Country Info
- Kigali
- Capital
- Rwanda Franc (RWF)
- Currency
- 7,312,756
- Population
- RW
- Country Code
Rwanda Slideshow
Top Hotels in Rwanda
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Kigali Serena Hotel
95 reviews -
Novotel Kigali Umubano
13 reviews -
Lake Kivu Serena Hotel Gisenyi
36 reviews
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Des Milles Collines Kigali
117 reviews
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Motel du Mont Huye Butare
8 reviews
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Sky Hotel Kigali
6 reviews -
Hotel Credo Butare
5 reviews -
Volcano Hotel Kigali
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Hotel Ibis Kigali
16 reviews
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Iris Guesthouse Kigali
17 reviews
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Golf Hills Residence Kigali
9 reviews -
Alpha Palace Hotel Kigali
2 reviews
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Stipphotel Kigali
9 reviews
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Hotel Baobab Kigali
1 review
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City Valley Motel Kigali
1 review
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Hotel Chez Lando Kigali
41 reviews
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Hotel Malahide Paradis Gisenyi
69 reviews
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Hotel Ubumwe Gisenyi
7 reviews
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Hotel Gorillas Kigali
22 reviews
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Kivu Sun Hotel Gisenyi
36 reviews
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Hotel Isimbi Kigali
9 reviews
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Hotel Okapi Kigali
29 reviews
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Lake View Apartments and Hotel Gisenyi
7 reviews
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Stipp Hotel Gisenyi
7 reviews
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Motel Ikaze Kigali
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Gorilla's Nest Hotel Ruhengeri
38 reviews
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Ninzi Hill Hotel Kigali
5 reviews
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Hotel Muhabura Ruhengeri
17 reviews
Rwanda
Travel Blogs from Rwanda
The Honeybee Waggle (and gorillas too!)
This is a top pick! ... called Musanze. It was wonderful driving into town and seeing the sun setting over the huge dormant volcanoes in the distance. Rwanda is a beautiful country and I liked it immediately. We had a very early start the next morning. Sunday was the day we ...
A mental day in Rwanda
This is a top pick! ... open until 9am. So instead of heading out of the hotel I had pleasant breakfast with Molly, a Canadian who worked in Rwanda as a volunteer for a while - we discussed the pros and cons on NGOs in Africa and George Bush's investments in alternative energy. ...
Would you like your Fanta hot or cold?
This is a top pick! ... of some of these street kids [and adults]. She didn't look old enough to be alive when the genocide happened though. As I said, Rwanda is a tiny country, so it didn't take long to get to Kigali. We tried the Auberge again, but they had no rooms. We ...
Rwanda Summary
This is a top pick! ... and the accommodation, whilst a little pricey, has been comfortable. It was nice to have a bath in Kigali. As I mentioned, Rwanda has recovered magnificently from the genocide 10 years ago. The memorials are sobering places, but it's worth going, just ...
Monkey business...
This is a top pick! ... waterfall... Then down to Kibale NP from Chimp walk, amazing, then relaxing at Bunyonyi crater lakes before crossing into Rwanda to Kigali. Nitty Gritty: From Kampala we travelled north west to Masindi, the gateway town to Murchison Falls National ...
Gorillas! An hour with the Sabinyo Group
This is a top pick! ... between Sabinyo and Mt Gahinga. Mt Sabinyo is massive - 3634m - and is smack bang on the meeting of the corners of Uganda, Rwanda and the DRC. The walk initially gives great views west, with Mt Visoke [Bisoke], 3711m, and Mt Karisimbi, 4507m, in the ...
Walk to the Congo border
This is a top pick! ... in a French accent] was mentioned and suddenly we noticed the pink outfits the axe-wielding men were wearing. Prisoners wear pink in Rwanda. In our defence they had taken their tops off in the sun and we couldn't see the trousers of most of them ...
Lake Kivu
This is a top pick! ... us a few days with which to go to Lake Kivu. We decided on Gisenyi rather than Kibuye since it's closer to Ruhengeri. Rwanda is small enough that everywhere is striking distance from anywhere, but still... Only thing left to do in Kigali was get ...
Ruhengeri-A close encounter with mountain gorillas
This is a top pick! ... was because as Paul Theroux put it in Dark Star Safari - 'Egypt is not really Africa' or if it was on religious grounds. Rwanda has a huge Christian population and there were churches all over the place. Thought it best to join in with the locals and ...
Honeymoon Time
This is a top pick! ... state of affairs left here by the Europeans that colonised Rwanda for a while. Also, The UN ignored warnings from those in Rwanda about what could potentially happen. Of course no-one could have predicted, and now can't believe the true horrors of ...
Genocide Tourism - The Memorials
This is a top pick! ... graves where each was handed a rose to lay on the grave site honouring the remains of the victims interred there, and all about Rwanda. From there, the guests climbed up onto a rain soaked hillside in the sticky mud to accept a seedling tree from one of ...
Muzungu in the mist......Gorillas...
