Safari Lodges & Camps, Rwanda, Accommodation in Kigali

Hotels and lodges in Kigali - Rwanda's Capital

1.      Bloom hotel. This is located at Kimironko, 7 minutes drive from Kigali International Airport, with 26 fully refurbished rooms; 10 doubles, 3 twins, 10 singles, and 3 small.

Services offered include;

• Internet Wi-Fi
• Laundry (cost at the reception)
• Restaurant opened from 7 am to 11pm
• Room services.
• MTN air time cards
• Ticket confirmations
• Sim cards and calling cards

 2. Chez Lando.  This is 5 minutes drive from Kigali International airport, with 82 exclusive rooms.It is a hotel where people of all social and economic backgrounds can meet to conduct business or simply mingle and have a good time. Each room is equipped with;

• Color TV with 6 international channels via satellite,
• Telephone,
• Hot shower and bath,
• Comfortable beds,
• Daily maid service,
• A refrigerator.

On the premises there is access to:

• A business center with computer, e-mail, printer and copy machine,
• A high speed wireless internet connection within the hotel
• A reputable French Restaurant, with views of bustling street life,
• Outdoor restaurant/barbeque with a fabulous grill, bar, pool table and tvs,
• A children’s playground with colorful swings and rides.

3. Hotel Des Mille Collines. This is a four star hotel, situated in a large exotic garden downtown Kigali city with 112 exclusive rooms. Each room is full equipped with;

·         Direct telephone.
·         Flat screen TV.
·         Wireless internet.
·         Air condition
·          Mini bar.
·         Electronic safe.

          The hotel also offers facilities and leisure like;

-  Swimming pool.
-  A fitness room
-  A floodlit tennis court.
-  A golf court is 500m away.

 4. Laico Umubano Hotel Kigali. This is a four star hotel, located 5km from Kigali city center, atop one of the hills that make up the city, with 97 rooms, 3 suites. The hotel also has a bar, restaurant, and leisure facilities.

Each room is fully fitted with;

- Audible smoke alarms
- Satellite/cable colour TV
- RJ 11 outlet
- 220/240 V AC
- Wi-Fi wireless Internet access
- Security peephole
- Safe deposit box in room
- Bathroom with a bathtub

   Relaxation and leisure facilities include;

• Sauna
• Hammam
• Fitness centre
• Outdoor unheated pool
• Massage (paying)
• Tennis court
• Clay tennis court
• Outdoor tennis court
• Tennis lessons (paying)
• Other sports activities
• Volley ball facilities

5. Aberdeen House Hotel.

This has 10 self contained rooms and suites with King-size beds.

The hotel has facilities like rooms suited with;

-Quality bed linen and comfortable double bed
-Complimentary beer, juice and more in your mini bar fridge
-Sony TV, DSTV and GTV, DVD player
-Fruit Basket
-Wide and large in size
-Phone and fax use
-Wireless Internet connectivity
-Office facilities
-Bathroom (Bath tab)
-Hair Dryers
-Room service
-Outdoor terrace
-Daily room service
-Security-24 hours armed security guards
-Standby generator
-Secure car park.

Laundry and airport charges are also available but at an extra charge.

6.Serena Hotel.  This is located in the heart of the city with a beautiful view of the capital and its neighborhood. It is 10km from Kigali international airport, with 104 rooms which are all luxurious, ranging from the presidential suites, luxury suites and small deluxe rooms. All rooms feature satellite TV, tea-/coffee-making facilities, mini bar, room safe and telephone.

The main restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, while the bar serves drinks on the terrace or in the lounge. There is also a coffee bar that serves light snacks.

Other facilities include;

- Swimming pool
- Restaurant & bar
- Gymnasium
- Conference centre
- Beauty salon

 7. Stipp hotel Kigali. This is situated 12km from the airport, in the hub of Kigali, with 50 fully refurbished rooms; 24 double and 26 singles. The hotel also has a restaurant which offers a taste from the sidewalks of the café: de Paris to the heart of the Italian Riviera. The menu is a mixture of French cuisine and Italian flavors.

As most Rwandese eat bananas as a staple diet, the menu offers delicious deep fried or pot boiled bananas with 'spinards' and 'petit pois' as well as a daily specials menu.

