RWANDA


flying 


HIGH RWANDAIR


If more proof were needed that Rwanda is going places, you need only loo to ag-carrier wandir, which launched a three-times-a-wee direct service from igali to atwic in ay  and has plans for a non-stop ew or lin too n my -hour hop from the U, via a short stop in russels, the business-class cabin (pictured) on the irbus - offered a -- staggered configuration, meaning everyone had aisle access eing a relatively young airline  launched in   the aircraft was clean and well cared for, and the Thompson antage  seats, liveried in the green of wandas hills, made for comfortable ying thans to fully at beds, US ports, overhead lamps, headphone docs and onboard i-i The food and entertainment was less inspiring but, all in all, the service made for easy access to one of fricas most eciting destinations FLYRWANDAIR.COM


and rising early on y first orning,  head out to track the. Tracking groups are never ore than eight people, so you’re assured an intiate eperience. nd we don’t have to wait long. ’ alost disappointed the chips don’t play harder to get, but local trackers  forer poachers, re-educated to protect the chips  are eperts in spotting the.


nyone who watched avid ttenborough’s


Dynasties will know how enthralling and sometimes unnerving) it can be to view an animal that shares  of our . ut seeing the in the esh is another level. Their hoots ring out around the forest as they feed on the upper branches of fig trees, spitting the pips out with disdain. abies cling to their roaing others. ut it’s when three large ales shufe down and run etres away fro e, fists clenched, that  get a sense of how powerful these creatures are.


Luxury developments f course, you can’t coe to wanda without seeing the ain event gorillas. e drive north towards olcanoes ational ark via a stop in ake ivu, a body of water that separates the stability of wanda fro the civil-war ravaged shores of the eocratic epublic of ongo. The siple set-up at ororan odge, with its raised lakeside cabins, breaks up the si-hour ourney, but the area has a long way to go to atch the rest of wanda’s developent. That ay change when the country’s fourth official national park, ishwati-ukura, opens later this year, having been subect to investent


When three large males run metres away from me, fists clenched, I get a sense of how powerful these creatures are


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66 ASPIRE FEBRUARY 2019


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