THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE IN RWANDA

WILD GRASS WITH GOLDEN TIPS SWAY under the blistering Rwandan sun. Below, the wet earth, is a carpet of green. Black leather boots crush the flora, as tourists on safari drives follow the rangers with bated breath, anticipating a chance sighting of the rare, critically endangered white rhino.

There are fewer numbers of the white rhino in the innards of Africa, falling prey to the scourge of illegal animal trade or as victims of poachers.

In Rwanda though, they have a new lease of life as the country reintroduced them to the Akagera National Park (ANP), home to the Big 5 (lion, rhino, leopard, African buffalo