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Rusizi
A small town on the border with the DRC, with views across to the Congolese city of Bukavu.
Rusizi is the closest town to Nyungwe National Park, which is about an hour’s drive away. Budget accommodation here will appeal to self-drive visitors to the National Park.
Rusizi is a district in Western Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Cyangugu, the major city of the Rwandan south-west
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The Ruzizi is a young river, formed about 10,000 years ago when volcanism associated with continental rifting created the Virunga Mountains. The mountains blocked Lake Kivu’s former outlet to the drainage basin of the Nile and instead forced the lake overflow south down the Ruzizi and the drainage basin of the Congo.
Ruzizi River, also spelled Rusizi River, river, southern outflow of Lake Kivu in east-central Africa along the Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda–Burundi border. It emerges from the lake just east of Bukavu, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, and flows about 100 miles (160 km) generally south to Lake Tanganyika.
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NATIONAL PARKS
nyungwe national park
One of the oldest rainforests in Africa, Nyungwe is rich in biodiversity and spectacularly beautiful.
gishwati mukura national park
Rwanda’s fourth national park, Gishwati Mukura is made up of two separate forests
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