When To Go to Rwanda

Rwanda is a year-round destination but the best time to visit depends on your priorities. The climate also varies geographically - eastern Rwanda is drier than northern and western Rwanda, and in winter in Kigali it's sometimes cold enough to require a warm top.

The long rainy season takes place from mid-February till the beginning of June. All of Rwanda's unsurfaced roads turn into stripes of muddy slosh and hikers get drenched.

However, photographers will find the scenery less hazy, and chimp-trackers in Nyungwe will have an easier time while the chimps aren't foraging for food in the more remote and inaccessible corners of the forest.

The long dry season is from June to September. The ground is dry, the roads are in reasonable shape and mosquitoes are less numerous. This is the best time for hiking in Nyungwe Forest and for tracking gorillas in Volcanoes National Park.

The months from November to March are best for birders as the local avifauna is augmented by migratory Palaearctic species.

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