Guidebook for Kigali

Beth
Guidebook for Kigali

Essentials

Kigali's second largest open air market -great for buying fresh, healthy food. If you don't have a car, I have a guy who will shop for you for 1,500 Rwf and bring the market right to our door.
Kicukiro Market/Kicukiro Center (kit-choo-key-roo)
Kigali's second largest open air market -great for buying fresh, healthy food. If you don't have a car, I have a guy who will shop for you for 1,500 Rwf and bring the market right to our door.
Largest open air market in Kigali
8 locals recommend
Kimironko Taxi Park
KG 194 Street
8 locals recommend
Largest open air market in Kigali
large supermarket and cafe... you can get many things here
Simba Super Market
KN 4 Avenue
large supermarket and cafe... you can get many things here
Good German deli / shop here plus Bourbon Coffee and a couple of local fare restaurants
MTN Center
KG 9 Avenue
Good German deli / shop here plus Bourbon Coffee and a couple of local fare restaurants
There is one in UTC and one in Kigali Tower... lots of imported stuff here
14 locals recommend
Nakumatt City Centre
KN 4 Avenue
14 locals recommend
There is one in UTC and one in Kigali Tower... lots of imported stuff here
There's a public bus stop and several small shops around, including a good dairy across the street where you can buy ikivuguto (fermented milk / yogurt).
St Joseph Primary School
There's a public bus stop and several small shops around, including a good dairy across the street where you can buy ikivuguto (fermented milk / yogurt).
Internet Cafe
CyberLink Internet Café
KN 4 Avenue
Internet Cafe
Internet cafe at the post office
Iposita Cyber Cafe
Rue de l Eparge
Internet cafe at the post office
Good, clean gas station with small supermarket (on KK 15 Rd between 19 Ave and 21 Ave)
KK 506 Street
KK 506 Street
Good, clean gas station with small supermarket (on KK 15 Rd between 19 Ave and 21 Ave)
Personal Market Shopper -my guy will bring your order to our home from the Kicukiro market. He charges a very modest fee of 1,500 Rwf per shopping trip.
KK 382 Street
KK 382 Street
Personal Market Shopper -my guy will bring your order to our home from the Kicukiro market. He charges a very modest fee of 1,500 Rwf per shopping trip.
One of many local small shops for essentials, but this one is larger and has a lot more variety (on corner of KK 21 Ave and 348 street)... less than a five-minute walk from our door
KK 345 Street
KK 345 Street
One of many local small shops for essentials, but this one is larger and has a lot more variety (on corner of KK 21 Ave and 348 street)... less than a five-minute walk from our door
Located on KN 3 Rd near KK 10 Ave -this supermarket even sells gelato
KK 493 Street
KK 493 Street
Located on KN 3 Rd near KK 10 Ave -this supermarket even sells gelato

Everything Else

Tons of buses going all over Kigali and some traveling outside the city
Kicukiro Centre Bus Stop station
Tons of buses going all over Kigali and some traveling outside the city
Large and beautiful Catholic Church
Kicukiro Catholic Church, Jean Bosco Parish
KK 21 Avenue
Large and beautiful Catholic Church
Another bus hub with many buses... also just before your reach Sonatubes (heading on 21 Avenue from the market), you will find a good petrol station
Sonatubes Bus Stop station
Another bus hub with many buses... also just before your reach Sonatubes (heading on 21 Avenue from the market), you will find a good petrol station
Bank of Kigali
Bank of Kigali, Kicukiro Pension Plaza Branch
KN 3 Road
Bank of Kigali
Nice big multi-national, multi-cultural church with lots of singing and service is all in English
Christian Life Assembly
2 KG 270 St
Nice big multi-national, multi-cultural church with lots of singing and service is all in English
You can buy one of three styles of postcards here and a stamp to mail it.
Rwanda Post Office, Iposita
KN 4 Street
You can buy one of three styles of postcards here and a stamp to mail it.
They are cool as long as they don't catch you bringing any plastic bags into the country... they are illegal here
7 locals recommend
Kigali International Airport
KN 5 Road
7 locals recommend
They are cool as long as they don't catch you bringing any plastic bags into the country... they are illegal here
Kenya Bank
KCB Rwanda Headquarters
18 KN 4 Ave
Kenya Bank
There are many mosques in this neighborhood
Biryogo Mosque
KN 154 Street
There are many mosques in this neighborhood
Kenya bank ATM machine. There is also an Eco Bank ATM machine just down the street on KN 3 Rd (on the other side of the roundabout)
KCB ATM
KN 3 Road
Kenya bank ATM machine. There is also an Eco Bank ATM machine just down the street on KN 3 Rd (on the other side of the roundabout)
BPR bank and ATM
BPR
KK 8 Avenue
BPR bank and ATM
Young Women’s Christian Association of Rwanda... there are so many volunteer opportunities in Rwanda... here's one
YWCA of Rwanda
KK 15 Road
Young Women’s Christian Association of Rwanda... there are so many volunteer opportunities in Rwanda... here's one
Dry Cleaner in nearby Remera... there are also others in Kicukiro
Smart Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Dry Cleaner in nearby Remera... there are also others in Kicukiro
Catholic church and orphanage... maybe a place to volunteer?
Niboye Orphanage
KK 394 Street
Catholic church and orphanage... maybe a place to volunteer?
Semu Pharmacy
KK 364 Street
KK 364 Street
Semu Pharmacy
The closest bus stop to our home is at the corner of 19th Ave and KK 382 (stops on 19 Ave). Bus 201 drives through town and Bus 212 goes to Nyambugogo Bus Park... both travel the route along KN 3 Rd.
KK 380 Street
KK 380 Street
The closest bus stop to our home is at the corner of 19th Ave and KK 382 (stops on 19 Ave). Bus 201 drives through town and Bus 212 goes to Nyambugogo Bus Park... both travel the route along KN 3 Rd.

