Tourism on L. Kivu boosted with $485,000 cruise boat

RUBAVU - The Rwanda Development Board has inaugurated a brand new cruise boat that will operate in Lake Kivu. A high tech 20 sitter boat, built by Italian company, FB designs, cost RDB $485,000. It will offer tourists four cruise options ranging from 2-4 hours.  “We are so exited about the boat. This marks the launch of marine tourism and we have decided to name the boat UMUNEZERO literary meaning joy,” Rosette Chantal Rugamba RDB deputy CEO in charge of tourism and conservation said.