Red Rocks Rwanda & Red Rocks Initative for Sustainable Development

Red Rocks Rwanda and Red Rocks Init­at­ive for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment have been val­ued “Good Tour­ism” Part­ners since March 2022. This is an archive page for their “GT” Part­ner messages.

Red Rocks Rwanda logoRed Rocks Rwanda is an eco­tours com­pany and a social enter­prise that is all about the com­munity, and bey­ond thus pro­mot­ing sus­tain­able tour­ism through com­munity and con­ser­va­tion pro­grams. We provide budget accom­mod­a­tion ran­ging from an ample tran­quil camp­site to hostel room, big safari tents to bun­ga­lows. Our cul­tur­al tour­ism scheme involved devel­op­ing our com­munity and pro­tect­ing our nat­ur­al envir­on­ment through tour­ism, and pro­mot­ing inter­cul­tur­al exchange between our host com­munity and vis­it­ors. We believe that tour­ism, con­ser­va­tion, and com­munity devel­op­ment can be joined because the three can­not work in isolation.

Red Rocks Initiative for Sustainable Development, Rwanda

Red Rocks Init­at­ive for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment bring under-served com­munit­ies into the tour­ism sup­ply chain and sup­ports com­munity devel­op­ment pro­jects that help people help them­selves. An Afric­an non-gov­ern­ment­al organ­iz­a­tion estab­lished in 2017 to enhance sus­tain­able devel­op­ment in the Vir­unga Moun­tains region in Rwanda, east Africa, we believe in com­munity-driv­en sus­tain­able devel­op­ment. We rely on the expert­ise and com­mit­ment of both loc­al and inter­na­tion­al part­ners to achieve our goals.

An exemplar of nature-based and community-based agritourism in Rwanda: Red Rocks Cultural Campsite

April 21, 2023
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Agritourism in Rwanda at Red Rocks Cultural Campsite. Image by Kate Webster at www.travellerkate.com

Agri­t­our­ism show­cases agri­cul­ture, rur­al tra­di­tions, and nat­ur­al resources, provid­ing vis­it­ors with an oppor­tun­ity to exper­i­ence and learn about these ele­ments through tour­ism. The Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Camp­site in Musan­ze, Rwanda is an excep­tion­al mod­el of both nature-based agri­t­our­ism and com­munity-based agri­t­our­ism in Rwanda, show­cas­ing the vital­ity of the Afric­an nation. Sur­roun­ded by stun­ning scenery and […]

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Greg Bakunzi: From Rwandan refugee to founding force


Greg Bakunzi and Red Rocks Rwanda

Greg Bak­un­zi grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda, hav­ing fled the extreme viol­ence of the Rwandan gen­o­cide in the 1990s.  Raised under “extremely chal­len­ging” con­di­tions, the young Greg had little access to form­al edu­ca­tion.  Des­pite these ori­gins, the Greg Bak­un­zi of the 2020s is a renowned pion­eer, trail­blazer, and innov­at­or in com­munity-based tour­ism in […]

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Women’s and youth empowerment in one of the world’s ‘best tourism villages’


Women's and youth empowerment in Rwanda with Red Rocks Initiatives for Sustainable Development

Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ives for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment runs con­­ser­­va­­tion- and com­munity-based tour­ism pro­jects in and around the Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park in Rwanda. Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park is most fam­ous for being one of the last hab­it­ats for moun­tain gor­il­las. Our ini­ti­at­ives include advan­cing the import­ant cause of women’s and youth empower­ment with­in our com­munit­ies. The non­profit Red […]

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Beyond ‘voluntourism’: Can you help Rwanda with sustainable tourism and community development?


Can you help Red Rocks with sustainable tourism and community development in Rwanda?

Drip­ping with sus­tain­able tour­ism and com­munity devel­op­ment poten­tial, the Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park in north­west­ern Rwanda, along with the Vir­unga Park in the Demo­crat­ic Repub­lic of Congo (DRC) and the Bwindi Park in Uganda, make up the fam­ous Vir­unga Mas­sif whose eight vol­ca­noes are the only hab­it­at in the world for moun­tain gor­il­las. In Rwanda, Volcanoes […]

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10th Rwandan cultural festival opens new community tourism body, promotes gorilla pledge


Red Rocks Cultural Festival 2022 Rwanda

The Red Rocks 10th Anniversary Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al, August 26-Septem­ber 2, brought organ­isa­tions and com­munit­ies togeth­er to cel­eb­rate and pro­mote Rwandan cul­ture, con­ser­va­tion, and sus­tain­able tour­ism.  As an advoc­ate for cul­ture and com­munity, Red Rocks hos­ted per­formers of all ages from the loc­al area.  Vis­it­ors from near and far enjoyed many tra­di­tion­al dances and music, keep­ing Rwandan […]

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Rwanda’s neighbours to learn conservation, sustainable development practices


Rwandan man sits against a mud or clay wall smoking a pipe, looking at the camera. He's earing a wide=brimmed hat and a tan jacket.

Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ive for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment will launch the ‘Vir­unga Trans­bound­ary Ini­ti­at­ive’ in 2022. The Ini­ti­at­ive will share its con­ser­va­tion and sus­tain­able devel­op­ment con­cepts with neigh­bour­ing coun­tries fol­low­ing their suc­cess in Rwanda.  The Vir­unga Trans­bound­ary Ini­ti­at­ive will include com­munit­ies in Uganda and the Demo­crat­ic Repub­lic of the Congo that share the Vir­unga mas­sif with those […]

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