 other person.
Wonderful experience and an inspiring country! Thanks for the advice and arranging to fill our gap between flights in Nairobi by going to the Palacina Hotel - we had a fantastic meal, were very well looked after and returned to ...Read more about this whole trip
Do I have to give it a title?
Mr & Mrs B - West Sussex
On this trip, I visited Rwanda between 7 Sep 2007 and 20 Sep 2007 and I travelled with 1 other person.
I think when we started planning this trip some doubts were expressed about whether we could really fill two whole weeks visiting only Rwanda (and in addition refusing to "do" the genocide bit). But we never had a boring day...Read more about this whole trip
We have always believed that acting responsibly is the only way to approach tourism and we're one of
the few companies to hold AITO's original coveted 5-star status for responsible tourism. It's a lead
that others are now following.
