It will take you back to the pre-colonial times, explore the era under Germans and Belgians, and continue past Rwanda’s independence in 1962. Today the house is a museum full of excellent historical photography. Richard Kandt was an explorer and doctor from Germany who built the first brick house in 1907 Kigali became the capital of Rwanda only half a century later. There’s only a short walk left to the Kandt House where the city started. Such is Kigali’s general economic geography: the rich on hilltops, the poor close to the marshes.īut this is not the kind of poverty you might picture in an African city – just look at the City Market! The multi-storey structure will allow us to check on the variety of foods and items available to Kigalians, from Rwanda and abroad, from temperate and tropical environs. The hustle and bustle will replace the fancy buildings and empty walkways you experienced at the top of the Kiyovu hill. Making a living on the streets of Kigali photo by Anika Utkeįollowing the foreign exchange street we will slope into the commercial heart of the city. We will learn how Asians migrated to East Africa in the first half of the 20th century, and how they live now. The following stop is the only purely vegetarian restaurant in Kigali, where its Indian owner will have packed us some snacks for the way. The City Hall features an exhibition of the government’s vision for Kigali: an African Singapore with a lake replacing the swamp and skyscrapers everywhere, presented with a small-scale model. Nowadays the hotel is refurbished and not that interesting we have so much more to see! Kigali’s future photo by Miha Logar It was a sanctuary for 700 middle- and upper- class Tutsis during the genocide in 1994 from here people drank swimming pool water and faxed pleas to foreign powers. Once you take the city in visually, we will walk past Hotel des Mille Collines, made famous as “Hotel Rwanda” in the Don Cheadle movie (recorded in South Africa, not in Kigali). Kigali skyscrapers photo by Janez Hocevar (Don’t worry: the main direction is down-down-down). Our meeting place will be Ubumwe Grande Hotel, fantastically positioned to provide 360 degree vistas of Kigali City and help us mentally prepare for the walk during the guide’s briefing. Itinerary Kigali from Ubumwe Grande photo by Miha Logar Includes professional guidance, vegetarian snack, museum entry, amputee footballers contribution and ferry crossing. Price: USD 40 per person (2 people minimum)
session with the coolest sportsmen, amputee footballers.Half-Day Kigali Walking Tour /Rwanda/ Amputee footballer greeting photo by Miha LogarĮxperience all the fascinating levels of Rwanda’s capital city, from the cleanest streets and Africa’s most modern buildings to the simple yet pleasant everyday spaces of a common Kigalian.
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