Guest services include;

• 24-hour CCTV
• 24-hour Security guards
• 24-hour Reception service
• Room service
• DSTV satellite television
• Restaurant
• Fully equipped conference center
• Fully equipped gym
• Massage parlor
• Sauna
• Steam bath
• Swimming pool
• Pool bar
• Wireless internet
• Safes
• Sandals
• Water
• Laundry services.

Conference services include;

• 50 Seater conference facility or 12 seater conference facility
• Projector
• Flip charts
• Secretarial Services
• Planing
• Facsimile
• Wireless internet connection
• Banquet facilities such as buffet lunches
• Coktails and snacks

8. The Country Inn. This is located in a serene and quiet environment in Nyarutarama, 15minutes from the Kigali International airport.

Its accommodation consists of executive suites, deluxe rooms, standard rooms, a family suite and a studio suite. All rooms are equipped with private baths or showers, TV’s with DSTV connection, Telephones, reading tables, dressing mirrors and Wi-Fi access. In addition to these, executive and deluxe rooms have ACs, Mini bars, coffee and tea making facilities.

The hotel has also;

-          A restaurant with both African and continental cuisine.

-          A health and leisure center, with a fully equipped gym, steam bath and massage room.

-          A business centre fully equipped with personal computers, Internet, photocopying, printing, scanning and full support service.

 9.Top Tower Hotel.  Top Tower Hotel Kigali is only 15 minutes from the airport and 15 minutes from the city centre in the business district of Kacyiru. The Crystal View Bar located on the top floor of the hotel offers a truly stunning view over "One Thousand Hills". The Hotel is ideal for business and leisure visitors travelling to Rwanda.  It has spacious rooms and suites with panoramic windows feature, free wireless high speed internet, mini bar, safe, large screen TV with international cable channels.

Generally, the rooms feature;

•  International cable TV channels
• Electronic in-room safe
• Mini bar
• 24 hour room service
• Individual air-conditioning control
• Complimentary airport transfers

For meeting and events, the hotel offers the following;

• Audio Visual and sound systems (available upon request)
• Coffee Breaks
• Complimentary mineral water
• Mints
• Writing Pads and Pens
• Flipchart with Markers
• Buffet Luncheon 

HOTELS IN RUHENGERI - RWANDA GORILLA SAFARIS

 1. Home Inn. This is located in the volcanic area of Rwanda, close to the home of the Gorillas, in Musanze Province. The Hotel has 12 comfortable self contained rooms, fully Equipped with satellite TV with more channels, wireless internet, and external phone lines.
The rooms also have comfortable beds and pillows and free in-room broadband internet access and water coolers, as well as modern bath rooms, complete with complimentary bathroom kit and fresh bath towels. While at the hotel, you can call it a home away from home.

Other facilities include;

-Conference facility.
-Restaurant, with a perfect dining.

2. Kinigi Guest House. This is situated in Eastern North of Rwanda, in Kinigi district, 11 Km from Ruhengeri City. It is the comfy gateway to the majestic beauty of the volcanic mountain range, the natural habitat of the rare mountain gorillas.  It is constructed at the bottom of Sabinyo volcanic mountain with an altitude of 4,480 m.

The Guest House accommodates over 40 people and all its rooms have electricity and warm water. It has four VIP suites and an ideal hall with 400-seat capacity, for conferences, seminars, weddings and other social functions.

The Guest house has also;

• restaurant with great food at great prices.
• lounge with fire place
• ideal base for gorilla trekking

3.Muhabura Hotel. This is located in Musanze district, opposite the District headquarters at the right side the Bank of Kigali and the main road from Ruhengeri to Gisenyi. It is 5 minutes drive from downtown, and is found in a town closest to the Volcanoes National Park, an undoubtfully convenient base from which you can easily trek Mountain Gorillas, visit Dian Fossey Grave, Golden Monkeys and enjoy Mountain Hiking.

The hotel has an evergreen compound with balcony, giving a panoramic view of the chain of the volcanic mountains, with internet service, and satellite TV.

The rooms are spacious and fully refurbished, where confortability is the primary achievement.

4. Le Bamboe Gorilla Lodge. This is a luxurious hotel located in Kinigi on the way to volcanoes national park.  It offers great relaxation, with its furniture all hand made of bamboo which offers an exciting experience. 

