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Streaming now on ADVENTURE SPORTS TV! Download the app: www.adventuresportstv.net The “Rwanda Congo Uganda Bike Adventure” is the video story of a 4-week trip to the heart of Africa by Michele Sanna, a long-time bike traveller who loves cycling alone and making films of his travels without the help of any crew. Departing from Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, he reached, passing through both paved roads and dirty tracks, (discovering the difficulty of pedaling in the so called “Country of the thousand hills”), the Nyungwe National Park, one of the most intact mountain forest areas in central Africa, where 13 species of monkeys reside, almost 20% of the whole continent. A long descent brought him from the 2500 meters of the Park to the 1700 of Lake Kivu, an immense lake basin that serves as the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and from where it starts the “Congo Nile Trail”, a 220 km route that runs along the lake from north to south. Born as a trekking itinerary to be completed in 10 days, it has also been presented to be doable by mountain bike in 5 days, but, as Michele will discover, preferably without luggage and not with a bike equipped for 4 weeks of travel! In fact, after the first 100 km of asphalted road, the route becomes a path that arches through the mountains and along lost paths, which only with the use of gps you can follow. In any case, despite the effort, the“Congo Nile Trail” will remain one of the gems of the trip, thanks to the isolation of the places visited and the beauty of the stops along Lake Kivu. The route ends in Gisenyi, on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Michele leaves his bike and enters the latter country, to visit the Virunga National Park . Escorted by park rangers (unfortunately the situation in Congo is not very safe and therefore it is necessary to travel with an armed escort) had a close encounter in the jungle with the gorillas and the next day climbed the spectacular Nyiragongo volcano. Back in Rwanda, Michele resumed his bicycle and started cycling again towards Uganda, which reached after long climbs that brought him to the “Volcano region”, still at an altitude of 2500 meters. A well-deserved rest (after trekking in Congo and climbing in Rwanda) on the lake Mutanda, in Uganda, surrounded by volcanoes and the numerous fauna of birds, allowed him to regain his strength and make the last part of the journey to reach the savannahs of the Queen Elisabeth National Park. Also in this case it was not easy, because the track to reach them was much harder than expected, but after 3 days of pedaling he reached the gates of the National Park. Of course it was not possible to cross it by bicycle, so renting a car he could go to the gate exit and take advantage of it to make safaris to see the classic fauna of the African savannah. The journey ended at Kasese, a few km after the equator line, which Michele could not find and make the much-awaited final photo, because the road works in progress had cancelled it! However, the journey had ended, despite the apprehensions at the departure (due to the passage from one State to another and to the potential problems with the visas) and to the difficulties encountered (climbs, very hard tracks and also, before entering Congo, the alarm for an Ebola epidemic). But everything was amply rewarded not only by the beauty of the places visited, but especially by the contact with the people who, despite the tragic stories of the past (genocide in Rwanda and dictatorial regime of Idi Amin in Uganda) and present (rebels and guerrillas in Congo) has always greeted Michele with great smiles and affection, surrounding him (often also physically) with humanity and hospitality and allowing him to complete the“Rwanda Congo Uganda Bike Adventure”!