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Bitenga Base Camp

Bitenga Base Camp

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Bitenga Base Camp

Name: Bitenga Base Camp
Rating: 2

Recommended by 3 hikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

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Gishwati Forest Reserve

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Location: Rwanda

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Kaspar Kundert

August 21, 2022

Camp Site run by Ejo Heza Cooperative. The cooperative offers tents, meals, cultural experiences and guiding around Bitenga/Gishwati Forest.
To book, contact Obed Kalisa, phone/whatsapp: +250 788 886 796. (unlike what komoot believes, the site is not inside the National Park)
Some of the hikes done there are:
- Evening stroll at Bitenga Camp: komoot.com/tour/1918867007
- To Bitenga Base Camp: komoot.com/tour/1918310369
- Gishwati Pastures and Sebeya River Day 1: komoot.com/tour/895716082
- Gishwati Pastures and Sebeya River Day 2: komoot.com/tour/895741889

(The three uploaded pictures show the camp early in the morning, in the afternoon and then the view from the camp down to Bitenga in the Evening)

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Elevation 2,460 m

Weather

Thursday 25 December

22°C

15°C

64 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 5.0 km/h

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