Rwanda

[John Telford]

By Switzerland of Africa we are referring to the topography rather than political status. A few of my old clients including Wilderness Safaris are putting photographic Safari camps into Rwanda at the moment. A second has just built a motorized yacht that will cruise the waterways. Akin to those on Kariba. My neighbor is busy with a gas extraction project from the huge reserve found under the lake and is this far impressed with the place. Time will tell but if the Southern Africa conservation success story is anything to go by then it is fair to say these fellows are on the right path...

 

[spike.t]

By Switzerland of Africa we are referring to the topography rather than political status. A few of my old clients including Wilderness Safaris are putting photographic Safari camps into Rwanda at the moment. A second has just built a motorized yacht that will cruise the waterways. Akin to those on Kariba. My neighbor is busy with a gas extraction project from the huge reserve found under the lake and is this far impressed with the place. Time will tell but if the Southern Africa conservation success story is anything to go by then it is fair to say these fellows are on the right path...

John interesting to hear...can imagine photographic in the parks will be good if they stop the encroachment and logging....but I don't see the space for hunting which has been my point and others

 

[Foxi]

"It seems that Europeans can't stand for an African country to succeed without the help of Europe. Europeans have to continue to beat them down into subservience, to keep them dependent on aid. Perhaps European colonialism is still alive. It has just changed form to include aid and NGO's.

Kigami can't be controlled by European money like other African leaders, so Europe has to go after him through the UN and the media."

Oh Wheels
(very briefly)
The Europeans ? Who are they, the Czechs, the Italians, the Bulgarians?
The Finns,the Germans ?
Rwanda passes the Europeans by on the back of their bodies - unfortunately this is the case.
Totally uninteresting.
Most people don't even know where it is.
What works in Rwanda are the Chinese.
Chinese money and Chinese management that works.
A Chinese does not ask questions.
That is why they are so popular with African heads of state.
No offence.
Regards

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

"It seems that Europeans can't stand for an African country to succeed without the help of Europe. Europeans have to continue to beat them down into subservience, to keep them dependent on aid. Perhaps European colonialism is still alive. It has just changed form to include aid and NGO's.

Kigami can't be controlled by European money like other African leaders, so Europe has to go after him through the UN and the media."

Oh Wheels
(very briefly)
The Europeans ? Who are they, the Czechs, the Italians, the Bulgarians?
The Finns,the Germans ?
Rwanda passes the Europeans by on the back of their bodies - unfortunately this is the case.
Totally uninteresting.
Most people don't even know where it is.
What works in Rwanda are the Chinese.
Chinese money and Chinese management that works.
A Chinese does not ask questions.
That is why they are so popular with African heads of state.
No offence.
Regards

I thought the politics forum was created for these sort of political diatribes so that those of us who want to escape into the world of hunting can do so in peace. Lets talk rifles, calibres, adventure, enjoyment, animals.

 

[Foxi]

I thought the politics forum was created for these sort of political diatribes so that those of us who want to escape into the world of hunting can do so in peace. Lets talk rifles, calibres, adventure, enjoyment, animals.

you are right

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

you are right

Thanks Foxi!

 

[Wheels]

By Switzerland of Africa we are referring to the topography rather than political status. A few of my old clients including Wilderness Safaris are putting photographic Safari camps into Rwanda at the moment. A second has just built a motorized yacht that will cruise the waterways. Akin to those on Kariba. My neighbor is busy with a gas extraction project from the huge reserve found under the lake and is this far impressed with the place. Time will tell but if the Southern Africa conservation success story is anything to go by then it is fair to say these fellows are on the right path...

If the Albertine Rift was the necklace of Africa, then Lake Kivu to the south end of Lake Albert would be the gem in the center. Between the lakes and the volcanoes/Mountains of the Moon, it is a beautiful place.

Wish your friends success with their business'.

 

[medvedhunting]

so how did it went for the hunting. it was possible to hunt in the 80s but no PH and you were a little more on your own but the size of the population was already a problem for the game.

 

[grand veneur]

Rwanda was a very good address for buffalo hunting until the terrible events 1994. Then hunting was over.

Like in many areas of West Africa, hunting was only do with a local guide, often an employee of the forestry administration. The guide was not armed. Unfortunately, I could not hunt there anymore.

 

[JES Adventures]

Great news! What is the speciality of Rwanda?

Back in the 90's, my old friend Bert Klineburger opened Rwanda and offered a Cape Buffalo package that included some other East African species such as Impala, Topi, Duiker, Warthog and a few others as I recall. There were some very nice bulls taken, most meeting the minimum for Rowland Ward. Unfortunately, I never made the trip so am very keen to see how things develop here as a new destination.

 

[grand veneur]

I don't think hunting will be reopened in Rwanda. The trend is going in the other direction, more and more hunting areas are being lost. I hunt worldwide for more than 40 years and have noted this myself. In my early hunting days, the south of Sudan was still a hunting area, hardly conceivable nowadays. I also remember the hunting ban in Kenya well.

If you want to hunt in the area of Rwanda, you should go to Ouganda, very beautiful hunting areas especially in the southwest near to the Virunga mountain range. I have already hunted there.