Our tours focus on Rwandan wildlife, culture, and natural beauty, showcasing local attractions that Rwanda is proud of.

3 DAYS INTER-CULTURAL EXCHANGE TOURS (KIBUYE / COFFEE TOURS)

Day 1: Arrival in Kigali
Arrive at Kigali airport and meet your representative. After a briefing, enjoy a city tour visiting landmarks like the Richard Kandt House (now a Natural History Museum), Nyamirambo, Mt Kigali, and the Genocide Memorial. Check into your hotel in the afternoon.

Overnight: Nest Guest House

Day 2: Transfer to Musanze & Cultural Tour
After breakfast, drive to Musanze (94 km from Kigali), passing through Rwanda’s scenic hills. Visit Nyakinama Village and check into Red Rocks Camp. Experience an intercultural exchange with locals, learning about their cuisine, dance, local games, and beer-making. Participate in art workshops and enjoy a bonfire with traditional entertainment.

Overnight: Red Rocks Camp

Day 3: Coffee Tour & Return to Kigali
Drive to Kibuye, visit Kinunu coffee washing station for a 2-hour coffee experience, learning about coffee farming. Have lunch at Rushel Kivu before returning to Kigali for your final departure.

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5 DAYS CULTURAL TOURS

Day 1: Arrival in Kigali
Arrive at Kigali airport and meet your representative. After a briefing, enjoy a city tour visiting landmarks like the Richard Kandt House (now a Natural History Museum), Nyamirambo, Mt Kigali, and the Genocide Memorial. Check into your hotel in the afternoon.

Overnight: Nest Guest House

Day 2: Transfer to Musanze & Cultural Tour
After breakfast, drive to Musanze (94 km from Kigali), passing through Rwanda’s scenic hills. Visit Nyakinama Village and check into Red Rocks Camp. Experience an intercultural exchange with locals, learning about their cuisine, dance, local games, and beer-making. Participate in art workshops and enjoy a bonfire with traditional entertainment.

Overnight: Red Rocks Camp

Day 3: Coffee Tour & Return to Kigali
Drive to Kibuye, visit Kinunu coffee washing station for a 2-hour coffee experience, learning about coffee farming. Have lunch at Rushel Kivu before returning to Kigali for your final departure.

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5-Day Cultural Tours

This tour promotes sustainable development through activities that engage local communities, helping lift people out of poverty.

Day 1: Arrival & Transfer to Musanze
Arrive in Kigali and transfer to Musanze. Visit Kirenge Cultural Center to see authentic Rwandan artifacts, then head to Red Rocks for overnight.

Overnight: Red Rocks

Day 2: Canoeing & Cultural Tour
Canoe on a river near the gorillas, taking in the views and birdlife. In the afternoon, learn to make banana beer.

Overnight: Red Rocks

Day 3: Golden Monkey Trek & Beekeeping
Trek for golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park, then return for a beekeeping demonstration, learning traditional honey harvesting techniques.

Overnight: Red Rocks Campsite

Day 4: Agritourism Experience
Visit local farms to learn traditional farming methods. Participate in tree planting and conservation programs. In the afternoon, join a women’s group to make Agaske baskets.

Overnight: Red Rocks Campsite

Day 5: Twin Lakes Tour & Departure
Visit the twin lakes Bulera and Ruhondo, enjoy a boat ride, and explore the local communities. Return to Kigali for departure.

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10 DAYS EXPLORE RWANDA/Cultural, History & Nature

This tour covers Rwanda’s national parks and offers an incredible experience of wildlife, biodiversity, and authentic cultural exploration.

Day 1: Arrival & Transfer to Hotel
Arrive in Kigali and transfer to your hotel.

Overnight: Kigali

Day 2: Kigali City Tour & Transfer to Akagera
Explore Kigali, visiting the Genocide Memorial and other historical sites. Drive to Akagera National Park for an overnight stay.

Overnight: Akagera

Day 3: Game Drives in Akagera
Go on a morning game drive in Akagera to spot elephants, buffalo, antelope, zebras, giraffes, and more. Return to the lodge for lunch.

Overnight: Akagera

Day 4: Transfer to Nyungwe & Kings Palace
Drive to Nyungwe National Park, stopping at Nyanza’s Royal Kings Palace and Butare’s National Museum.

