Top Kigali Culture

Exploring Kigali is necessary once you land in this unique, cleanest and safe city. Being the best and cleanest city in Africa, touring Kigali will make you comfortable as a way to kick off your visit to Rwanda and most important experiencing the beauty of the entire country. Based on your travel needs and aspirations, we will customize this package with much flexibility in order to help you enjoy the beauty of Kigali city. Our guides are very knowledgeable about Kigali city as they will connect you to the local community with a warmly welcome.

Enjoy Kigali city tour, where you'll be treated to a scenic drive, allowing you to soak in the beautiful views of the town. As you traverse the city streets, engage in lively conversations with your guide, who will share fascinating insights into the history of Kigali and its remarkable transformation into one of Africa's renowned cities. Discover how Kigali earned its well-deserved reputation as the cleanest town in Africa, a testament to the dedication and commitment of its residents. Immerse yourself in the vibrant local culture as you meet friendly locals, who will gladly share their daily lives and stories with you. Gain a deeper understanding of the city's rich traditions, customs, and way of life. From bustling markets to serene neighborhoods, the Kigali city tour offers an authentic and immersive experience that will leave you with a profound appreciation for this remarkable city."

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.

Bananas play an integral role in Rwandan culture and this half-day tour gives you a glimpse into the famous banana juice. Join a small group and learn how to make the drink in the traditional way. Walk through the grove to collect green bananas and leaves to bury and ripen over a few days. Dig up some ripened bananas and peel, mash, and strain the fruit to get your delicious juice.

Dive deep into the rich culture of Rwanda on this private, full-day tour that begins in Kigalis. First, visit the King’s Palace Museum which offers an in-depth look at the Rwandan monarchy and its abolition in the 1960s. Then, visit the Ethnographic Museum for a look at archaeological and artistic artifacts that provide insight into Rwandan culture.

Remember the victims of the Rwandan genocide when you embark on this memorial tour from Kigali. With a private guide, visit the former Catholic churches of Ntarama and Nyamata, where thousands fled for safety but instead, were killed. Pay your respects and learn about the causes, realities, and consequences of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda.

Kigali is packed with historical attractions, but knowing where to go—and what to see—takes local know-how. Ideal for first-time visitors, this private city tour covers the highlights of the Rwandan capital is just one full day of sightseeing. Pay your respects at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, shop for souvenirs at bustling Kimironko Market, and enjoy panoramic views from Mount Kigali.

Take some time in Rwanda to learn about the country’s social development when you take this tour to the Akilah Institute, Rwand’s only all-woman’s college. With a private guide, tour the campus to learn about the college’s education and leadership model. Then, gain insight into the local life when you take a walk in the culturally diverse Nyamirambo neighborhood.

Kigali is the cleanest, safest city in Africa! A walking tour is a great way to discover Kigali because the roads are relaxed, chaos in the city center is minimal, and safety is assured! Each walking tour may be customized based on your interests!

Get an authentic taste of rural village life in Rwanda during this flexible-length, small-group experience visiting with a local family. Get a chance to participate in daily chores like hoeing the fields or planting crops, then take a break for a lunch of local Rwandan fare and have time chat with your hosts. Finish your day with a weaving lesson and a chance to purchase local handicrafts made by your family. This small-group experience, limited to six guests, also covers a guide, lunch and transport to the village.

Take a step back in time to learn and taste coffee picked, washed, roasted and ground by your own hand. 

Spend a day immersed in Rwanda’s lush, rolling hills on a hike to local villages from Gakenke. Follow your tour guide and hike to the top of the area’s tallest hill, reaching heights of 8,700 feet (2,660 meters) above sea level. From the top, it’s possible to enjoy views of lakes, villages, and Bagenge Rock.

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.

Enjoy a day discovering Kigali’s art, history, fashion and culture. Discover the old City of Kigali, tour a local market, taste Rwandan coffee, enjoy local art and a visit to an entrepreneur’s workshop. Return to Heaven Restaurant for a local, traditional Rwandan meal. Optional: Visit to the Genocide Memorial.

