Rwanda, Day 4. Travelling east and Gashora Swamp

Day 4 we left Nyungwe early, heading for our 3rd national park, Akagera. Roads in Rwanda are narrow, speed limits are 30 to 80 km/h, and it is not infrequent to get stuck behind a truck, going slowly up, or down, hill. Very few Rwandans own a car outside the big cities, the most common means of transport are by foot, or bicycle. Average speeds end up being around 30 km/h, and even though it is a small country, some of the journeys were quite long. This trip we broke up with a couple of stops, including a few hours in a wetlands. With, again, many new birds, including the Red-billed Queleas in the header image.