This Remote Safari Camp in Rwanda Has Just 2 Tented Suites and a Villa with Stunning Lake Views

"The sun, vermilion like molten glass, rose through a mist over Rwanda's capital, Kigali. We began our drive to the remote Magashi Peninsula in the country's northeast corner, where Wilderness has recently opened its newest camp. We passed through valleys tiled with rice paddies and villages with hand-painted murals advertising local beers and boasting of their community spirit. Everywhere along the road, women in batik-printed kikois wraps were carrying loads atop their heads."

"About an hour later, we left the national park for an even more remote private conservancy and the Magashi Peninsula at the edge of Lake Rwanyakazinga. I hopped on a small ten-seater speedboat for the final approach to the new lodge and was joined by a couple, guests of the only other suite at the two-suite camp, who mentioned this was the most remote and secluded place they had ever been."

Sunrise over Kigali revealed a misty, vermilion sky as the journey progressed northeast toward the Magashi Peninsula. The route passed rice-paddy valleys, muraled villages, and women carrying loads in batik kikois, with boys pushing banana-laden bicycles up green hills. A short Cessna flight to Akagera National Park preceded a Land Cruiser game drive and a speedboat approach to a two-suite camp on Lake Rwanyakazinga. The camp offers extreme remoteness and seclusion, with sunsets revealing no distant lights. Wilderness Conservation expanded there after reforestation success at Bisate and four-decade regional operations, enabling government approval for the new camp. Small-camp flexibility suits varied terrain and wildlife experiences.

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