With Kigali City Sightseeing, Countryside Tours-Rwanda helps you discover different parts of Kigali city with a professional and friendly local tour guide. For convenience, a pick-up in Kigali city is provided. The City sightseeing include Gahanga local market, Uzuri K&Y workshop for made in Rwanda sandals, Akagera; the river separating Kigali from the Eastern province and which will pass through Akagera National Park separating Rwanda and Tanzania. This river continues its way into Victoria lake and further to form Nile river. The city tour passes via Rebero, with the view overlooking the central part of Kigali city and the Kigali Convention Centre in the horizon and goes on to Kigali Heights-one of the modern shopping and entertainment centres, the car-free zone for, to Kigali Genocide Memorial and finally, Ubumwe Grande Hotel rooftop bar for a refreshing afternoon coffee or a local drink of choice.
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Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Bottled water
✔ Vehicle and a local driver-guide
✔ Lunch
✔ A cup of coffee/tea or a drink (alcohol/non-alcohol) of choice at Roof-top bar
✔ Complimentary WiFi onboard the vehicle
✔ Pick-up and drop-off anywhere in Kigali city
✖ Extra to one drink
✖ Anything not explicitly included in the tour
Pickup Locations
1. The Memory Makers Hospitality Service
2. Eminence Hotel
3. Hotel Baoba 2
4. Zenith Hotel
5. Holly Guest House
6. The Mirror Hotel
7. Twinview Apartments
8. Perle Boutique Hotel
9. PCG Apartments - Gishushu
10. Cyuzuzo Peaceful Home
11. Onomo Hotel Kigali
12. Atlas Hood 01
13. Tinho Guest House
14. Gorillas City Centre Hotel
15. Kiberinka Cultural Center
16. Hotel Sienna
17. Ninzi Hill Hotel
18. Greenpage Garden Suites
19. All Care Guest House
20. Erodium Geust House
Additional Info: We pick all our travelers. In the notes (or message), please provide the name of the hotel for pick-up or the street number of the house (place) anywhere in Kigali city.
Itinerary
1
Kigali
After pick-up, we drive sightseeing the city as we head to Gahanga local market, our first stop. The drive takes 20 min approx.
Duration: 25 minutes
2
Walk through Gahanga, a local market in the outskirts of Kigali city. You will experience the daily local market livelihood which is different from the shopping mall style. Vendors in the market, mainly ladies, are welcoming and accommodating. In case you would like to take a picture, please ask the guide to request for you.
Duration: 15 minutes
3
Uzuri K&Y workshop:
Note: Uzuri K&Y workshop for sandals-Not yet available due to due to Covid-19.
At Uzuri K&Y workshop, you will witness a group of many young girls and boys, all participating in the made in Rwanda shoe-making chain. In line with the Government of Rwanda skill enhancement policy among the youth, the workshop hosts both the apprentices and the employees. The factory employees come from the apprentice pool. The finished products from the workshop are shelved in the Uzuri K&Y showroom. Later during the tour, you will visit the showroom and you can buy a souvenir to take home and support their initiative.
Duration: 25 minutes
4
Akagera is the river separating Kigali from the Eastern province and which will pass through Akagera National Park separating Rwanda and Tanzania. This river continues its way into Victoria lake and further to form Nile river. At Akagera river, you enjoy the beautiful scenery of its marshland and its surrounding hills. After that, we will have a stop-over at Rebero mount to enjoy the view of the central Kigali city and Kigali Conventional Centre in the horizon.
Duration: 30 minutes
5
Visit the Uzuri K&Y showroom for the made in Rwanda sandals. Located in Kigali Heights, one of the modern Kigali city shopping and entertainment centres, the visit of Uzuri K&Y showroom to witness the finished products of the earlier visited workshop.
Duration: 30 minutes
6
Then, get to the buffet-style lunch and enjoy as per your preferences. We estimate spending one hour approx. at the lunch place.
Duration: 60 minutes
7
Drive for 15 min and walk through Kigali car-free zone, visit a handcraft shop before driving through Nyamirambo area, one of the oldest suburbs of Kigali city.
Duration: 60 minutes
8
Kigali Genocide Memorial
For 1h15 min approx., visit Kigali Genocide Memorial. Reaching the reception, the genocide memorial staff will brief you on how to go about the visit. In addition, visitors can rent an audio guide device to give you a more elaborate explanation on each stop within the memorial.
Duration: 1.25 hours
9
Unwind yourself at Ubumwe Grande Hotel rooftop bar. Share an afternoon coffee, tea or any drink (alcohol/non-alcohol) with your guide while having a magnificent view of Kigali city. As this is the last activity, the guide will de-brief and drop you off to your preferred place in Kigali City.
Duration: 40 minutes
Additional info
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• At stop points during the trip, it is necessary to remain within the group so as to avoid disappearances which can result into activity delay.
• Shoes: Sneakers or any other comfortable shoes
• Kigali car-free day: Every first and last sunday of a month, 07h00-10h00. The tour goes on but we avoid the blocked roads
• PLEASE MENTION THE PICK-UP PLACE IN THE NOTES
• To prevent Covid-19 transmission, Uzuri K&Y workshop for sandals IS NOT VISITED until further notice
