Your Private Rwanda Tour Guide

Jason Donovan

Retired International Lawyer. Private Tour Guide. Professional Photographer.

I travelled Rwanda extensively post-Covid, initially for a photography project on its wild animals and birdlife. The project expanded. I stayed. I began putting together private Rwanda safari and photography tours for wildlife enthusiasts and photographers who wanted to see the country properly — not just for the gorillas and a quick flight home.

My background is in foreign investment law — as a commercial lawyer, I spent two decades working with facts, building arguments, and finding the story others missed. I bring the same approach to my tours. Rwanda has layers. The obvious layer is the wildlife and the landscape. The layer underneath is the history, the politics, and the extraordinary social project that is modern day Rwanda. I try to show you both.

If you join me on a photography tour, I carry a Nikon Z6 with a 180-600mm zoom for wildlife and birding, and a 24-120mm for landscape. I shoot in raw and process in Lightroom. If you want to talk about technique — composition, exposure, post-processing — I am happy to. If you just want to point and shoot, that is fine too. The guide adapts to the guest, not the other way around.

I have guided extensively year round. I have driven many roads off the beaten track to find wild animals and birdlife outside the Parks. I know this country well. I am still finding new spots.