 Le Bambou Gorilla Lodge offers a wide choice from 9 self contained rooms, each with;

• Hair dryer
• Mini refrigerator
• Bed, chairs and wardrobe in bamboo.
• A fireplace (wood-burning)
• Satellite TV
• Views of the valley.
• Warm water.

The lodge also has;
-          A restaurant with African and Continental cuisine.
-          A 24 hour Bar.
-          Camping site.

5. Virunga Hotel. This is located in the Northern Province of Rwanda, in Musanze District, 85km from Kigali and 25km from the Ugandan border. The Hotel is only about 15 Minutes drive from the Volcanoes National Park, home of the famous Mountain Gorillas.

The Hotel has 25 self-contained Modern rooms fully equipped with Satellite TV, Internet access, a fridge for your refreshment and an external phone line.

Virunga hotel also, offers an opportunity to have access to all the facilities of the town as it is found right in the middle of Musanze Business Center.

The hotel has a restaurant which offer international and local dishes, as well as a fully stocked bar. So while at the Hotel, you can never have any regrets as everything is provided.

6. Sabinyo silverback Lodge. This is situated in the foothills of the Virungas, only minutes away from the headquarters of the Volcanoes National Park, from where one treks on foot to see the magnificent Mountain Gorilla.

The lodge offers a wonderful view of the volcanoes and the surrounding countryside. Guest cottages and the main lodge building are beautifully constructed and appointed and the lodge is the perfect base from which to explore this unique and fascinating corner of Africa.

The lodge has five double cottages, two suites and one family suite, with;

-          Large sitting areas,
-          Fire places
-          Stylish Bathrooms finished with venereal plaster.
-          Dressing room.
-          Sheltered veranda.
-          Hot water.

The main lodge building comprises reception, sitting room with snug area, dining room, library / games room, a responsible tourism / community awareness room, shop and bathrooms. Three large fireplaces provide warmth and all rooms are finished with a polished wooden floor. Two patio areas afford wonderful and dramatic views to the Virunga Volcanoes and the surrounding lowland farmland.

HOTELS IN GISENYI - RWANDA

1.Hotel Kivu Serena Gisenyi.  This  is located in the Rwandan resort town of Gisenyi, on the shores of Lake Kivu, the sixth largest lake in Africa. The hotel is ideally situated on a sandy beach, with the nearby Virunga Volcanoes providing a spectacular backdrop on one side and a panoramic view of the lake on the other.

The hotel has 66 self contained suites, each with Satellite TV, Room safe and Telephone.

Other facilities include;

- Swimming pool
- Dining room
- Bar
- Gym
- Tennis court
- Conference room

2. Lake view Apartment and hotel. It is situated in Gisenyi Rwanda of luxury fully serviced, self catering luxury apartments and spacious bedrooms self contained complete with a business center, on the shores of Lake Kivu.  Lake View Apartment & Hotel is also an ideal venue for events, conferences and workshops for private or public establishments.

The hotel has a beautiful view of the lake the lake Kivu, which gives it a magnificent aeration and panorama.

The rooms are spacious, rich in interior decor, fitted with DSTV.
and wireless internet connectivity,

• Early check-in and late check-out available
•  Room service available 24 hours
•  Room upgrade on availability.

The rooms are categorized as;

• Luxury Deluxe bedroom facing the fantastic Lake Kivu
• Luxury standard bedroom
• Luxury twins bedroom
• Luxury single bedroom

All rooms are non smoking and the hotel services include 24 hours reception service, 
Continental breakfast, Satellite TV, Internet Wi-Fi and Shuttle.

3. Paradis  Malahide hotel.  This is ideally situated in an area of unparalleled natural splendor, seven kilometers from downtown Gisenyi, providing a  perfect escape.

The hotel has 10 rooms (six bungalows and four apartments in larger two story bungalows), spacious and fully refurbished.

The restaurant has delicious dishes inspired by local ingredients and flavors, with a variety of menu each unique and memorable.
You enjoy your meal as you sit beside Lake Kivu surrounded by fragrant flowers of every color. You may also choose to dine inside your bungalow, in a boat on Lake Kivu or on the nearby private island.