The Kigali city tour experience
The Kigali city tour experience : The Kigali city tour experience is a chance for guests to admire the beauty of Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. Rwanda is a small landlocked country located in the eastern Africa but has astonishing natural features topped with great climatic conditions throughout the country. Rwanda has claimed its position as one of the safest places on the continent as a country and Kigali as a city has been recorded as the cleanest city in Africa.
The cultural heritage of Rwanda is rich and displayed at many spots throughout the country and guests on a Rwanda safari are able to enjoy it along with the very welcoming Rwandan people. Get to enjoy a tasty locally made dish enjoyed by Rwandans and also enjoy the great accommodation options of Rwanda. Rwanda has been recognized by major travel platforms for having world class accommodations spread out the country.
The Kigali City tour is a complimentary offer for all guests who book their Rwanda safari with Explore Rwanda tours and there are some major spots that can not be missed. This write up highlights a number of these spots.
- Kigali Genocide memorial center
The Kigali Genocide memorial center is one of the places that hold the greatest history of this small country and its country men and women. The Kigali Genocide memorial grounds are a home to about 250,000 graves of the fallen victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, one the most gruesome ever recorded in the world’s history. The Rwanda genocide was considered one of the most gruesome because of the mode of murder between people of the same origin just different ethnicity.
Get to get a write up and an audio version of the events of this genocide, visit the three sections at the site, the children’s side, the adult’s side and there is another section showing the genocides that have happened in other places of the world. Get to even watch some short clips about the events and what some guides have to share. It is an emotional rollercoaster so it will be important to be mentally prepared for it.
The museum also aims at showing the past Rwanda and the current Rwanda and also remind the after generations of this dark time and ensure it does not happen again.
- Kimironko market
The Kimironko market is a local market where the Rwandan people display their local produce both organic and art crafts. A visit to the Kimironko market is a great chance for the tourists to interact with the local Rwandan person and also directly support them as you enjoy the home grown organic produce such as fruits, vegetables or food stuffs at a very affordable price.
There is a section for guests to purchase some arts and crafts locally made by the rwandan person. This section is also a show of the clothes, shoes, handbags and even some local fabrics such as kitenges and some motifs as well.
- Inema Art Centre
The Inema Art Center is more of the up-town arts center for tourists who prefer to support the local artists but with less interaction. The Inema art center was an initiative of two brothers who aimed at supporting local art. A walk through this art center is great to choose some Rwandan inspired art or some contemporary art works from some international artists as well. Workshops and trainings are often held at this center.
This is a great point to get a souvenir. There is also an option to purchase the art displayed here online and can be shipped to you incase you may not have had time to pass by thus The Kigali city tour experience.
- Kigali Convention center
The Kigali Convention center is one of the most architectural buildings in Rwanda and a very prominent one too. The circular glass make up of this center is very eye catching and inside this center is a 5-star hotel facility, the Radisson Blue as well as large shopping center. Some basketball games and international conferences have been held withing this center.
The beauty of this center is much appreciated in the night time.
Besides these major tourism facilities, there are a number of activities that guests can get involved in while in Kigali such as the Umuganda where all the country men and women lay down their tools and close business to clean their city every last Saturday of the month. Take on a Helicopter tour for an aerial view of Kigali by getting a charter from the Kagera aviation and this costs within 500 USD to 5000 USD depending on how long you will be on this charter.
Do not leave Kigali before you visit a local restaurant to enjoy a meal cooked by the Rwandan chefs. Do you have a point you are interested in for your Kigali city tour, get in touch and let us know and we can start to arrange for that.
