Rwanda, 'Land of a Thousand Hills' - at the heart of Africa.
The location of my two study areas in Rwanda and Congo (DRC)
This satellite image shows the area of the Great Rift Valley around Lake Kivu.
The mountains on the west side in this section run from the Kahuzi-Biega chain in the south west here up to the Virunga volcanoes chain. These form a dam across the rift north of lake Kivu.
My two study areas were at Visoke in the Virungas and at Tshibinda in Kahuzi-Biega.
The mountains on the west side in this section run from the Kahuzi-Biega chain in the south west here up to the Virunga volcanoes chain. These form a dam across the rift north of lake Kivu.
My two study areas were at Visoke in the Virungas and at Tshibinda in Kahuzi-Biega.
The Virunga volcanoes region - on the borders of Rwanda, Congo and Uganda
The Virunga volcanoes - the photo at the top of this page was taken from the north (at Rwindi in Congo) and so from left to right you can see Muhabura, Gahinga and then the jagged peaks of Sanbyinyo.