The Rwanda Development Board recently announced the launch of the 7 Summits Africa project, which seeks to promote mountain hiking as a tourist activity in Rwanda as well as the East African region.
The mountain summits to be covered under the hiking project are; Karisimbi in Rwanda, Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mt. Kenya and Meru in Kenya, Mt. Speke and Mt. Stanley (part of Rwenzori mountain range) in Uganda, and Mt. Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“We are happy to welcome this specific group of tourists to Remarkable Rwanda as their ultimate hiking package fits strategically with our long-term goal to continue expanding our tourism industry, especially the adventure segment and establish the East African region as the world’s destination of choice for unforgettable experiences and highest standards of service whilst protecting our biodiversity,” said Belise Kariza, the Chief Tourism Officer at Rwanda Development Board.
Under the project, a team of nine mountaineers from 7 Summits Africa will set out to achieve a world first by climbing the seven mountain summits back-to-back in a period of seven weeks.
The team will be in and out of Rwanda a record three times in the course of the excursion.