Kigali City Sightseeing
Description
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. With Us, You Explore Better!
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Itinerary
After pick-up, we drive sightseeing the city as we head to Gahanga local market, our first stop. The drive takes 20 min approx.
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.
Uzuri K&Y workshop: Note: Not available on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 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.
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.
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.
Then, get to the buffet-style lunch and enjoy as per your preferences. We estimate spending one hour approx. at the lunch place.
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.
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.
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.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
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.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- 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
Reviews(53)
Had a great day seeing the sites of Kigali with my guide Kevin. He was full of information and happy to go at my place. I recommend this tour if you want to see the city and some of the outskirts too
Rwanda is a small landlocked country , you should know their every day life style, how they manage to keep country safty and clean ,tidy, people are extremely friendly . highly recommended to visit at least 3 days
Kevin our tour guide was phenomenal. His knowledge of Kigali and all of the fantastic sites made each stop come to life. The Kigali genocide memorial was both educating and touching. Visiting The markets and seeing the people as we drove around the city was excellent
I had a beautiful experience. My tour guide Jean Paul was phenomenal. He took his time to show us around. It was a beautiful experience 🥰
Great trip great tour guide. He catered to my needs 100%. We seen vervet monkeys and he drove back so that I can get a picture of them
Good day dear Guest! Thank you for appreciating our services. It is our pleasure that we took care of the special requests and that you enjoyed the experience, thanks to Driver-guide as well. With Us, You Explore Better
Shadaddy was a fantastic guide and went out of his way to help us. We loved this trip. We asked Olivier to give us a slightly customized change that allowed us to spend more time at the genocide memorial which we highly suggest. Give yourself at least 90 minutes to see the whole museum. Highly recommended!
Good day dear Guest! Thank you so much for this review and the recommendation. It is our pleasure that we were able to customize the Kigali City Sightseeing for you and that that you loved it. We wish to host you again in the future. With Us, You Explore Better!
I booked this tour for my first day in Rwanda and it was an excellent introduction to Kigali. My guide, Shadady, was so friendly, patient, and knowledgeable. I felt comfortable with him almost immediately and enjoyed my day with him. I learned a lot on the tour and especially appreciated my visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial, heartbreaking as it was. I highly recommend this tour for anyone who has just arrived in Kigali and wants to get their bearings and learn more about the city and Rwanda in general!
Good day dear Guest! Thank you for his review and the recommendation, thanks to Driver-guide Shaddady as well for making the tour a success. With Us, You Explore Better!
Are guide John Paul gave us new insights/information about Hotel Rwanda. Also the views were spectacular. The food at the local restaurant was delicious. A It has been great being here in Kigali.
Good day dear Guest! We are happy that we served you and that you appreciated our service, especially with our guide John (Jean) Paul. We equally appreciate for this positive review and look forward to hosting you some time again. With Us, You Explore Better!
Used this company to do a kigali city tour, and they were good and informative, picked us up from are hotel at the allocated time and took us on a city tour ,complete with WiFi in the car ,the guide told us lots and was informative,recommend to use this company if ever in Rwanda.
We had an amazing and unforgettable time on our city tour. Our guide Jean Paul was incredibly patient and helped us connect with the country and people. We loved that we didn't only go the tourist spots and that entrance and food costs were included in the price. Great for people like us on a budget. It was worth the cost and we would recommend this tour to anyone.
