Nyungwe Forest National Park is an ancient Afro-montane rainforest in Southern Rwanda. Famous for its Chimpanzee tracking and the forest Canopy walk experience, Nyungwe is truly a beautiful adventure option during your trip to Rwanda.
This blog will try to help you in planning an optimal itinerary for a Safari / Wildlife focussed trip to Uganda. I have been through this planning exercise myself quite recently before my visit in February 2020. But, in my case, this being a ‘recce’ trip as a travel advisor, I had the advantage of...
I started this blog intending to write about 5 amazing things that surprised me about Rwanda. The count eventually went up to 10! (and more!). I suppose it gives an indication of how amazing my experience in Rwanda was! And yes, how much I genuinely admire this small landlocked African country. Before coming to Rwanda, my...
‘Umuganda’ – the community building initiative in Rwanda came as a special pleasant ‘shocker’ during my visit to Rwanda in September 2020. The concept of ‘Umuganda’ is absolutely beautiful! On the last Saturday of every month, from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM, businesses close and traffic halts as citizens across the country take to their...
During my visit to Rwanda, we went to a ‘Reconciliation’ village in Bugesera, Rwanda. The village is a social experiment - a part of the ‘Unity & Reconciliation’ efforts to unite the citizens and move ahead towards progress of the nation as whole. This is is one of the initiatives by the Rwandan government post the...
Ruins of Mandu, or Mandavgarh, once the capital of Malwa region, a fortified town, was also known as the “City of Joy”. Mandu is not about the ruins of the glorious past , but it is a bouquet of stories and legends. How should I start? Capital of multiple dynasties, a forgotten glorious past, city...
During a visit to the Royal Palace of the Buganda King in Kampala, Uganda, I found an artisan selling local themed paintings in the Souvenir shop. On a closer scrutiny, I realised that the painting was made on some sort of a thin, soft cloth material. On enquiry, the artist proudly mentioned that the cloth was...
History of the famous Dance of the Seven Veils, its link to the origin of striptease and how it is similar to Travel experiences I have always felt travel is a bit of a strip-tease like the famous proverbial Dance of the Seven Veils. Most times that I travel to a place, I find some facet...
Mountain Gorilla tracking: The opportunity, to be in close proximity for a magical hour with a family of our near cousins – the Mountain Gorillas, in their natural habitat can be a scary but exhilarating adventure. This adventure can be experienced only in two places (3 countries) in the world – the Virungas massif and...
A look at the Parsi Tower of Silence, the ritual of Sky Burial, the legends and rationale behind it and the link to the Birds of Prey. Sky burial is the practice of ritualistically leaving the dead as food for the birds of prey and Mother Nature. Sounds gruesome doesn’t it? There must be some rationale...