Arts & Culture

Movie theater, restaurants, and more nice shops including another Nakumatt
13 locals recommend
Kigali City Tower (KCT)
13 locals recommend
Movie theater, restaurants, and more nice shops including another Nakumatt
This is the National stadium... sports, concerts, public events, etc.
13 locals recommend
Amahoro
13 locals recommend
This is the National stadium... sports, concerts, public events, etc.
Bowling, swimming, volleyball, table tennis, more
20 locals recommend
Mamba Club
KG 680 Street
20 locals recommend
Bowling, swimming, volleyball, table tennis, more
Gallery
11 locals recommend
Ivuka Arts Kigali
KG 565 Street
11 locals recommend
Gallery
Gallery
Uburanga Arts Studio
Gallery
Films and concerts
Goethe-Institut Liaison office Kigali
Films and concerts
Gallery and yoga classes
8 locals recommend
Yego Arts
KG 621 Street
8 locals recommend
Gallery and yoga classes
lap swimming, tennis, sauna, massage, a gym, and a restaurant
8 locals recommend
Nyarutarama Sports Centre
22 KG 13 Ave
8 locals recommend
lap swimming, tennis, sauna, massage, a gym, and a restaurant
swimming pool
Lemigo Hotel
KG 624 Street
swimming pool
Restaurant, club, guest house... I'm giving this charity a shout out as profits buy artificial limbs for Rwandans -5,000 helped and counting. Even if you stay there instead of my place, I'll be happy.
One love
Restaurant, club, guest house... I'm giving this charity a shout out as profits buy artificial limbs for Rwandans -5,000 helped and counting. Even if you stay there instead of my place, I'll be happy.
Library run by the Evangelical Friends Church of Rwanda, a Quaker Church promoting peace and unity in Rwanda
Friends Peace House Library
Library run by the Evangelical Friends Church of Rwanda, a Quaker Church promoting peace and unity in Rwanda
restaurant and swimming pool
La Palisse Hotel, Kigali
KK 3 Road
restaurant and swimming pool
night club, restaurant and bar, snack shop, swimming pool, sauna, massage
Alpha Palace Hotel
KN 3 Road
night club, restaurant and bar, snack shop, swimming pool, sauna, massage
Church and school with good library
Africa New Life
KK 15 Road
Church and school with good library
Sportsview Pool - great clean pool for swimming laps and not crowded weekdays
KK 373 Street
KK 373 Street
Sportsview Pool - great clean pool for swimming laps and not crowded weekdays

Sightseeing

If you haven't seen it... go there.
58 locals recommend
Kigali Genocide Memorial
KG 14 Avenue
58 locals recommend
If you haven't seen it... go there.

