The land of thousand hills on top of your bucket-list, Rwanda is filled with beautiful flora and fauna, unique culture, and a landmark that will steal your soul. Whether you’re a nature, culture, people, or adventure lover.
Top things to do in Rwanda
Rwanda offers more remarkable attractions than almost any other country. Discover the top best things to do in Rwanda, perfect for adventurers and wildlife lovers, cultural enthusiasts, and budget travelers.
KIGALI CITY TOUR
Very few travelers leave Rwanda without having stopped in Kigali. As the capital and commercial city of Rwanda, there are so many things to do in Kigali that are historically and culturally insightful and affordable. A sightseeing tour with our best tour guides is the best way to explore Kigali and see its past and present with your own eyes.
RWANDA HIKING ADVENTURES & NATURE WALKS
Hiking in the Volcanoes National Park
Volcanoes National Park
Stands at an elevation of 4,507 meters tall and accommodates the highest peak of the country, so you may want to spend time in mountainous areas before your hike so your body has time to adjust to the altitude you can stay in Musanze town.
You can hike in one day to other volcanoes or do an overnight at Kalisimbi so you don’t need to rush and you have more time to enjoy the views.
Nature Walks in Nyungwe National Park
Nyungwe national park offers visitors lush tropical scenery, indigenous wildlife, and countless adventures. rainforest trails to majestic waterfalls.
It’s a dense rainforest rich in biodiversity and things to do, it’s home to chimpanzees and other 12 primate species including the black and white colobus monkeys and over 300 bird species.
Hiking the Congo-Nile trail
As a very unique hike in Rwanda, the Congo-Nile Trail serves as a cultural experience blended with Hiking and Nature walk. Set at the banks of lake Congo-Nile trail has a unique experience, the local guide will take you around in local trails from Rubavu city to Rusizi with the amazing scenery of the lake.
Hiking in Kigali
For example, you’re spending more than just a day in Kigali and feel adventurous and want to explore more of Kigali. You can hike to the summit of the city Mount Kigali with the iconic view of the City. Want to spend more time there you can enjoy the view of the city, Horse riding, ziplining and more.
The Royal Trail Hiking
The “Royal Trail” is a cultural route with a maximum variety of cultural experience and ambiance. The trail is a unique, outstanding 10 km route that offers hikers experience in a compact manner and a combination of history, culture and Rwandan rural life, work of the people, especially in local agriculture, it connects Nyanza with the sites of the historic Rwandan royalty in the surrounding area. It also offers a variety of cultural landscapes that provide an authentic insight into life.
WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE IN RWANDA
Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Trekking
Mountain gorilla encounters are probably every nature lover’s lifetime experience, the dense jungle of the Volcanoes National Park trekking these giant families provides endless memories for wildlife lovers and we share 98% of our DNA with them.
Rwanda Chimpanzee Trekking
Chimpanzees are one icon of natural beauty in Nyungwe National Park by visiting/Trekking you will connect with mother nature, chimpanzees like us chimps are highly social animals, care for their offspring for years, and can live to be over 50. In fact, chimpanzees are our closest cousins, we share about 98% of our genes.
Akagera National Park Wildlife Experience
Watching animals feeding, playing, and interacting with their natural surroundings is a great way to get back to nature and escape everyday life. With so many wildlife species Akagera national park is the perfect location to see mother nature with your eyes from small insects, Africa’s big five, and over 500 bird species.
Golden Monkey Trekking in Rwanda
Add on to gorillas trekking experience you can bless your experience with some cute new faces in the Volcanoes national park the golden monkeys
Other Primate Tracking Nyungwe National Park
Nyungwe National Park is home to primate species from great apes to monkeys, Nyungwe is the only forest in Africa where black and white colobus monkeys form extremely and unusually large super-groups, ranging up to 450 individuals. This number is larger than any other groups recorded for this species.
Bird Watching in Rwanda
Rwanda has very marked differences in attitudes from West to East and different habitats towards the wild world and birds, in particular, Rwanda inhabits over 700 bird species from dense jungle birds to open savanna birds.
RWANDAN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES
Rwanda Museums
Want to do something good for yourself and the people you love? Go to a museum. Rwanda museums are the key way to connect your soul with Rwandan art, history, culture, and lifestyle.
Genocide against the Tutsis Memorial/Museums Visit
Museums are examples of informal learning environments, which means they are devoted primarily to informal education. The 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsis is the darkest history of the 20th Century within just over 100 days, more than a million Tutsi were systematically murdered.
A visit to a genocide memorial is the best way to learn the failure of humanity and learn how Rwandans are living after this tragedy which will leave you with a heart and spirit of fighting against such tragedy to never happen anywhere in the world.
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES
Visiting Reconciliation village
The Rwanda reconciliation village is located one hour’s drive from the capital of Kigali, Mbyo Reconciliation Village is where perpetrators and victims, murderers and survivors are neighbors. Neighbors murdered their neighbors in the genocide which left a destroyed community and this village is an important place to learn the reconciliation journey among Rwandans.
Local community visit
A community visit around Rwanda will connect you to the Rwandan community and enjoy the real lifestyle of the community, you can experience various cultural villages, art galleries, community projects, and more.
A TRIP TO LAKE KIVU
Lake Kivu has a thriving sense of Rwanda culture and an abundance of natural beauty, remarkable landscape, so exploring here is definitely one of the best things to do in Rwanda.
A boat trip from local boats will soak in the lifestyle. Must-see towns around the lake are Rubavu (Gisenyi), Karongi (Kibuye), and Rusizi all of which have the best local markets and lots of local handicrafts. These three towns are quite touristy, but worth it, to witness the more local lifestyle in Rwanda there is no shortage of fun things to do in Lake Kivu.
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