The inland sea of a thousand hills
Lake Kivu
Lake Kivu fills the Albertine Rift along Rwanda's western edge: one of Africa's Great Lakes, ringed by terraced hills, coffee farms and beach towns. Free of crocodiles, hippos and bilharzia, it is that rare African lake …
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About Lake Kivu
Lake Kivu fills the Albertine Rift along Rwanda's western edge: one of Africa's Great Lakes, ringed by terraced hills, coffee farms and beach towns. Free of crocodiles, hippos and bilharzia, it is that rare African lake made for swimming. Kayak between islands at Gisenyi or Karongi as singing fishermen paddle out at dusk, tour lakeshore coffee washing stations, or hike and bike sections of the 227 km Congo Nile Trail. After gorilla trekking, Kivu is Rwanda's exhale.
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