Top Activities on the Ground in Kigali

Diverse Encounters: Our tour seamlessly weaves together art, history, community, and markets, providing a comprehensive snapshot of Kigali's essence in just one journey. Local Immersion: Led by passionate local guides, you'll engage directly with artisans, women entrepreneurs, and market vendors, fostering authentic connections and unique insights. Empowering Stories: The Nyamirambo Women's Center stop highlights the resilience of Rwandan women, offering an inspiring perspective on empowerment and growth. Intimate Experience: With a limited group size, our tour ensures personalized attention and meaningful interactions, enhancing your connection with Kigali's vibrant spirit. Lasting Impressions: Beyond sights, our tour encourages capturing memories, stories, and souvenirs, ensuring that your experience lingers long after the tour concludes.

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.

The ideal introduction for first-time visitors to Kigali, this small-group, full-day tour ticks off the Rwandan capital’s highlights in a single day. Enjoy panoramic city views from Mount Kigali, bargain for crafts at Kimironko Market, dine on a buffet lunch at Mille Collines Hotel (known as “Hotel Rwanda”), and pay tribute to victims of the 1994 genocide at the Kigali Genocide Memorial.

Hike through the lush, green Rwandan forest on this action-packed adventure. Walk through rich vegetation zones and an impressive bamboo forest; the favorite food of golden monkeys and gorillas. Discover native flora and fauna along your journey. Visit a local village and discover the practice of making banana beer, and enjoy a banana beer tasting.

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.

Hiking Mountain Bisoke can be an experience of a lifetime but it can also be one of the most challenging things a person can undertake, especially if physically unfit. The hiking is 6 to 7 hours, including 2 hours of descent, but that is for inexperienced hikers. Experienced hikers can take less than 4 hours to hike and come back down to the base. Apart from the experience of hiking on the extinct volcano which is part of the Virunga Mountain range, at the peak, there’s a crater lake known as Lake Ngezi. The trekking starts with an assembly at the park headquarters in Kinigi at 7a.m. Here, each group is assigned a guide who briefs them about the activity they are about to embark on.

Mountain Bisoke is among the peaks of the Virunga mountain ranges found along the border of Rwanda and Democratic republic of Congo. Mount Bisoke is a dormant volcano with a crater lake on its top. Bisoke Volcano Hike (Bisoke Crater Lake) 12,175 feet (3,711 meters). Inclusive in price: Mount Bisoke Hike permit, Lunch with soft drink, Full time English/ French specking driver guide, Ground transportation by 4x4 wheel drive, Mineral water, Airport transfers.

In the western Great Rift Valley, Nyungwe National Park protects lush mountainscapes, dense rainforests, 13 species of primates, and so much more. On this tour, you’ll get to customize a full day to your liking, choosing between crossing swinging bridges, navigating the rainforest, visiting coffee and tea plantations, taking in the King’s Palace, and so much more.

Take a break from the hustle and bustle of Kigali and explore the beautiful Lake Kivu on this full-day excursion. Join a small group and head to Ndaba Rock, where you learn about the legends of the area from local children. Then, drive to the town of Karongi, located on the banks of Lake Kivu, for a visit to the Environmental Museum and a boat ride to the Napoleon islands.

Get ready for an exciting Quad Bike Expedition in Mount Kigali! Experience off-road thrills with expert guides on scenic mountain trails—an ideal adventure for mountain-loving thrill-seekers!

Embark on the ultimate adventure when you book this gorilla trekking tour during your time in Rwanda. With a private guide, hike through the jungles in search of the endangered mountain gorillas that inhabit Volcanoes National Park. Get an up-close look at the majestic creatures and see how they interact with their families and the environment.

Experience Highlights: Cityscape Marvels: Ride through Kigali's vibrant streets on a moto and bicycle combo tour. Cultural Immersion: Explore local markets, historical landmarks, and hidden gems with expert guides. Breathtaking Views: Pedal through lush hillsides and witness panoramic views of the Rwandan landscape. Interactive Learning: Gain insights into Rwanda's rich history and culture through engaging narratives. Eco-Friendly Adventure: Contribute to sustainable tourism and support Go Rwanda Now's impactful initiatives.

