Nyamirambo Walking Food Tour: A Journey through East African Cuisines in Kigali, Rwanda

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Embark on a flavorful journey through East African cuisines in Kigali, Rwanda’s Nyamirambo area. Discover traditional dishes, fusion creations, and local culinary delights on a walking food tour.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Nyamirambo - E.A.T. all that Rwanda has to offer with Jollof’Appétit. We do all the work so you can have all the fun sampling the local cuisine of Kigali, Rwanda.
Our walking food tours in Rwanda ensure quick & secure bookings, friendly faces, safe atmosphere, but more importantly - Happy & Full bellies!
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What's Included

Dinner
Lunch
Snacks
Bottled water
Carbonated beverages

What's Not Included

Alcoholic Beverages
Private transportation

Additional Information

Nyamirambo, the ever-vibrant heart of Kigali, presents itself as a central hub of Islamic culture, always pulsating with activity. The region boasts a vibrant locale known as the Car-Free Zone, with its vividly painted lanes making Nyamirambo an ideal destination for food lovers. Engage all your senses as you delve into the gastronomical journey through…

Location

KN 2 Avenue

Meet your Jollof'Appéti tour guide at ISAME restaurant, which is our 1st tasting spot - address is KN 2 Ave Nyarugenge district, Nyamirambo Sector. Isame has other locations - please go the correct location - KN 2 adjacent to MEREZ gas station and opposite from BAHAUS Night Club.

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Legg02

Feb 22, 2025

Great way to explore Kigali! - We had an outstanding food tour with Joselyto! We visited 5 different locations for a variety of food and drinks and got to learn a lot about the neighborhood and food in Rwanda as the day went on. This is not fine dining, it's local food with history, culture and a guide taking you to small shops that tourists would not find on their own. You will definitely end up full. Absolutely worth it in our opinion and Joselyto was a fantastic guide!

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Pam

Jan 5, 2025

Experience food highlights of Nyamirambo! - Our guide, Yves, was a fantastic guide and we enjoyed sharing stories, asking lots of questions and feasting our way through Nyamirambo. The visits are well paced and Yves has a high standard when selecting the local eateries and dishes. We got to sample different rice dishes, local lake Kivu sardines, fresh sugar cane juice, African tea and fresh fruit. I recommend this tour when visiting Kigali, I actually think it would have fun better on the earlier end of our time in the city, but due to schedules we did this on our last day. Either way it's a great afternoon spent!

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Elizabeth_g

Jul 27, 2024

Wonderful food with wonderful host - Our host Gaella Irakoze made us feel as part of the city scene by taking us to 5 delicious spots to eat local food! It was great to walk to the different venues and see and taste Kigali.

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Billy

Jun 6, 2024

Great tour - Myriam was great and excellent at explaining all the dishes! You will be nice and full by the end of your time. Very interesting neighborhood to walk through going from place to place as well!

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Andy_h

Feb 18, 2024

Great but a bit pricey - We really enjoyed our time with Yves exploring the area around Nyamirambo and sampling the local foods. It was a privilege to meet him and hear his stories. It was a bit pricey tho’ for the amount and type of food we sampled.

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Jill1717

Jan 11, 2024

Amazing experience - Walking thru the heart of Kigali- we are so many different foods and tastes local beverages. All is safe. No concern for water or anything that could get you sick. Authentic Rwandan at its best!

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Margaret_s

Oct 19, 2023

Interesting and different. - A very good experience. Our guide was Jovan, an extremely personable and polite young man. He explained the traditional Rwandan dishes that we were eating at each of the restaurants that we walked to. We would never been able to do this on our own. Thank you Jovan and Viator.

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Liang_z

Oct 3, 2024

not worth the money - At pickup time the guide does not shown, she didn’t notify of the booking. And we wait 45 minutes until the guide coming. The guide take us to 5 restaurants in 3 hours to try different food, the foods are normal street foods, and has nothing special, the food itself is 10-20$ together with a 3 hours guide worth maximum 40$, but the tour sold 89$ per person. I rate the value for this tour to 40$

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Denis_s

Jul 30, 2024

The tour guide was the only shining star here - I have taken about seven food tours and major cities around the world, and they have been wonderful. This leaves a little to be desired as we both really didn’t care for the food. I guess Rwandan cuisine really did nothing for us on the bright side, the guide, Gaella, was very personable and made everyone feel welcome. She was the bright shining star of the evening for what I paid. I would’ve rather have gone to an upscale hotel somewhere in a hotel.

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Reneel429

Aug 15, 2023

Fine experience but not worth the price at all - Jovan was friendly and pleasant. However the price of the tour is way too expensive for what is offered. The price should be closer to $15/$20. You will try some basic local dishes that are quite cheap and walk a few blocks. In general a nice experience but a huge rip off - I’ve been on food tours all over the world and none have been this low return on price. The operator is surely making tons of money (unclear how much is shared with the local guides).

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