Full Day Day Kigali city tour
Overview
Kigali is one of the well-known organized and clean cities in East Africa attracting tourists from far and within. Your Kigali City tour starts as a historic journey with a guided tour through the initial modern building from which this capital was founded, to the fast developing neighborhoods which are changing the appearance of this city.
Detailed Itinerary
Early in the morning, our tour guide will meet you at your lodge or Hotel for your briefing about your safari around Rwanda. You will then proceed to Kigali which is Rwanda’s capital city. This city is surrounded by the lush hills of green vegetation, the lawn is well leveled.
Kigali convention center
This is the center for meetings, conferences, incentives and exhibitions situated juts 6 kilometers from Kigali international airport. Interestingly, the convention center has a sitting capacity of approximately 2,500 people along with the Radisson blue a five star hotel with over 292 rooms and many other offices and businesses. This gives an added advantage for travelers to access accommodation as well as shopping in the malls and arcades within one structure.
Nyamatachurch
This is one of the genocide scenes where approximately 50,000 people were killed inside the church. The skulls and bones of the genocide victims are displayed. Many people sought shelter from Nyamata church running away from the genocide massacres not knowing the church was a death trap. Many artifacts are displayed for memory such as clothes stained with bloods, skulls, bones, different national identity cards, and fighting equipment such as machetes that were used by the Hutu fighters. Outside are two mass graves were bodies of the victims were piled from the bottom to the ceiling which moment calls for a strong hearted.
You will also visit the Gisozi Genocide Memorial site, the artisan shopping Centre to view and also purchase crafts, local arts, and Kigali museum and learn about the history of the city as well as the pre-colonial and colonial period that took place in Rwanda. Visit the famous Juru Park to view the city as well as the surrounding hillside of the country side.
Later in the evening, rewind your day at Sky Lounge on the rooftop of Urban Bistro for a night life or return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.