Gatagara Sightseeing and Attractions
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Gatagara Top 10 Attractions
#1 Cyangugu
district of West Province, Rwanda. The city lies at the southern end of Lake Kivu, and is contiguous with Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, but separated from it by the Ruzizi River. Two bridges and a dam cross the river frontier. The settlement has two main areas: Cyangugu itself is the low-density district on the lake shore, while "Kamembe", the higher density industrial and ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyangugu
#2 Bukavu
(DRC), lying at the extreme south-eastern extent of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the Sud-Kivu province and has a population of over 245,000, with another 250,000 people living in the surrounding towns and villages. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukavu
#3 Nyungwe Forest
in southwestern Rwanda, located south of Lake Kivu on the border with Burundi. The park was established in 2004 and covers an area of approximately 970 km² of rainforest, bamboo, grassland, swamps, and bogs. The nearest town is Cyangugu, 54 km to the east. Mount Bigugu is located within the park borders. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyungwe_Forest
#4 Kahuzi-Biéga National Park
"Kahuzi-Biéga National Park" is in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 50 km west of the town of Bukavu in the Kivu Region, near to the western side of Lake Kivu and the Rwandan border. The park is one of the last refuges of the rare Mountain Gorilla and was the original site where Dian Fossey (protege of Dr. Louis Leakey) studied gorillas before relocating to Rwanda ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahuzi-Biéga_National_Park
#5 Cibitoke
. It is the capital city of Cibitoke ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cibitoke
#6 Nile
The "Nile" (, , Ancient Egyptian "iteru", Coptic "piaro" or "phiaro") is a major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world.[http://encarta.msn.com/text_761569915__1/River.html River] "Encarta" (Accessed 3 October 2006) However, recent findings suggest that the Amazon River may be longer.http://news.bbc.co ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile
#7 Kibeho
"Kibeho" is a small town in south Rwanda, famous for various reports of sightings of the Virgin Mary and Jesus between 1981 and 1989. The Virgin Mary and Christ reportedly appeared to teenagers, and these visions were accompanied by intense reactions: crying, tremors, and comas. On August 19, 1982, those who saw the visions reported gruesome sights (rivers of blood, sliced heads, etc ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibeho
#8 Kibuye
district, and the capital of West Province in Rwanda. The city lies on the eastern shore of Lake Kivu, about halfway down, and between Gisenyi and Cyangugu. It is known as a beach resort and is home to a genocide memorial marking the massacre of the town's Tutsi population in the Rwandan Civil War. The Ndaba Falls lie near the city ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibuye
#9 Kayanza Province
. Its capital city is also called ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayanza_Province
#10 Rwanda
The "Republic of Rwanda" (), is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. Home to approximately 9 million people, Rwanda supports the densest population in continental Africa, with most of the population engaged in subsistence agriculture ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda
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