Kigali is one of the most dynamic and culturally rich African capitals, but knowing where to go—and what to see—takes insider knowledge. Get a local’s perspective on Kigali’s thriving arts and culture scene during this half-day private tour. Highlights include the chance to meet top Kigali artists in an art gallery, a cup of Rwandan coffee in a state-of-the-art café, and a visit to a women’s entrepreneurship NGO.

Take this opportunity to spend the day with a Rwandan family, learn about, prepare, and enjoy local food.Listen to stories and experience life in a Rwandan village. Among 3 Main Activities you will have to chose some highlights: 1. HOME HOST ACTIVITIES: -Traditional dance and drumming experience -Traditional Cuisine(Preparation and cooking traditional food served on traditional tools like imbehe, inkoko and tasting ) -Local medicinal plants that useful to heal illness. - Village walk, Meeting and interacting with local People. 2. AGRO TOURISM ACTIVITIES: -Banana Beer brewing Experience( From Banana Plantation,Juice making, Fermentation and Beer tasting) -Coffee Preparation experience( From Plantation to the Cup). -Traditional cattle, cows and milking experience. 3. ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES: -Hard and High Or Medium elevation Hiking( Mount Jali Hiking enjoying the land scape view with the Binocular and hiking sticks) -Village walk, Meeting and interacting with local Community. -Camping

Get off the beaten track and explore the scenic hills and villages surrounding Kigali during this private, full-day hiking experience in Rwanda. Listen to stories from your guide as you get an insider’s perspective on day-to-day life in the countryside. Highlights include a visit to a local primary school, panoramic views from Thousand Hills and Gasonga Rock, and a stop at the Kirenge Cultural Center. Water, snacks, and hotel transfers are provided.

The unique of this activity is that apart from making Birding we go beyond and enjoy the storytelling

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.

Save time and see the best of Kigali in a day with this private guided tour. Opting for a private tour avoids delays picking up other travelers and gives you direct access to the guide for questions. During the tour, visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial, Nyamirambo Women's Center, and Kigali City Tower with enriching commentary to expand your knowledge about the country’s history and development.

Most of our clients choose this tour because they need the high level leisure and they need to refresh their mind as well as going there with their spouse or to go out there with their friends and families, because that is the only place in Rwanda where you can get a lot of the beaches compared to other parts of the country. In this tour you may expect more leisure because you can do more things there on the Lake Kivu shore including Boating, Kayaking, Canoeing, Jet-Ski, Swimming, Rubavu City tour as well as enjoying the lifetime experience on the hot spring in which it is mostly known to reduce the stress and the best in refreshing the mind. Apart from the Kivu lake tour also you can expect to learn more about the city of Kigali because we can do the Kigali city tour where we can visit the main spots of Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda.

Our Talking Through Art Walking Tour offers an authentic fun, informative and uniquely personal insight into the culture, history, and daily life of Gikondo. You will have the opportunity to explore some of the hidden areas of our local community, immersing yourself in Rwandan Culture and daily life in this bustling and vibrant area of Kigali. Your Walking Tour will be led by a local guide who has lived and worked in Gikondo all his life and is a wealth of interesting information! We will lead you into one of the bustling traditional neighborhood street markets where you will be able to explore fresh local produce and enjoy the lively atmosphere. We will stop for a delicious freshly cooked sambusa snack and take a break at a nearby milk shop where you can try chilled ikivuguto, a traditional Rwandan beverage.

Get to know more about Rwanda’s colorful and unique fashion when you embark on this half-day experience. Join a private guide and visit some of Kigali’s biggest names in clothing and jewelry for a look at this new wave of fashion. Visit boutiques, peruse a fabric market to pick out textiles, and perhaps even purchase a few pieces for yourself.