3 Days Kigali City tour

January 31, 2024

3 Days Kigali City tour

Overview

This 3-day Kigali City Tour will take you through Kigali for a tour of the main tourism features in the city (except for 1 or 2 features), which may be just near the city. The tour will include the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center. This is the main Genocide memorial site in the country for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. This tour will also take you to Nyamata church, where you will learn about its touching history, a visit to the Muslim quarter, the center of Islam in Rwanda, and a visit to Kimoronko market and Kandt House museum.

Kigali is the capital and largest city in Rwanda. The city is near the nation’s geographic center in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. It has been Rwanda’s economic, cultural, and transport hub since it was founded as an administrative outpost in 1907. Kigali became the capital of the country at independence in 1962, shifting focus away from Huye.

Tour highlights

Visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center, Ihema Center, and Nyamata church

Go to Kimoronko market

Visit the Kandt Museum

Visit the Muslim quarter

Transfer to the Airport to end the tour

3-Day Kigali City Tour in Details

Day 1: Pick up from Kigali International Airport and drive to Kigali Genocide Memorial Center,

After breakfast, you will drive to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center. The place is well-known for dark tourism, which revolves around the remembrance of the deceased. It is a place where remembrance and learning are dedicated to the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi people in Rwanda. The story of the genocide told at the place will touch you deeply.

After that, you will visit Nyamata church, which was transformed into a memorial to the victims of genocide in Rwanda. There are behind the church, containing 45,308 genocide victims. The number of victims includes those who were killed inside the church, as well as others who were exhumed from surrounding areas. The memorial is located in what was originally the Nyamata Parish. You will also observe the clothes of the people who were killed in the church. You will also visit the Inema Cultural Center for a Rwandese cultural experience and then drive to your hotel and check in for dinner and overnight.

Overnight and dinner: Hotel Des Mille Collines/Five To Five Hotel

Day 2: Visit Kimoronko Market, Kandt Museum, and Muslim Quarter

After breakfast, you will drive to Kimoronko Market, where you will find an abundance of food and fruits. Almost all the fruits will leave your mouthwatering. You will also go to craft shops where you will find handmade clothes, bags, and many other nice things you may need. After, you will drive to the Muslim Quarter, the national mosque of Rwanda, and the center for the Islamic faith in Rwanda. You will then go to the Kandt House Museum. This museum showcases Rwandan life in all aspects- social, political, and economic in the pre-colonial era, during the colonial era, and past the colonial era. Drive back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Overnight and dinner: Hotel Des Mille Collines/Five To Five Hotel

Day 3: Transfer to Kigali International Airport to end the tour

Depending on your flight time, your Safari Vacations and Travel Services driver guide will pick you up from your hotel to the airport for your flight out.