Rwanda Travels

Pamela Albert: I wrote this at 44,000 feet somewhere over Russia. It was dark in the plane with most folks fast asleep but even though I...

Dear Friends, Our journey has come to an end. We are home, safe and sound. Murakoze ~ Thank you all for following our Rwanda adventure on...

July 23, 2018 Our last full day in Rwanda was a very special one. We drove two and a half hours south to the Ejo Habo ("Their Tomorrow")...

Here's a small collection of photos from our cross-country drive to show you the diverse landscape of Rwanda...

July 21, 2018 (Apologies for the hiatus in posting - a mixture of poor internet connection and a long journey back home!) We spent our...

July 20, 2018 After an unexpected morning shopping adventure at an amazing little craft boutique, we continued southwest to Rwanda's...

July 19, 2018 Travel day! After an early rise, we embarked on the last leg of our journey down to the Cyangugu region of Rwanda, right on...

July 18, 2018 Today we visited one of our newest co-ops, Dufatanye (“Helping Each Other”), located in northern Rwanda on the way to the...

July 17, 2018 Giraffes, hippos, zebras... oh my! Today was the long awaited trip to Rwanda's incredible Akagera National Park. Located in...

July 16, 2018 Written by Leesbeth Today we visited three cooperatives close by, located in the outskirts of Kigali. The first one, Cokawi...

July 15, 2018 Today was our long-awaited "chill" day in Kigali. In the morning, a group of the travelers got dressed up and went to visit...

July 14, 2018 Written by Sydney We woke up at the usual time, some of us slightly less rested because of nearby late night wedding...

July 13, 2018 On Friday morning, we returned to the church where we had gathered the night before. We were greeted by the leadership of...

July 13, 2018 Written by Naima Our Friday began in the city of Mukarange, where we had stayed the night before. We started the morning...

July 12, 2018 Day Three! We woke up early, enjoyed a nice breakfast at our Beausejour Hotel in Kigali, packed our things up, and headed...

How is it only Day 2?! We feel like we've already lived a lifetime in this beautiful country - we're so at home here. Today we drove two...

We spent the first half of today at the Genocide Memorial Museum here in Kigali - something everyone should visit when in Rwanda. It was...

MURAHO, RWANDA! We made it! Justin and his team scooped us up from the airport and brought us to our hotel, where we began unpacking and...

On Sunday, July 8th, we arrived safe and sound in Doha, Qatar (a small country east of Saudi Arabia) after a 16-hour flight. We made our...

Coming to you live from the LAX International Terminal! Our 13 intrepid Santa Barbara-based travelers (Janet, Genevieve, Sherry, Jojo,...