7-Day Rwanda Community Based Experience

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Arrival in Rwanda

You will be welcomed by our tour guide. You'll check in at the hotel. Optional afternoon activities (depending on the time of arrival) include exploring the city, local market, art gallery, and local restaurants. Your overnight stay will be at a hotel/lodge recommended in Kigali.

Main Destination:

Kigali

Accommodation:

Nziza View Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Kigali

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Kigali City Tour

You will visit Kigali Genocide Memorial Site, Kandt House, and Camp Kigali Memorial and wind up the day by visiting more genocide memorial sites in Bugesera. On this day, you will also have time to explore the local restaurants and get to know more about the capital city. Your overnight stay will be in Kigali.

Main Destination:

Kigali

Accommodation:

Nziza View Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Kigali

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to the Southern Rwanda

On day 3 of your trip, you will be able to visit the Kings’ Palace and Ethnographic Museums with a stopover at the Kamegeri Rock in the Southern Province of Rwanda. In the afternoon, you will go for a visit to Huye Mountain Coffee. Your dinner and overnight stay will be in Huye.

Main Destination:

Huye (City)

Accommodation:

Mere Du Verbe Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Butare (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Kivu

On day 4, after breakfast, you will depart from your hotel at 6:30 am. You will drive through Nyungwe National Park heading to Karongi with stopovers for tea plantations and tea leaves collections and views. You will stop in Nyungwe for an authentic village tour involving passing through the village, harvesting produce, and cooking local produce. Afterwards, you will drive to Karongi. Your meals and overnight stay will be at your hotel.

Main Destination:

Lake Kivu

Accommodation:

Ishara Beach Motel

• Budget hotel located at Lake Kivu

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Karongi Experience

You will visit the Environmental Museum in Karongi and learn more about different plant varieties used for traditional medicine. Afterward, you will experience a boat ride in Lake Kivu, and visit Amahoro and Napoleon Islands. You'll have lunch at Bethany Hotel and proceed for an afternoon transfer to Rubavu and overnight stay there.

Main Destination:

Rubavu (Lake Kivu)

Accommodation:

Musanto Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Gisenyi (Lake Kivu)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Pottery Experience

In Rubavu, you will visit the Potters community and do a cultural activity involving handicraft experience with traditional women's activities and dances. You will go to Rubavu town sightseeing. You will have lunch at Migano Cafe and drive to Musanze. Your dinner and overnight stay will be in Musanze.

Main Destination:

Musanze (City)

Accommodation:

Home Inn

• Budget hotel located in Ruhengeri (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Gorilla Guardians Village

You'll interact with Gorilla Guardians community members on their history and culture. This offers an adventurous stay in a traditional rural, Rwandan village that has existed for centuries living with and next to mountain gorillas in the park. The village gives you a rare chance to meet local people, in their environment, with a taste of our culture and traditions. Activities include a village walk, visiting the king’s house replica, traditional dances, and visiting local traditional healers among others. Afterward, you will visit the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey, have your local lunch, and depart back to Kigali Airport for drop off or your hotel.

Main Destination:

Kigali International Airport (Kigali)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.