“Good Tourism” in Rwanda

“Good Tour­ism” des­tin­a­tions and places in Rwanda, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the land­locked Afric­an nation who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

Greg Bakunzi: From Rwandan refugee to founding force

March 27, 2023

Greg Bakunzi and Red Rocks Rwanda

Greg Bak­un­zi grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda, hav­ing fled the extreme viol­ence of the Rwandan gen­o­cide in the 1990s.  Raised under “extremely chal­len­ging” con­di­tions, the young Greg had little access to form­al edu­ca­tion.  Des­pite these ori­gins, the Greg Bak­un­zi of the 2020s is a renowned pion­eer, trail­blazer, and innov­at­or in com­munity-based tour­ism in […]

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Women’s and youth empowerment in one of the world’s ‘best tourism villages’

March 16, 2023

Women's and youth empowerment in Rwanda with Red Rocks Initiatives for Sustainable Development

Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ives for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment runs con­­ser­­va­­tion- and com­munity-based tour­ism pro­jects in and around the Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park in Rwanda. Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park is most fam­ous for being one of the last hab­it­ats for moun­tain gor­il­las. Our ini­ti­at­ives include advan­cing the import­ant cause of women’s and youth empower­ment with­in our com­munit­ies. The non­profit Red […]

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Beyond ‘voluntourism’: Can you help Rwanda with sustainable tourism and community development?

February 23, 2023

Can you help Red Rocks with sustainable tourism and community development in Rwanda?

Drip­ping with sus­tain­able tour­ism and com­munity devel­op­ment poten­tial, the Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park in north­west­ern Rwanda, along with the Vir­unga Park in the Demo­crat­ic Repub­lic of Congo (DRC) and the Bwindi Park in Uganda, make up the fam­ous Vir­unga Mas­sif whose eight vol­ca­noes are the only hab­it­at in the world for moun­tain gor­il­las. In Rwanda, Volcanoes […]

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10th Rwandan cultural festival opens new community tourism body, promotes gorilla pledge

September 9, 2022

Red Rocks Cultural Festival 2022 Rwanda

The Red Rocks 10th Anniversary Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al, August 26-Septem­ber 2, brought organ­isa­tions and com­munit­ies togeth­er to cel­eb­rate and pro­mote Rwandan cul­ture, con­ser­va­tion, and sus­tain­able tour­ism.  As an advoc­ate for cul­ture and com­munity, Red Rocks hos­ted per­formers of all ages from the loc­al area.  Vis­it­ors from near and far enjoyed many tra­di­tion­al dances and music, keep­ing Rwandan […]

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Rwanda’s neighbours to learn conservation, sustainable development practices

August 17, 2022

Rwandan man sits against a mud or clay wall smoking a pipe, looking at the camera. He's earing a wide=brimmed hat and a tan jacket.

Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ive for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment will launch the ‘Vir­unga Trans­bound­ary Ini­ti­at­ive’ in 2022. The Ini­ti­at­ive will share its con­ser­va­tion and sus­tain­able devel­op­ment con­cepts with neigh­bour­ing coun­tries fol­low­ing their suc­cess in Rwanda.  The Vir­unga Trans­bound­ary Ini­ti­at­ive will include com­munit­ies in Uganda and the Demo­crat­ic Repub­lic of the Congo that share the Vir­unga mas­sif with those […]

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10th annual Rwandan cultural festival to coincide with gorilla naming ceremony

August 15, 2022

Rwandan mountain gorilla

The 10th Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al comes to Musan­ze dis­trict, Rwanda, August 26-Septem­ber 2, 2022, coin­cid­ing with the Kwita Izina gor­illa nam­ing cere­mony on the slopes of Vir­unga Moun­tain. Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Cen­ter will host the event at its premises in Nyak­i­n­ama vil­lage, Musan­ze dis­trict, Rwanda with addi­tion­al cel­eb­ra­tions in nearby Mukung­wa town and Kinigi, […]

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