Shopping

Bourbon Coffee (with free wifi) Nakumatt plus other shops, restaurants
14 locals recommend
Union Trade Center
14 locals recommend
Bourbon Coffee (with free wifi) Nakumatt plus other shops, restaurants
T-2000 (two floors of stuff imported from China), a good hairdresser (Ilebe salon), bakery with custom cakes, great Chinese restaurant (Bamboo) w/ rooftop panoramic view, and public bathrooms
8 locals recommend
T-2000 Supermarket
KN 82 Street
8 locals recommend
T-2000 (two floors of stuff imported from China), a good hairdresser (Ilebe salon), bakery with custom cakes, great Chinese restaurant (Bamboo) w/ rooftop panoramic view, and public bathrooms
Shops, restaurants, pharmacies, banks, etc.
Remera
Shops, restaurants, pharmacies, banks, etc.

Food Scene

Great Ethiopian restaurant in Kimihurura with good ambience... also has a bar with tv
14 locals recommend
Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
KG 637 Street
14 locals recommend
Great Ethiopian restaurant in Kimihurura with good ambience... also has a bar with tv
Tex-Mex in Kigali... good and similar to the kinds of chain burrito joints you'd find in the States
16 locals recommend
Meze Fresh
KG 541 Street
16 locals recommend
Tex-Mex in Kigali... good and similar to the kinds of chain burrito joints you'd find in the States
Great burger (beef, chicken, fish) and chips joint that is no frills and not too expensive. You can also get steak on Sunday, GREAT pizza on Wednesday, and Vietnamese Pho on Thursday -I think.
6 locals recommend
Mr Chips
KG 680 Street
6 locals recommend
Great burger (beef, chicken, fish) and chips joint that is no frills and not too expensive. You can also get steak on Sunday, GREAT pizza on Wednesday, and Vietnamese Pho on Thursday -I think.
Best REAL full-fledged bakery (plus pizza/sandwiches) I've been to in Kigali with free wifi and lots of seating, though it is always busy because it's so yummy.
11 locals recommend
Rz Manna
11 locals recommend
Best REAL full-fledged bakery (plus pizza/sandwiches) I've been to in Kigali with free wifi and lots of seating, though it is always busy because it's so yummy.
Popular place
21 locals recommend
Heaven Restaurant & Boutique Hotel
7 KN 29 St
21 locals recommend
Popular place
Monday night is expat quiz night
22 locals recommend
Sole Luna
KG 599 Street
22 locals recommend
Monday night is expat quiz night
Nice place and good inexpensive lunch buffet
10 locals recommend
Camellia Tea House.
KN 4 Avenue
10 locals recommend
Nice place and good inexpensive lunch buffet
good coffee and food but not expensive
Aromas Coffee
good coffee and food but not expensive
expensive but free wifi
13 locals recommend
Bourbon Coffee
KN 4 Avenue
13 locals recommend
expensive but free wifi
Now called J. lynn's but previosly known as African Bagel Company... they have bagels, donuts, cupcakes, pizza and more
J. Lynn's Kicukiro
KK 25 Avenue
Now called J. lynn's but previosly known as African Bagel Company... they have bagels, donuts, cupcakes, pizza and more
Mmmm Korean food
Monmartsé Korean Restaurant
KG 220 Street
Mmmm Korean food
local restaurant and bar in Remera
New Fiesta
KG 11 Avenue
local restaurant and bar in Remera
Good Japanese food
12 locals recommend
Sakae Japanese & Korean
KG 334 Street
12 locals recommend
Good Japanese food
local restaurant
La Luna d'Oro
39 KK 21 Avenue
local restaurant
Bread, breakfast, coffee, dinner, lunch, snacks
Boulangerie de Kigali
Bread, breakfast, coffee, dinner, lunch, snacks
Restaurant and bar with tv - decent local joint; they also have the most delicious bbq fried potatoes which you can eat there or order "to go" at the stand outside for fifteen cents (1 potato=100 Rwf)
KK 348 Street
KK 348 Street
Restaurant and bar with tv - decent local joint; they also have the most delicious bbq fried potatoes which you can eat there or order "to go" at the stand outside for fifteen cents (1 potato=100 Rwf)
Order food to our door from all the best restaurants in Kigali for a small delivery fee of 1,000 Rwf.
KK 378 Street
KK 378 Street
Order food to our door from all the best restaurants in Kigali for a small delivery fee of 1,000 Rwf.

Drinks & Nightlife

Chez John, a good Rwandan restaurant and bar (watch sports) near the roundabout... and... Stonehouse, a popular night spot, local restaurant and bar with large open air garden and view
Sonatubes
KK 15 Road
Chez John, a good Rwandan restaurant and bar (watch sports) near the roundabout... and... Stonehouse, a popular night spot, local restaurant and bar with large open air garden and view