ADVENTURE

2 Days Rwanda Cultural Trip

Tour Overview

The 2 days Rwanda cultural trip provides you with a great chance to explore and experience the unique cultures and traditions in the 2 villages/communities. The Rwanda cultural tour includes visiting the Iby’Iwacu cultural village. The Iby’Iwacu village is a perfect option for visitors on gorilla safari and can be visited after trekking gorillas in Volcanoes National Park. Expect to explore and experience the distinct cultures, traditions, and other practices of Rwandese while on a cultural tour in Iby’Iwacu Village.

Expect to also pay a visit to the Nyamirambo Women’s Centre for yet another exciting cultural experience. The Nyamirambo Women’s Center was officially launched to provide education and training to disadvantaged women so as to enable them gain better employment opportunities.

Brief itinerary

Day 1: A cultural tour to Iby’Iwacu village

Day 2: Community tour in Nyamirambo Women’s Center.

Detailed itinerary

Day 1: A cultural tour to Iby’Iwacu village
Leave your hotel in Kigali for a short city tour. The Kigali city expedition will involve visiting the Kigali memorial center, craft sites/shops, and others. Leave Kigali for Nyabigoma where you will connect to the Iby’Iwacu Cultural Centre. The 2-3 hours drive road trip will come with unmatched beauty from the countryside's breathtaking landscape featuring rolling hills.

Arrive early and visit Iby’Iwacu village. At Iby’Iwacu, you have a myriad of things that will leave lasting memories including storytelling, entertainment from cultural/traditional dances, and more. You will have a lunch break from Iby’Iwacu village. You will drive back from Iby’Iwacu village to Kigali.

Accommodation options
- Kigali Serena Hotel/Four Points by Sheraton
Day 2: A game drive & boat cruise

Enjoy your breakfast at leisure and after, you will proceed to Nyamirambo Women’s Center. The Nyamirambo Women’s Center is a local initiative and also a cultural center where you can learn different things including sisal basket weaving, traditional cooking classes or take a guided walk. There is also an art and craft gallery for you to buy some of the beautiful traditional African costumes.

After the morning tour, you will return to your lodge or hotel to have lunch at leisure. In the afternoon, you will connect up to Kigali International Airport (KGL) to take a flight back home.

End of tour

inclusions

Cultural tour.
Bottled drinking water.
Services of an experienced guide.
Travel using a 4x4 safari car.
Meals & accommodation for 1 night.

exclusions

Visas.
Tipping.
Laundry services.
Beverages.
Insurance.
Shopping expenses.
Porter fees.
Cigars.
Passports, etc.

About Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village

Iby’Iwacu Village is found adjacent to Volcanoes National Park Rwanda, one of the Africa’s premier gorilla trekking destinations. It is the most visited area for cultural experiences after or before tracking mountain gorillas. The Iby’Iwacu cultural village is home to the ex-poachers and a local initiative was launched to help them earn a living rather than depending on poaching practices/illegal activities.

Iby’Iwacu cultural village began in 2005 by reformed poachers and communities adjacent to Volcanoes National Park. At Iby’Iwacu village, visitors have a lot to be part including learning how the local banana beer ‘Urwagwa’ is made from the initial stages to the finished product. In the process, you will have a chance to taste what has been made or produced.

About Nyamirambo Women’s Center (NWC)

The Nyamirambo Women’s Center started in 2008 as a self-help group and luckily, it grew to be a center that provides free education for women in the Nyamirambo neighborhood. The center attracts many women who come for different purposes including sewing, handcraft making, literacy, English classes, computer lessons, and more. Today, the Nyamirambo Women’s Center serves as one of the outstanding community-based tourism initiatives in Rwanda providing classic cultural walks in Nyamirambo and Umutima.