Private Half-Day Guided Kigali City Tour with Coffee Break Included
Description
Our Kigali City Tour is customizable and designed to give you an intimate view of Kigali throughout an entertaining packed day. Our curated half day tour is a mix of Rwandan art, history, and culture. Drive through the City of Kigali, visit an art gallery, taste Rwandan coffee, and meet a local entrepreneur.
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Itinerary
The Kigali Genocide Memorial commemorates the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The remains of over 250,000 people are interred there. There is a visitor centre for students and those wishing to understand the events leading up to the genocide of 1994.
Indiba Arts Space, is hub for artists and art lovers, a gallery, and a workshop. Clients will meet some of the top contemporary artists of Kigali leading a new movement to bring art to the local community and tourists alike.
Question Coffee Cafe is a state-of-the-art specialty coffee cafe located in Kigali.
Nyamirambo Women’s Center (NWC), a Rwandan NGO, was launched at the end of 2007 by 18 Rwandese women living in Nyamirambo, Kigali. Together they created a project which aimed to address gender-based violence, gender inequality and discrimination. Today, NWC’s mission is to provide education and vocational training to women who do not have the means to pay for such training on their own, so that they can gain better opportunities for employment. At the end of 2013 NWC launched the product line “Umutima,” which means “heart” in Kinyarwanda. With this project, NWC trains and employs women from the community to create a large variety of women’s accessories, children’s clothing, and home decor products. At the moment there are over 50 women employed by Umutima as seamstresses. Umutima and NWC have grown into a unique, self-sustaining model where the profits earned through Umutima are used to fund NWC initiatives, in addition to providing benefits and a fair wage to the seamstresses.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(8)
The visit was fantastic and very friendly. My guide Mathieu made the moment very special and inspiring. We had time to discuss about the culture, the people, the architecture and the history of Kigali. I'll definitely come back.
Great experience! I loved this was a half day tour and it was private. My guide, Junior, was a joy to get to know. He gave me some good info and took me to the places I was most interested in with the short amount of time I had. The genocide memorial was very emotional, which I knew it would be, but I'm glad I went. I also loved the coffee stop, what a cute coffee shop! The NGO stop was nice as well, but there was no demonstration as the girls were not in school that day. But I don't mind shopping and it was good to get a few gifts there. Definitely recommend this tour!
Oscar our tour guide was excellent in every way. He is a professional who takes his job seriously. He made sure we saw all the interesting sites, including the national genocide museum, an art gallery, the city market and Mt. Kigali. Oscar knows everything about the city and he made sure we had a good time. If you take this tour, be sure to request him. Thank you Oscar!
Great tour! It was lovely to learn so much about Kigali with Jamal. The activities were interesting and supporting local businesses. I highly recommend!
Jamal was excellent. He gave perfect tour of his country. He is very knowledgeable and spoke great English. He even offer to wait at restaurant to drop us at hotel.
We highly recommend touring Kigali Rwanda before heading to your gorilla trek. Our tour guide/driver Denis (with one "n") taught us so much about Rwandan history up to present that we are interested in learning more. We started with Denis in Kigali and had 3 days with him between there and the Volcanoes area/gorilla trekking and returning to the Kigali airport. Denis is safe AND dependable and someone you should hire.
Eugene our guide and driver was thoughtful and accommodating with water bottles. He made us feel safe the whole time!
What a fun day! This tour was totally customizable, so in addition to visiting the main market, an arts coop and coffee shop, we were able to add a stops at a local "milk bar" as well as the Hotel des Mille Collines, the property featured in the movie Hotel Rwanda. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the city and taught us a lot. We would definitely recommend this tour!
