Coffee Plantation Tours in Rwanda
Coffee Plantation Tours in Rwanda are great for tourists flying into the country to consider on their safari plans as this crop to cup experience gives them a magical feeling with unforgettable memories to carry back home. Rwanda’s coffee is one of the country’s largest cash crop ranking 95% by average and has been recognized all over the globe as the finest coffee with high quality Arabica Varietal Bourbon that has a silky creamy body, hints of lemon and orange blossom plus caramel in the aftertaste and this is because of the country’s strategic location beneath the equator situated at high altitudes and mountainous with rich volcanic soils that receive consistent temperatures daily __ they provide perfect fertile soils to grow the best quality coffee beans thus has attracted many tourists to undertake Coffee Plantation Tours in Rwanda in order for them to discover the steps, organic and natural brew processes involved in growing and preparing the World’s Best Coffee, which in return have always left the tourists with the most fascinating experiences from the Coffee Plantation Tours In Rwanda and the mesmerizing nature, rolling hills and landscapes they adventure that surround these coffee plantations.
However a Coffee Plantation Tour in Rwanda mostly occurs in the North and Western Provinces especially the usually done crop to cup experience along the shores of Lake Kivu where by the trip starts with a Boat Cruise on this lake from Gisenyi a resort town on the shores of Lake Kivu which comes with rewards of spotting the beautiful Mount Nyiragongo in DR Congo in the morning hours coming out of the shadows as the sun arises, enjoy viewing a variety of numerous birds on the different islands on Lake Kivu as well as the fresh water breeze then continue to Nyamirundi Island where the fully- bodied coffee sought for around the entire world is grown on steep and rolling hills by Rwandan cooperatives namely the Ingoboka locally named. You will enjoy the beautiful and wonderful sceneries of the rolling hills and landscapes where these numerous Coffee plantations seat and many other eye catching attractions as you ride through the blue fresh waters of Lake Kivu with fresh breath.
On reaching Nyamirundi Island,you will visit the Ingoboka Rwandan cooperative’s marvelous Coffee plantations that sustain many Rwandan people economically with over 2,000 members of the cooperative of whom own small coffee farms on this island and you will be able to interact with the local farmers lively as you take part in the educative sessions of the Coffee growing processes and about the entire Coffee Production chain of Crop to Cup including the picking of Coffee beans that are ready for harvest from the plantation to the washing station where this Coffee is washed, sorted, pulped, fermented and graded to the predetermined standard guidelines, also take part in an open fire coffee roasting and finally Coffee tasting which will make your Coffee Plantation Tours in Rwanda experience a story to tell as you won’t live with any more questions about the finest, unique and exquisite Coffee that several people in the entire world delight in from Rwanda thus a wonderful adventure. Have the best taste colored with great flavor if you’re a coffee love, fresh from the gardens with not any toxic addition, giving an authentic coffee experience.
You must keep in mind that this adventure safari to the Coffee plantations is not arranged by the coffee farmers, cooperatives or washing station thus arrange your trip with any tour operator company in Rwanda i.e. Rwanda Eco Company and Safaris for a well- planned incredible Coffee Plantation Tours in Rwanda or include this wonderful activity to your other tour activities which will make your whole adventure in Rwanda a memorable one with unforgettable moments.