Overnight: Nyungwe

Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking
Embark on a chimpanzee trekking adventure in Nyungwe Forest, home to various primates. Enjoy optional activities in the afternoon.

Overnight: Nyungwe

Day 6: Transfer to Rubavu & Coffee Tour
Drive to Gisenyi, on the shores of Lake Kivu. Visit a coffee plantation and learn about the coffee-making process.

Overnight: Rubavu

Day 7: Transfer to Musanze & Lake Kivu Exploration
Explore Lake Kivu, then drive to Ruhengeri, at the base of the Volcanoes, and relax at Red Rocks Camp.

Overnight: Red Rocks Camp

Day 8: Golden Monkey Trek
Trek for golden monkeys in Volcanoes National Park. Learn about art and conservation at Red Rocks and join a beekeeping association.

Overnight: Red Rocks Campsite

Day 9: Cultural Tour
Visit a local village, learn farming techniques, and participate in banana beer making. In the afternoon, join a women’s group to make baskets.

Overnight: Red Rocks Campsite

Day 10: Twin Lakes Tour & Return to Kigali
Visit the twin lakes Bulera and Ruhondo, take a boat ride, and visit an island community before returning to Kigali for departure.

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CULTURAL & ARCHEOLOGY TOURS

This tour provides an in-depth look at Rwanda’s history, culture, and mythology.

Day 1: Arrival in Rwanda
Arrive at Kigali airport, where you’ll be picked up and transferred to your hotel.

Overnight: Kigali

Day 2: Kigali City Tour
Explore Kigali, visiting historical sites like the Genocide Memorial and the Belgian Camp.

Overnight: Kigali

Day 3: Transfer to Huye & Kings Palace
Visit the Royal Kings Palace and the Ethnographic Museum in Butare to learn about Rwanda’s history and culture.

Overnight: Huye

Day 4: Transfer to Rusizi & Visit Kinyaga
Drive to Rusizi, visiting the Kinyaga Kingdom’s historic sites and learning about Rwanda’s borders.

Overnight: Rusizi

Day 5: Transfer to Rubavu & Coffee Tour
Visit a coffee plantation and learn the coffee-making process.

Overnight: Rubavu

Day 6: Transfer to Musanze & Bigogwe Visit
Learn about Rwandan cattle farming and traditions at Ibere Rya Bigogwe.

Overnight: Musanze

Day 7: Cultural Tour
Engage in farming, beer making, and basket weaving in a local village.

Overnight: Musanze

Day 8: Visit Liberation Museum & Transfer to Airport
Visit the Rwanda Liberation Museum in Byumba, then transfer to Kigali airport for departure.

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Red Rocks art gallery an initiative destined to promote descent work and economic growth, the art pieces   produced have the    message on conservation and the youth have the opportunity to profit from their skills.

Mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) silverback in Susa group, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda

Become part of a village family by visiting their gardens, cutting grass for farm animals and be introduced to traditional methods of farming for an agricultural activity

Experience extraordinary biodiversity, with incredible wildlife living throughout Rwanda’s montane rainforest and sweeping plains

Nyungwe Forest hosts these intelligent primates who are an endangered species. The forest harbors more than 275 endemic and migratory bird species recorded Including the Ruwenzori turaco, Ross’s turaco, Grey –cheeked hornbill, Red-throated alethe, Red-breasted sparrow hawk, White-headed wood-hoopoe, Kungwe apalis, Ruwenzori batis, Blue-headed and Regal sunbirds

Red Rocks Initiative for Sustainable Development is an African non-governmental organization established in 2017 to enhance sustainable development in the Virunga Mountains region in East Africa.We believe in community-driven sustainable development. Red Rocks Initiative supports locally-led environmental conservation and sustainable tourism initiatives. Our initiatives provide viable livelihoods for local communities and have the power to lift underserved communities out of poverty and instill in them a sense of purpose and pride. 

Banana beer, or “urwagwa” in Kinyarwanda, is a traditional beer made from fermentation of mashed bananas.

The tours provide a profound and enlightening journey through a country that has overcome significant challenges to become a symbol of resilience and progress.

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