Accommodations: Standard, mid-range or luxury accommodation options available. Small group or private safaris. Independent traveler packages. Tailor made and custom itinerareis also available in Rwanda, Tanzania and Zanzibar. 

 

Best Time to Go:  May to November.  Shoulder season April, May and November. 

 

Climate: Light rains November and December, rainy season January-March. 

 

Currency: Rwandan Franc, Tanzanian Shilling

 

Foreign Accepted Currency: USD, plus Visa, Mastercard.  EUR and GBP also accepted, expect change in local currency and foreign transaction credit card fees. 

 

Immunizations: Visit the CDC website for recommendations and consult with your travel doctor.  Yellow fever required for Tanzania including Zanzibar. The government of Rwanda requires proof of yellow fever vaccination if travelling from a country with risk of yellow fever or a country with an active yellow fever outbreak. Further details available   at http://moh.gov.rw/index.php?id=34&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=633&cHash=31c90fd13b953240c27d812275643392.

See more information on yellow fever recommendations and requirements for Rwanda.

Visas:  Rwanda visa https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/country/rwanda.htmlrequirements: Zanzibar same requirements as Tanzania. http://www.tanzaniaconsul.com/visa.htm

 

Wifi: Don't expect good wifi in Rwanda or Zanzibar at all locations, but there are at least hotels advertising good service. Most accommodations will have a computer terminal with an internet connection, but it is often working only inermittantly and you may be charged to use it. Little or no access while on safari in bush lodges and camps and limited access in outlying areas. 

 

Wildlife:  Besides gorillas there are more than 700 kinds of birds, colobus monkeys plus buffalo, zebra and giraffe.  Tanzania offers the Big Five, plus all African wildlife including wildebeest, warthog, zebra, giraffe, birdlife, and marine wildlife in Zanzibar including endangered Green Turtles.