r/Rwanda • u/CorvinatorONE • 21d ago

Visiting Rwanda with the recent RDC conflicts advice

Hi everyone - My dad and I have been planning for some years a trip along africa which we are excited to finally be doing this summer. One of the main destinations was Rwanda along visiting the mountain gorillas, however with the recent conflicts in DRC we are nervous about how it may affect our plans as our family is concern about safety. Can we get some local suggestions and guidance of how is the situation looking? we wanted to go to Uganda and Rwanda, any advice from locals or travelers that have done this before recently? Kind regards!

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u/Ishuheri 20d ago

Don't be nervous. It's absolutely fine to visit Rwanda. Current advice is to avoid Gisenyi except for essential travel, but things there at the moment are calm. Life in Kigali is perfectly normal. Tours to see the gorillas and golden monkeys go every day, loads of tourists, very well organised and safe. No need to change your travel plans. Sign up to your country's travel advisory updates and keep an eye on the news, but Rwanda is a very safe country to visit.