Our next destination was Kigali, the capital. Only around 110km away we knew it’d take us just over 2 hours so we didn’t rush to leave the hotel. We still passed on the breakfast in favour of our usual routine of eating our own on the road. Our vehicle got washed complimentary of the hotel … More Kigali – our first capital + border number 2
We slept well with the cooler temperature and relative quietness. We got up a little later than normal as we were within an hour or so run to our first destination Akagera National Park. The drive was easy and we only missed our turning once but there was no shortage of money demands from people … More Rhinos and roads
At the Rusomo crossing Rwanda and Tanzania operate joint one stop border posts. The border itself is the river. If going TZ->RW you cross the river and use that post, if coming the other way you cross the river and use the other post. We hadn’t had chance to refresh ourselves on what the border … More Crossing into Rwanda – and driving on the right
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