Top Kigali Unique Experiences

Volcanoes National Park is situated about two hours from Kigali city, Rwanda’s capital. The drive to the park is scenic – viewing the beautiful mountains and green forests, which gave Rwanda its name as the “land of a thousand hills.” Gorilla trekking can take minutes or hours depending on where the gorillas decide to rest from the previous day. When you finally meet the mountain gorillas, you will have a magical chance to see them feeding and crushing through the underbrush, babies running around and full-grown gorillas inching toward observers loudly declaring their importance.

Learn about traditional Rwandan building techniques and experience rural village life during this flexible-length excursion with a local family. Discover the traditional methods used by Rwandans for brick making and fashioning rope from banana trees. After enjoying a simple but delicious lunch of cassava and beans you’ll spend the afternoon applying your new skills to build an animal shelter, fence or house. Finish your trip with a chance to shop for locally-made handicrafts. This chance to learn about Rwandan construction also covers a guide, lunch and transport to the village.

Leave the city behind on a private tour to Lake Kivu and Amahoro Island, where local farms and processing stations provide insight into the country’s famous coffee industry. Benefit from the undivided attention of your guide as you visit a rural coffee producer, savoring a taste of the top Rwandan export with freshly-brewed samples provided. Travel the distance with ease with included round-trip transfer from your Kigali or Gisenyi hotel.

The critically endangered mountain gorilla can only be found in two locations in the world, one of which is Virunga National Park. Discover these rare creatures on a day tour from Kigali, and learn more about the work done to protect them from your accompanying park rangers. Travel easily to the park’s outlying location with round-trip transport from your hotel, and avoid hidden costs with lunch and entrance fees included.

Learn to make banana juice, a popular elixir typically served at Rwandan weddings and parties, during this 8-hour course. You’ll start your experience by hand picking green bananas and dropping them into a hole in the ground for ripening. After enjoying an authentic lunch with your hosts, dig up your now-ripe bananas to start the juice-making process. Finish you day with a chance to shop for souvenirs at a local artisan market. Your banana juice course includes a guide, lunch and round-trip transport to the juice-making site.

Gorilla trekking safaris offer a magical encounter that transcends any other 'wildlife' experience we know. Look into the eyes of a large silverback gorilla andhe'll look back with a thoughtful, intelligent gaze, mindful that you're another individual.

Get a taste for the authentic cuisine of Rwanda during this 7-hour investigation of the country’s food system and a cooking lesson. Start your day in the farm fields of a rural village, learning about the planting and harvesting of your host’s principal crops. Then try your hand at food preparation, partnering with your host to peel, wash, grind and pound your ingredients using local tools. You’ll finish up with a lunch consisting of your morning’s hard-earned labor, along with a chance for lively conversation with your host. Your Rwandan cooking experience also covers a guide, lunch and round-trip transport to the village.

Come along to our Kigali Studio and paint a Piggy.  The Pigs are made from clay in the rural communities of Rwandan and fired in the traditional clay.  They make a wonderful gift which you can personalise by painting your own.  You also chose the African fabric ear's and tail.  This is a wonderful activity to do with Kids but fun for the whole family too.

Enjoy a fun-filled week immersing yourself in the culture of Rwanda and admiring the country’s beautiful scenery on this 7-day, 6-night trip. During the course of your excursion you’ll immerse yourself in the activities and rituals of life in Rwanda’s rural villages, learning how to cook traditional dishes, joining in to help with chores at a weaving cooperative, cruising a nearby lake, taking a dancing and drumming lesson and preparing banana juice, one of Rwandans’ favorite party drinks. This multi-day cultural tour includes a guide, private vehicle transport, accommodations, meals and all entrance fees and activities.

This 3 days Rwanda gorillas and golden monkeys tracking tour offers the mountain gorilla trek as the prime adventure on this 3 day trip to the Volcanoes National Park – home to a third of the 900 mountains gorillas left in the world. Volcanoes National Park is Rwanda’s part of the Virunga Mountains which is a chain of beautiful volcanoes that cut across the borders with DR Congo and Uganda. The Virunga Mountains are also home to the golden monkeys, an endangered species of monkeys that is only found in the Virungas. They are incredibly beautiful, very active and you shall find tracking a group of about 100 members a worthwhile adventure.

Did you know you have so much time to make an impact than you think?.Did you know that you don't need to be a millionaire to make a positive impact?.Did you know that there are people who need just $ 100 as a capital ?. you can bring skills, bring expertise, bring anything. This tour was inspired by a conversation I had with a young single mother who I met in Kigali city in a barber shop Her: I wish I had money Me: What would you do if you had money ? Her: I would be cooking enough food and have space for needy people Me: Why do you care about needy people? Her: Because It has been my dream but it seems like all my dreams have been lost Me: Why do you think so ? Her: Because I got pregnant , dropped out of school and here I am without a future.All my friends avoid me and call me names.There are many single mothers like me and they are suffering. Note: As a young parent I have a one month old daughter and I felt bad about it and decided to do something. Would you join me ? welcome

Book this 2 day/1 night Rwanda gorilla tracking tour for the once in a lifetime opportunity of watching the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural jungle environment. There are only about 900 mountain gorillas left in the world and Rwanda is home to a third of them. Gorilla tracking or trekking in Rwanda is done in the Volcanoes National Park that is situated in the north of the country, which is only 2 hours of drive from Kigali City on a good paved road. The 2 day gorilla trip in Rwanda is therefore suitable for travelers with only a couple of days to spare in Rwanda such as the business travelers. But also, the easy access to Volcanoes National Park from Kigali City and the airport makes it easy including the short Rwanda gorilla tour into your big African safari vacation. Volcanoes National Park is part of the Virunga Mountains which are a chain of lush rolling volcanoes and these provide such a stunning backdrop to the gorilla tracking adventure!

TURIKUMWE (We are Together) is a program that brings young professionals and leaders from Rwanda and around the world together for an intensive two-week program exploring human rights and peace cultivation in a national and international context. Based in Kigali, the capital city, the program includes site visits throughout the country and an excursion to beautiful Lake Kivu. During the course of the program, participants explore ideas about human rights and peace education and learn how to take action to promote peace and genocide prevention through group discussions, workshops, site visits, homestays and volunteer placements. Previous site visits and meetings have included: National Paralympic Committee, Health Development Initiative, Rafa (LGBT rights), USAID, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Rwanda, Aegis Trust, Ejo Youth Echo, Mind Leaps (street children social inclusion), Ineza Cooperative, and Esperance.

You will be cared for by the best in the industry, we are trained graded and licensed by the government of Uganda. We are passionate about our country and are very happy and please to show case the beauty and magnificent attributes that we are proud to poses and we share them with you. We will make your dreams come true, through out your stay with us you will have a personal assistant at your call 24/7 till the end of your trip. By then you may find out that you may not really want to leave. But in so doing you take a little of the Nile with you and lots of pictures and memories