°Rwanda ° UNESCO °world heritage sites

°East Province [capital = Rwamagana]

°Memorial site of the genocide in °Nyamata on °NR5
° Today the skulls and bones along with clothing scraps of the many victims are on display. While the visual remains of the deceased are a visceral sight, their inclusion here is to provide firm evidence to would-be genocide deniers.

°Kigali Province [capital = Kigali]

°Gisozi memorial site of the genocide in °Kigali on °KG 14 Avenue
° The informative audio tour (US$15) includes background on the divisive colonial experience in Rwanda and as the visit progresses, the exhibits become steadily more powerful, as visitors are confronted with the crimes that took place here and moving tap to visualize the video or picture(s) of this site testimony from survivors.

°Southern Province [capital = Nyanza]

°Murambi memorial site of the genocide in ° Gasaka on °DR16
° This is by far the most graphic of the many genocide memorials in Rwanda, as hundreds of bodies have been exhumed and preserved with powdered lime, and appear as they did when the killers struck.

°Western Province [capital = Kibuye]

°Memorial site of the genocide in ° Bisesero at °S2 11 35.5 E29 20 29.5
° 40,000 people died in the area around Bisesero. Unusually these people offered some defense and they appealed to French peace keeping troops for assistance. The troops had no mandate to intervene and they withdrew from the carnage.

°Cyamudongo Natural Forest in ° Rusizi on °RN6
° While chimps tend to garner most of the spotlight here, sightings of troops of other monkeys, including Angolan colobi, Dent's monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabeys, olive baboons, vervet monkeys and diademed monkeys, are virtually guaranteed.

°Gisakura Natural Forest in °Nyamasheke at S2 27 7.38 E29 5 11.94
° The property is home to intact forests and peat bogs, moors, thickets and grasslands, providing habitats to a highly diverse flora and fauna. The Park also contains the most significant natural habitats for a number of species found nowhere else in the world, including the globally threatened Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii), Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis ssp. kandti) and the Critically Endangered Hills Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hillorum).

°Nyungwe National Forest in ° Luhonge at S2 33 2.5 E28 59 16.6
° This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas).