1 Day Ntarama and Nyamata Genocide Memorials

Overview

This one-day Rwanda Genocide Memorial Experience offers a profound insight into Rwandan history. During the tour, you will visit the Nyamata and Ntarama Genocide Memorials, where you will gain a deeper understanding of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and its impact. Additionally, the day includes meaningful interactions with the local community, enriching your experience as you engage in various activities.

Itinerary in details

In the morning, the driver’s guide will pick you up from your hotel or residential house. You drive to Bugesera to visit Ntarama and Nyamata genocide memorial sites, and in the afternoon, we will return to Kigali. Contact us to book this 1 Day Ntarama and Nyamata Genocide Memorials tour.

Ntarama Genocide memorial site

Ntarama’s former Catholic church is now a memorial site. 5,000 people were massacred there on 15 August 1994 during the Rwanda Genocide. This memorial centre is one of six major centres in Rwanda that commemorate the Rwanda Genocide. This site is of particular national significance, and the human remains, clothing, and artefacts taken by those killed in the church remain on display at the site. A project to preserve the site in perpetuity is now being undertaken.

Nyamata Genocide memorial site

Nyamata is situated in Bugesera region, approximately 35 km from Kigali City in Rwanda. Nyamata and its surrounding region suffered some of the most extensive devastation, and horrifying violence that took place in 1994 against the Tutsi and moderate Hutus. The genocide memorial at Nyamata Church gives a deeply saddening and moving look into the reality of the Rwandan Genocide. When the Genocide began in April of 1994, all residents of the region gathered to seek protection at the local church. They locked the iron door with a padlock to protect themselves from the marauding killers, members of the Interahamwe Hutu Militia and the Rwandan Government Forces. The killers broke down the door, entered the church with rifles, grenades, and machetes, and massacred all the people who were in the church. About 10,000 victims were killed in and around the Catholic Church compound on April 10th, 1994, by the Hutu militias.

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