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Overview
- Duration:20 hours 0 minutes
- Tour Type:Daily tour, Private tour
- Language:English, French
Highlights
- Kigali Genocide Memorial: A visit to the memorial honoring the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
- Kandt House Natural History Museum: Exhibits on Rwanda’s flora, fauna, geology, and biological history. The page also lists the Presidential Palace Museum as an alternative option.
- Lunch at Bamboo Restaurant (T 2000 Hotel): A meal stop on Day 1, followed by a visit to local markets or the industrial zone.
- Local community tour (Day 2): A roughly 4-hour village experience covering basket weaving, cow milking, beekeeping, banana beer production, farming, and traditional dancing, drumming, and storytelling.
- Hands-on local life: Preparing and sharing local food, crushing bananas, grinding sorghum on a stone, and enjoying banana beer with villagers.
- Cultural immersion: Insight into Rwandan history, culture, and cuisine, plus women’s handcraft cooperatives, in a city the page describes as the cleanest in Africa.
- Easy start or finish to a trip: Kigali’s central location makes it a good opening or closing to a Rwanda journey.
- Included: An English and/or French-speaking driver-guide, 4×4 transport, and airport transfer if your flight is the same day the safari ends.
- Flexible pickup: From the airport, a hotel, or another place in Kigali, with a minimum of 1 traveler.
Itinerary
2 Days Kigali City Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Kigali City Tour, Kigali Genocide Memorial, Kandt House-Natural History Museum Or Presidential Palace Museum
The City journey begins immediately after your breakfast we transfer you to the Genocide Memorial.The memorial found throughout the country, a moving testimonies in the memory of the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Kandt House which houses some interesting information on Rwanda’s flora, fauna geology and biological history. Meals at Bamboo Restaurant (T 2000 Hotel), Visiting local markets or industrial zone and back to your Hotel.
Day 2: Kigali Local Community Tour (Culture, Coffee, Village walk, Local food)
The cultural attractions and rituals we provide access to are, among others: basket weaving, cow milking, traditional arching, bee keeping, banana beer production, farming, Local Plant taxonomy, traditional dancing, drumming, storytelling, and village walks. We take you to learn about preparing and enjoying local food. After Meal time, listen to stories and experience life from Rwandan villages. Smashing bananas, and grinding sorghum grain on a grinding stone will be a part of experience. At the end, enjoy some delicious banana beer with the local people! Experience many days in the life of Rwandan family, waking up early to feed the animals followed by planting or harvesting local crops. After a work-filled morning, enjoy relaxing with the family with a snack in the shade. Due to a limited time, A day trip highlights some of activities of your interest because we do not guarantee you to do all listed activities. However, we advise our Guests to book for many days to Maximize this.Duration: 4 hours
End of Tour
Includes/Excludes
- Full time English and/or French speaking Driver/Guide
- Ground Transportation by a 4×4 vehicle
- Airport transfer, as long as your flight is on the same day on which the safari ends
- Airfares
- Visa Fees
- Personal Insurance
- Expenses of personal nature such as; drinks, tips, laundry, telephone, cigarettes, accommodation & meals not indicated in the itinerary and optional activities
Cancellation policy
You can cancel up to 72 hours in advance of the experience for a refund.
Frequently asked questions
What does the tour price include?
What is not included, and can I cancel?
What should I know before I go?
You can choose a full-day tour (8:30 am to 6:00 pm) or a half-day tour (8:00 am to 12:00 pm, or 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm).
The afternoon activity is a choice between Nyandungu Eco-Park and Mount Kigali, where you can try zip lining, a squad bike, horse riding, or archery.
The minimum group size is 1 person.
You’ll be dropped back at your hotel in Kigali, or at the airport if your flight is on the same day the tour ends.
