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Rwanda:
Kigali
Located at Rwanda’s geographical heart, the rapidly growing city of Kigali is not only the national capital, but also the country’s most important business centre and main port of entry.
Serviced by an efficient international airport and connected to neighbouring Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi by surfaced roads, Kigali City boasts a range of hotels catering to all tastes and budgets, and an assortment of fine restaurants whose menus reflect the country’s historical links with Belgium, while also embracing numerous other international cuisines.
Despite such concessions to modernity, Kigali City retains the feel of a garden city. The compact, low-rise city centre surrounds a busy, colourful market, and is studded with souvenir stalls displaying a wide range of local crafts. The atmospheric Muslim quarter is well worth a visit, and you can also explore the network of leafy avenues that wind out of the town centre into the surrounding residential suburbs.
Among the safest and friendliest of African capitals, Kigali City is blessed with a moderate high altitude climate that belies its tropical location.
The Kigali Memorial Centre is built on a site where over 250,000 people are buried. The Centre is a permanent memorial to those who felled victim to the genocide and serves as a place for people to grieve those they lost.
In and around Kigali
Kigali is home to a number of good restaurants. The National Museum and the Kigali Memorial Centre are worth visiting.
Akagera, Volcanoes and Nyungwe National Parks are all located in reasonably close proximity to the city and are easily accessible by road.
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Accommodation in Kigali (Rwanda)
The Mille Collines is a large four star hotel situated among beautiful gardens in downtown Kigali, Rwanda.
Kigali Serena Hotel is situated in Central Kigali, the commercial heart of Rwanda, and only 10 km from Kigali International Airport.
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Set at a relatively low altitude on the border with Tanzania, Akagera National Park could scarcely be more different in mood to the breezy cultivated hills that characterise much of Rwanda.
Located at Rwanda’s geographical heart, the rapidly growing city of Kigali is not only the national capital, but also the country’s most important business centre and main port of entry.
Nyungwe Forest National Park is one of the best places in the world to see a range of different primate species.
Rwanda's lakes offer visitors glimpses into ancient African lifestyles. Here, fishermen still fish in dugout canoes unchanged in design for centuries, while the local populace can be seen working, or sitting on the shores in colourful local dress, smoking traditional wooden pipes.
Volcanoes National Park is situated in the Virunga Mountains in northwest Rwanda and ideal for gorilla trekking.
