Rwanda beyond
the national parks

The city

Kigali will surprise you

Most visitors arrive expecting to be in Africa the way they've imagined it. Kigali changes that picture within the first hour. Clean streets, functioning traffic, brilliant food, a skyline that's still growing. People who come for gorillas often say the city was one of their favourite parts of the trip.

I grew up here. There are parts of Kigali that most tourists never see — the neighbourhoods, the local markets, the restaurants that don't show up in any guidebook. That's what I show you when we do the city tour.

Rwanda's recent history is heavy, and it deserves to be understood. I take every guest to the Kigali Genocide Memorial. It's not easy. But leaving without going would be leaving without understanding the country you're in.

— Che

Half day or full day

Kigali city tour

We start early in Kimironko market, where Kigali actually wakes up. Then the Inema Arts Center — Rwanda's best contemporary art gallery. The Kandt House history museum. Local coffee shops. And wherever the day takes us.

Allow 2–3 hours

Kigali Genocide Memorial

Over 250,000 people are buried here. The memorial tells the history of what happened in 1994 and the extraordinary process of rebuilding that followed. I visit every single trip. I always will.

Near Nyungwe route

King's Palace Museum

In Nyanza, south of Kigali, the rebuilt royal palace gives you a window into pre-colonial Rwanda — the royal court, the long-horned Inyambo cattle, and a culture that existed for centuries before colonisation.

Southern Rwanda

Ethnographic Museum

Rwanda's national ethnographic collection in Huye. Traditional instruments, clothing, tools, and art — everything that made daily Rwandan life what it was across the centuries.

Near Nyungwe

Tea & coffee plantation

We walk the plantation rows, learn how Rwanda's highland tea and coffee are grown and processed, and sit down with a fresh cup you watched being made. This is one of the experiences guests ask about most afterwards.

By arrangement

Traditional dance & music

Rwanda's intore warriors performed for kings. We arrange private cultural performances — not tourist shows, but real cultural exchanges with communities who are genuinely proud to share.

The table

Dinner at Meza Malonga

Meza Malonga in Musanze was named one of the World's 50 Best Restaurants — and if you've been, you understand why. Chef Dieuveil Malonga takes Rwandan and Central African ingredients and does things with them that feel genuinely new.

We book a table for every group that comes through. It's not optional in my mind — it's the meal that ties everything together. Rwanda's food, Rwanda's story, on a plate.

Where to eat in Rwanda