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SIX WAYS TO SEE RWANDA

1 GET YOUR KIGALI FIX

he capital is the first port of call for most visitors, and this spotless, colourful city is worth exploring. The inhabitants are friendly and the streets are safe to walk on your own at night. Kigali is years ahead of the rest of Africa, with hyperspeed fibre, 21st-century architecture and Coffee is grown on the hills of rwanda by small-scale farmers – there are numerous coffeehouses serving this top-class brew in the city.

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