This is a top pick! ... human children, parks officials say. from: http://www.nationaudio.com/News/EastAfrican/ Abstract: Visited the mountain gorillas in Rwanda which was magical, relaxed at Lake Bunyonyi (again), spent 14 amazing hours with the chimps back at Kibale, ...
Gisenyi, Why Did It Rain On Me?
This is a top pick! A shoe horn was required this time, but I got into the minibus for the 2 hour journey to Gisenyi. The bus fare was only about 2 US Dollars, I'd have loved to have bought 2 tickets so that I could travel with at least a little more comfort, but I just ...
Rwanda - Visa Issues and the Plastic Bag Police
This is a top pick! ... they seemed more concerned about people smuggling plastic bags than, say, drugs or firearms. Then I thought, "Good for Rwanda. What a forward thinking policy. This country must be more environmentally aware than any other country I'm come across. ...
Kigali
This is a top pick! ... read about a particular place click the links, otherwise read on below: ~ Lake Kivu ~ Gorillas [Ruhengeri] ~ Genocide Memorials ~ Rwanda Summary ~~~~~~~~~~ Day the Twenty-ninth - in which we blag passage to Rwanda and I unwisely lose my rag ...
Rwanda - The Genocide
This is a top pick! ... , find a copy of "Shooting Dogs", a (in my mind) better film. Read, try to understand, please. We, everyone, owes Rwanda that. And look: This is Fillete. She was two years old. Her favourite toy was a doll. Her favourite food was ...
To the hills
This is a top pick! ... Took a minibus to Ruhengeri - nice and cramped, but ok due to the window being open a crack. We got to see some of Rwanda [the last minibus ride being mostly in the dark]. The lady sat next to us sort of demanded we take down her details - ...
Back To Kigali In Style
This is a top pick! I was really worried that I'd be squeezed into one of tiny minibuses for 4 hours in order to return to Kigali. By luck I found a full size bus that does the trip, this was sheer heaven, I had a whole seat to myself for the trip back, fantastic. I was ...
Misty, The Performing Gorilla
This is a top pick! We caught a mini bus to Ruhengeri. We were pretty comfortable in it with plenty of space, The mini bus left and drove down the road, stopping at the big bus station at the edge of town. This is when the bus really filled up. The three of us were squashed ...
Genocide memorials
This is a top pick! ... internet. We try and keep in touch regularly, especially if we're about to cross into another country. We really are leaving Rwanda tomorrow. Heading south-east to the Tanzania border and then... we're not quite sure. Hopefully we can get a bus through ...
Kampala to Kigali
This is a top pick! ... before them. I was thrilled that there was no visa fee for South Africans! The culture changed immediately on entering Rwanda, and I was instantly intrigued and excited. They drove left hand drive vehicles on the RHS of the road, and ...
Don't Mean to Bug You...
This is a top pick! Everyone has a top ten list. You know, top ten places you would like to see. Top ten foods you love. Top ten people you would like to "get with". Whatever. Not many write a top ten list of the least pleasant experiences you would prefer not to ...
10 Signs You've Been Traveling in Africa Too Long
This is a top pick! Top 10 Signs You Have Been Traveling in Africa Too Long 1. You have begun to seriously consider the 80's as the greatest (and most recent) decade in music. 2. You don't feel truly comfortable on public transport unless there is a ...
Rwanda's Agony - 1 Million Individual Murders
This is a top pick! ... spot alone 250,000 murdered bodies lie. It was April 1994. The shooting down of a plane containing the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi who had been attending peace talks in Tanzania, was said to be the catalyst for an unbelievable 100 ...
Gazing at Gorilla's
This is a top pick! ... to Congo. Hills? I looked up to the towering Virunga Mountain range - hmmm, I would be up there soon. The mountains border Rwanda, Uganda and Congo, and our guide wasn't quite sure whether we actually stayed in Rwanda for our entire trek - we cross back ...
Lake Kibuye
This is a top pick! ... the ground, and peering underneath into the darkness, I could make out row upon row of coffins. I knew the statistics of Rwanda - 800,000 people died during the genocide, although Rwandans estimate it to be nearer one million, and watching as more ...
Journey to Kigali
... to despise the locals- think we are only after their money. But the other people in the queue were all speaking Kinya-rwanda (Rwandese language), French or Swahili. I'd tried to initiate a conversation with the guy standing behind me first in English and ...
climbing volcanoes: Karisimbi 4507m
... door het zadel tussen de Visoke en de Karisimbi. We hebben bij momenten een mooi zicht op de besneeuwde top van Rwanda's hoogste vulkaan. Karisimbi betekent 'witte schelp’ en dankt zijn naam aan het feit dat zijn top regelmatig een witte sneeuwmuts ...
Trip to the Burera lake
The Burera lake is in the very north of Rwanda. It borders Uganda. It is one of the poorest regions in Rwanda with a high rate of malnutrition among ...
Singapore to Kigali, Rwanda
... too confusing. We arrived at a hotel that looked like it was in the middle of a big European city...but this was Rwanda. Checked-in, got a beautiful room, ordered room service, watched rubbish TV and collapsed in a pile of exhaustion. Day One ...