One and Only Resorts in Rwanda joined the tourism hospitality field in Rwanda not only to offer the 05-star lodging facilities but to also promote the responsible tours in Rwanda’s areas where each of the facility is established. The Rwanda One and Only resorts are located in both of Africa’s most visited primates’ areas that is Nyungwe Forest National Park and the Volcanoes National Park. Both resorts work hand-in-hand with the local communities who leave in these undulating places as homes, and who are willing to support the meaningful conservation thesis and social development.
Therefore, while on your ecotours in Rwanda we will help you to arrange you the best Rwanda tour inclusive of the other interesting sustainable initiatives at One & Only Nyungwe House and One & Only Gorilla’s Nest Lodge and we emphasize working with such luxury lodge to combine our common goal of conservation for the future.
While visiting Nyungwe Forest National Park you will experience the common activities that are well set for every tourist visiting the park and these includes chimpanzee trekking, canopy walk, birding and nature walks. But for some of our luxury travelers that we always book in at One and Only Nyungwe House we always customize for them the extra interesting sustainable trips to the nature and the locals.
This luxury lodge facility is set within a tea plantation on the edge of Nyungwe Forest National Park. The resort supports local tea pickers, partnering with Nyungwe Cultural Village Cooperative who pick tea at our plantation. Therefore, this creates the come together of the locals and the guests, from harvesting techniques to tastings and tours of Gisakura Tea Factory.
Therefore, from these initiatives over 50-strong Nyungwe Cultural Village Cooperative also promotes Rwanda dancing and manages a native tree nursery to aid the resort’s reforestation efforts. Therefore, from all this the locals are able to acquire basic and social economic needs like health insurance, pay school fees and contribute to families’ well-being.
Through the One and Only Resorts, that is Nyungwe House we are seeing a new and strong conservation ambassador in Rwanda. The Nyungwe House has done good role in changing the former poachers into conservation champions by supporting the Kora Tubungabunga Ibidukikije Cooperative’s programme. It has created alternative income streams within the locals and these from farming to maintaining hiking trails.
More the Bio-diversity Nyungwe Forest National Park offers more chances to community benefits through employment and investment, and this has curbed the poaching and deforestation activities that were so common in the area. Therefore, through all these sustainable initiatives, the once primates’ poachers are now eco – warriors by taking active role in protecting wildlife and the rain forest in Rwanda.
With the One and Only Gorilla’s Nest Lodge more of empowering farmers is supported and here the resort has partner with female managed Twongere Kawa Coko Cooperative to source its coffee. Here guests can visit the cooperative as a way of relaxing but at the same time learning more about coffee, they tour the plantation and learn about production from crop to cup from local farmers.
Still again the resort also hires members to manage its coffee garden, sharing knowledge with guests. Therefore, at the end of your visit to this initiative you will witness so many local communities’ members appreciating the good work done out the responsible tourism geared by the resorts. Therefore, if you are looking a luxury Rwanda tour incorporated with the give way back to the communities, we can customize for you the suitable Rwanda tour staying in both One and Only Resorts and you will enjoy more of the sustainable concepts.
