WHATS ON IN JUNE? NAME THAT BABY GORILLA
The 10th Annual "Kwita Izina" Gorilla Naming Ceremony will be held on 21 June in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park
Every year in June Rwanda’s President (or a senior government official), all local park rangers and a handful of lucky tourists gather for a ceremony called "Kwita Izina" where each newborn gorilla born that year is named.
The 10th Annual “Kwita Izina” will be held on 21 June 2014 at Volcanoes National Park where names will be given to 16 new babies. The theme for this year is ‘Conserving – Empowering – Growing’.
Rwanda has more than double Uganda’s habituated mountain gorilla groups - currently home to 7 families that can be tracked, namely the Susa, Sabinyo, Amahoro, Umubano, Hirwa, Kwitonda and Group Thirteen. The ceremony's main purpose is to make it easier to identify and monitor each individual gorilla and their groups in their natural habitat as well as highlight the plight of the endangered mountain gorillas and their habitats in the Virunga mountain range. The good news is that the conservation efforts are working - Rwanda has seen a 26,3% growth in the population since the last census in 2003. For more information visit http://kwitizina.org
BOOK IT:
Africa Travel (www.africatravel.com / info@africatravel.co.uk / 0207 843 3500) is the UK’s leading specialist for travel to Africa, and they have recently introduced a new Gorilla Trekking package in Rwanda.
Offering excellent value for money, with the cost from just £2449.00 per person, the trip includes return flights from the UK with Kenya Airways, one night on bed & breakfast basis at Kigali Serena Hotel, two nights on half board basis at Lake Kivu Serena Hotel, your Gorilla permit, a tour of Kigali city and the Memorial Centre, and private ground transportation throughout with an English- speaking guide. The package also includes lunch at the Mountain Gorilla View Lodge after your exhilarating gorilla encounter.
For more information on the properties visit www.serenahotels.com
NOTES:
Kigali Serena Hotel:
Ideally located on one of Kigali's most charming boulevards, the five-star Kigali Serena Hotel is built around a polished granite atrium, which showcases the very best of Rwandese cultural art. Relaxed yet elegant, the hotel features an Executive Lounge and Bar, which opens onto a wide sundeck overlooking the newly refurbished swimming pool. Also overlooking the pool, the popular Milima Restaurant offers a wide range of all-day buffet choices, while the relaxed Sokoni Café offers inside and outside poolside seating.
Lake Kivu Serena Hotel:
Serenely sited on the white sandy shores of Lake Kivu, the sixth largest lake in Africa, and surrounded by extensive tropical gardens, the tastefully open-plan Lake Kivu Serena Hotel offers the ideal week-end escape. Within several hours drive of both the Rwandan capital, and the glorious Volcanoes National Park (home of the world famous mountain gorillas), it overlooks its own private beach and offers; 66 luxury rooms, executive suites and family accommodation, a panoramic restaurant, indoor and beachside bars, a luxury swimming pool, and the ‘Maisha' Health Centre (offering an extensive range of health and beauty regimes, boating, swimming, volley ball, tennis, fishing, hiking and trekking).
Please follow @serenahotels and @africatvl on twitter
Claire Roadley
Marketing & PR Manager
Ethos Marketing®
Unit 5, Field Place Estate, Byfleets Lane, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3PB
Tel: 44 (0)1403 243619
claire@ethosmarketing.co.uk
http://www.ethosmarketing.co.uk
Twitter: @ethos_marketing / @claireroadley
http://www.facebook.com/EthosMarketing
Tags:
