Kwita Izina turns 10 as excitement grows for Rwanda's biggest
conservation event
Wolfgang H Thome's Blog 22:12 9-May-14
Rwanda's highest profile tourism and conservation event, Kwita Izina,
the festival of naming the young born mountain gorillas, this year
celebrates its 10th anniversary. From humble beginnings as a one day
event it grew to be one of the East African region's foremost
conservation events and now is a week-long affair, often combining
cross country cycling races, community celebrations, inauguration of
projects financed by the 5 percent share of gorilla tracking receipts
and symposia where experts from around the world lecture, speak and
interact with regional counterparts. Also held are art and
conservation exhibitions, concerts and regular B2B sessions for the
regional tourism fraternity attending the event. And then of course
there is the grand finale, this year on the 21st of June at Kinigi
outside Musanze as the entrance of the Volcanoes National Park to name
the 16 young born in a globally broadcast ceremony.
This year's theme for Kwita Izina has been given as 'Conservation -
Community Empowerment - Business Growth
' which will be present throughout the run up of the event and will
appear on all media releases and public posters which are now starting
to appear around Kigali and the country.
RwandAir is connecting visitors to the event from the entire Eastern
African region, from South and from West Africa, besides their flights
from Dubai (www.rwandair.com) and transport from Kigali to Musanze and
on to Kinigi is available through regular scheduled bus departures
from the main bus terminal in Kigali at a very reasonable cost. Hotels
and lodges in and near Musanze will be quite full so check out
www.theeye.co.rw for information in their hotel section and make early
bookings to avoid disappointment. Access to the public area for
spectators in Kinigi is free of charge. For more information visit
www.rdb.rw or
www.rwandatourism.com
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