Experience the thrill of seeing mountain gorillas in their natural habitat as you embark on a safari on this 2-day tour from Kigali. With a private guide, get close to the gorilla families that reside in Volcanoes National Park and see the dominant silverback gorillas that lead the family. This is a unique experience that takes you deep into the jungles in search of these giant primates.

You may have tried a cup of Rwandan coffee, but have you seen how it gets made? Learn the ins and outs of coffee cultivation during a stay at Kinunu Guesthouse, located in the heart of a working plantation. Customizable overnight or daytime packages can also include farm tours, private beach swims, and bird-watching or boating trips on Lake Kivu, plus freshly prepared traditional meals.

Once you book with Usalama Tours, we can help you get a quick visa, in just 3 days, also our prices are very negotiable. We care about your diet, we usually ask you to tell us all that you will need to eat and will be prepared by your personal cooker once you reach the volcanoes summit.

Our drive-guides are well skilled and very knowledgeable about both the country and the wildlife. At Usalama Tours, we strive to help our guests enjoy their Travel Experience by making it memorable.

Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is as wild as its name, and on this tour, you’ll get to hike the spectacular Mount Bisoke. Leaving your Kigali lodging bright and early, you’ll make the drive across the countryside, meet up with a park ranger, and get to the trailhead before most other visitors. Then it’s off to the volcano’s flanks, up to the super-scenic crater lake, and back to civilization.

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

This is one affordable Short Rwanda Gorilla trek tour in Volcanoes National Park Safari. This best Safari Tour done with a very early morning pick up and drop off in Kigali town. This Rwanda Gorilla trekking safari is a trip to Volcanoes National Park which is the only habitat to Mountain gorillas in this land of a thousand hills. We will make sure you have a good time and enjoy yourself. INCLUDE : Accommodation, Meals,Transport and english speaking guide

A beautiful life experience tour with Kwafrika Travel Ltd at Nyiragongo volcano in the heart of Africa. Nyiragongo is a beautiful stratovolcano that features the world’s largest lava lake. The volcano’s forested lower slopes are home to a variety of animals, including chimpanzees, monkeys, and bushbuck. Nyiragongo’s summit rim is largely devoid of vegetation and is sometimes dusted with snow. From the rim, visitors can peer down into a churning lava lake and see and hear hot gases exploding up though a mosaic of molten lava. Although predictable and therefore safe for tourists, Nyiragongo is greatly feared during eruptions.

Mysteriously murdered in 1985, Dian Fossey was one of the world’s foremost experts on the endangered mountain gorilla. On this tour, you’ll hike to her home and grave in Volcanoes National Park, where she’s buried with 20 of her gorilla friends. An excursion that’s both steeped in nature and history, you’ll get to see a side of Rwanda beautiful, serene, and hard to forget.

When you visit Rwanda and Uganda with Heritage Safaris, you are guaranteed quality and luxury combined at affordable-yet competitive price! We ensure you have a memorable and extraordinary experience. Our packages take you to exciting tourist destinations in Rwanda and Uganda. We do not stop until our clients are fully satisfied! This package for one takes you on a remarkable journey to one of the five volcanoes in Rwanda. This package includes trekking to find golden monkeys and can also include hiking the mountain to find the marvelous view of a crater lake at the top. These activities vary according to the traveler's choice.

1-day gorilla trekking Rwanda is the shortest trip perfectly designed to suit the budget or visitors with a tight schedule. It is an incredible opportunity for you to be part of exhilarating mountain gorilla trekking in Rwanda. On this tour, you will be visiting Volcanoes National Park for a gorilla trekking experience. Leave Kigali early at 5Am enough for Volcanoes National Park located in Musanze district, Northern Rwanda. Drive time: 2-3 hours and enjoy a scenic drive of picturesque countryside. Meet the park official at Kinigi and get briefed, allocated to a gorilla family to visit and the actual trek start at exactly 8:00 am. Gorilla trekking in Rwanda today may take 2-6 hours and it covers 1 hour of magical encounters. After you get back to meet the driver guide take you to ibyiwacu culture village then lunch after drive to Gasumo falls on way to kigali city by stopping only 30 min, after you be transferred in Kigali and that marks the end of a 1-day gorilla trekking in Rwanda.