Day Tours from Kigali
Day Tours from Kigali offer busy travelers a fantastic way to experience Rwanda’s rich culture, wildlife, and natural beauty within a limited time frame. Whether it’s before or after a meeting, these tours provide a perfect escape to experience the diversity of Rwanda, from Kigali city tours to national park adventures and Genocide Memorial visits.
Kigali City Tour
A single day Kigali City Tour offers you with a fully packed fun and adventure day as you tour around the whole of this cleanest city with intimate views of beautiful kigali from a hike to Mount Kigali, tasting the local culture of Rwandans from Nyamirambo town while visiting the Nyamirambo Women’s Center, visit Kigali Genocide Memorial Grounds that commemorates and acts as a final resting place for over 250,000 victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide with testimonials and information about the entire horrific incident, you can as well visit local craft shops, markets that will spice up your day into a wonder.
Genocide Memorial Sites: Nyamata and Ntarama
Visit the Nyamata and Ntarama Memorial Sites in the south of Kigali with roughly 45 minutes’ drive and get a deeper insight into the entire Genocide incidence with fresh information from the survivors and listen to stories of how these Rwandans have managed to overcome their past dark experience and are now leaving in peace and harmony with each other through reconciliation and commitment to create peace in the country.
Gorilla and Golden Monkey Trekking in Volcanoes National Park
Take a one day Gorilla Trekking adventure or Golden Monkey Trekking activity in Volcanoes National Park and have yourself an encounter with these giant Endangered Mountain Gorillas or the shy but yet exciting Golden Monkeys in their natural habitat thus fulfill your exploration dreams.
Adventures in Nyungwe National Park
You can as well either have a one day Canopy Walk adventure experience in Nyungwe National Park in the southern province of Rwanda with an enroute visit to the Royal King’s Palace Museum or Ethnographic Museum that will give you a great insight into the Rwandan culture including their kings or partake one day Chimpanzee Trekking or Colobus Monkey Trekking in Nyungwe.
Wildlife Tour in Akagera National Park
Have a one day wildlife tour to Akagera National Park in north eastern Rwanda the only Savannah park in Rwanda a home to the Big 5 Animals and enjoy a whole day of Game Drive spotting a number of Wildlife animals such as Elephants, Hippos, different Antelopes, Buffaloes, Zebras, Lions, numerous birds, some primates as well as enjoying the nature feeling of being in the far wilderness.
Hiking the Virunga Massif
For hiking lovers enjoy nature and hiking the steep terrains of great Virunga massive in Volcanoes National Park while undertaking one day Mount Bisoke hike one of the dormant volcanoes in the Virunga volcano chain seated at an altitude of 3711metres and enjoy the reward of a fascinating crater lake at its top, you can as well take a one day hike to Diane Fossey tomb an American primatologist and conservationist that did intensive study about gorillas in Volcanoes National Park but was later killed and her tomb lies among many Gorilla graves at the Karisoke Research Center that she established at an altitude of 3000 metres between Mount Karisimbi and Mount bisoke.
Cultural Experience at Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village
There is a one day tour from Kigali to the Ibyi’wacu Cultural Village lying in the shadows of Volcanoes National Park where the ex-poachers happily welcome you to their village with amazing cultural dance performances and songs as you head to learn about the Rwandan traditional lifestyle including traditional weddings performance, milk rituals, local beer and food production, listening from a traditional healer and many others that will fill your day with fun and incredible joy.
Additional Day Tours
Other day tours from Kigali may include bird and nature walks plus waterfall hikes from Nyungwe National Park, visit to Lake Kivu the largest lake in Rwanda for a Boat Ride, Canoe Ride or any lake sporting activity like Kayaking and enjoying seating in the sand at the beaches on the shores of Lake Kivu as well as enroute visit to the twin lakes hence making your stay in Rwanda an adventure filled with moments to live for.
For those interested in extending their stay, additional itineraries and tours can be arranged to accommodate longer visits. Check out our website for suggested itineraries and let us help you plan an unforgettable safari adventure in Rwanda.
