Cultural Walking Tour in Nyamirambo: Led by Akilah Student Guides
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5 Ratings
Kigali

Experience the vibrant Nyamirambo neighborhood through the eyes of Rwanda’s future leaders on a cultural walking tour led by Akilah student guides. Learn about the history, visit local shops, and support education for future leaders.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Akilah Institute For Women - We’ll start at the Akilah Campus of Davis College - Rwanda’s only all women’s college. You’ll be met by one of our Akilah Guides - current and former students who are Rwanda’s next generation of leaders. After, you’ll get an overview of our unique model of education, student life, and our plans for growth in Rwanda and the continent!
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

We offer a cultural walking tour led by our amazing Akilah student guides. This tour gives you insight into local life for young people through the eyes of Rwanda’s future leaders.
We meet at the Akilah Cafe for a refreshment and snack as well an introduction to Akilah’s education and leadership model. We’ll take a short tour of campus and then walk…

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Location
Akilah Institute For Women
KN 77 Street
When you are on the main road with the Serena Hotel, continue past and take a right at Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village. You will see our big signpost. Continue to follow the main road as it curves and make a left on the dirt road, KN 79 Street. Follow to our parking entrance on the left.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Miriam
Nov 21, 2019
Loved this! For those who want a deeper Kigali experience. - We were lucky enough to book our Akilah tour on Umuganda, the national cleaning day. Working side-by-side set the tone. We were immediately joking, talking about dreams (One of our hostesses, Devine, had just launched her own business, and two in our group have start-up ambitions), and when we set off to tour the bustling neighborhood of Nyamirambo, it felt like we were already old friends. Nyamirambo was full of color, sound, twisting alleys adorned with graffiti, and fabulous street food. My only regret is snacking so much before Devine invited us into her home to have lunch with her family. They were consummate hosts, and there is nothing like a home cooked meal after being on the road. We ended the afternoon with a tour of Akilah's campus, where we gabbed about entrepreneurship, innovation, tech trends and our hopes & fears regarding social impact work. Finding kindred spirits when traveling is a little bit like magic. Big thanks to Akilah, for bringing everyone together.
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Shannon
Nov 5, 2019
Experiencing through local eyes - I had a wonderful guided walk by Akilah students through Nyamirambo and would highly recommend this local experience with Akilah Tours!
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Hlally009
Oct 15, 2019
Amazing Tour of Kigali and Davis College - Akilah Campus! - The Akilah Adventures tour was an amazing experience!! I participated in the half-day walking tour that is led by a current Akilah student who is pursuing a degree in Entrepreneurship -- I personally loved this aspect of the tour because you get to learn about the Akilah Campus and the local area of Kigali from a students perspective. Our tour started at Davis College - Akilah Campus, where we got to meet with current students and Akilah alumni, and have a private tour of the campus. Then we walked through the streets of the lively and historic neighborhood of Nyamirambo and stopped at an authentic Rwandan milk bar and the local women's center. We then ended the tour at the Camp Kigali memorial. I would definitely recommend this tour (or the full day tour if time allows)! It was a great way to learn about Rwanda, and more specifically Kigali and Akilah, through the perspective of a local Rwandan. Plus, the Akilah Adventure staff is awesome! They are very accommodating, reliable, and friendly!
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6493ripplej
Sep 19, 2019
Information Session was fantastic - I had the privilege of participating in a tour and meetings with the faculty and students of the Akilah Institute. The Akilah Institute is an all-girls university in Kigali founded in 2010 by American Elizabeth Dearborn-Hughes that provides young women with the opportunity to study business/entrepreneurship, IT, or hospitality. My tour guide was Divine Uwase, a second-year student who had already started her own tour outfit, “Sharama Tours”, and secured funding from people who believed in her unique approach to tourism, openness to feedback and sheer intellectual horsepower/gumption. She introduced me to other fantastic faculty across all of the disciplines and I learned a ton about how they get their students job offers, pursue social impact, and foster entrepreneurial spirit. I could go on and on about how great the visit was. Thank you so much!
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Marcel
Sep 8, 2019
Not on a Sunday - I booked this tour on a Sunday which was worthless, because the whole camp was closed; therefore nothing to see. Therefore we had time to visit a blegium memorial and a small tour by car. In the confirmation was written "including" lunch, but that I had to pay by myself. At the end it was ok, because the young guide was very friendly, tried to do her best and the agency offered an other visit by e-mail later.
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