Rwanda

AT ONE · East Africa

Rwanda

The Land of a Thousand Hills

Rwanda is East Africa's most refined safari destination. Small, safe, and extraordinarily well-managed, it offers the continent's most premium gorilla trekking alongside ancient montane forests, savannah conservation success stories, and a culture of extraordinary resilience and elegance.

The Country

Elegant,
Elevated, Wild

Rwanda is a country that surprises every visitor who arrives expecting merely what they read about. The hills are impeccably green. The capital, Kigali, is the cleanest city in Africa. The national parks are pristine. And the gorillas — encountered on a misty morning in the Virunga volcanoes — are among the most profound wildlife encounters on the planet.

AT ONE designs Rwanda journeys with rare access, premium permits, and the kind of in-depth understanding that only comes from long experience with the country's best lodges and guides.

12

Habituated Gorilla Families

460+

Mountain Gorillas Worldwide

1,019 km²

Nyungwe Ancient Forest

Big Five

In Akagera NP

Rwanda Destinations

Into Rwanda's
Wild Places

Gorilla Trekking Rwanda
June – September

North-Western Rwanda

Gorilla Trekking Rwanda

Among the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda

Rwanda's gorilla trekking programme is widely considered the most refined in East Africa. Premium permits, expertly managed trekking groups of maximum eight, and habituated familie…

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Volcanoes National Park
June – September

North-Western Rwanda

Volcanoes National Park

Among the Mountain Gorillas

Volcanoes National Park is where Dian Fossey gave her life to protect the mountain gorilla — and where her work has borne extraordinary fruit. Rwanda's gorilla trekking programme i…

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Nyungwe Forest
June – September

South-Western Rwanda

Nyungwe Forest

Ancient Forest at the Source of the Nile

Nyungwe is one of Africa's oldest and largest montane rainforests — a cathedral of ancient trees, mist, and biodiversity that sits at the hydrological heart of the continent, feedi…

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Akagera National Park
June – September

Eastern Rwanda

Akagera National Park

Rwanda's Wild Savannah Reborn

Akagera is one of Africa's great conservation success stories. After years of decline, Rwanda's only savannah park has been transformed — with lion and rhinoceros successfully rein…

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Kigali Cultural Stay
Year-round

Kigali · Rwanda

Kigali Cultural Stay

Africa's Cleanest, Greenest Capital

Kigali is unlike any other capital city in Africa — immaculately clean, orderly, green, and radiating a quiet confidence. For AT ONE guests, Kigali is both the gateway to Rwanda's …

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The Great Ape Circuit

Rwanda + Uganda

Rwanda's Volcanoes NP and Uganda's Bwindi sit on opposite sides of the same Virunga volcanic range. AT ONE designs cross-border itineraries that take you from Rwanda's mountain gorillas to Uganda's Bwindi forest — two countries, two habituated families, one extraordinary journey.

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The Gorillas
Are Waiting

Rwanda's gorilla permits are limited and in high demand. AT ONE secures access through exclusive partnerships and designs every journey with the depth the destination deserves.