Kigali city is the capital and Rwanda’s largest city which is located within the heart of the country where all business centers port entry and international airport are all located. The city has beautiful and green flowers whole over the city. It becomes a capital city since independence in 1962.
Kigali is one of the friendliest, cleanest and safest of Africa’s cities attracting numerous visitors and investors whole over the world to the capital; it’s gifted with a favorable climate typically with a marked dry season that will make you feel away from home. Kigali was founded in 1907 by Dr. Richard Kandt under German colonial rule the first German colonial resident of Rwanda; the city is built on a hilly area and Rwanda some times refers to as the land of a thousand hills. The city is suitably situated within a 3 hours drive from Rwanda’s momentous tourist attractions and it’s just about 7 kilometers up to Kigali international airport.
The capital Kigali is mainly beautiful at night as the lights twinkle over a few of the country’s “one thousand hills”. The city is divided into three districts that’s Gasabo, Kicukiro and Nyarugenge and it’s one of the city with the highest concentration of the countries population over one million people reside within the city. Kigali city offers a warm welcome right from the airport you get received by hospital people until when you get out to get received by your tour guide /driver holding your chart including you’re your names in order to recognize him. When in Kigali you can’t even remember that it suffered much from the 1994 genocide where over 1million people where killed including the Tutsis and Hutu. Although damaged during this war, the city’s structure has recovered. 70% of Kigali City is remote with close to 50% of its population being women and 60% are young
Kigali has very many attractions and it’s very difficult to find tourists who make it to Rwanda with out taking a Kigali city tour. Many travelers who take safaris in Rwanda cannot leave the city without taking a city tour which will involve you through the top highlights of Rwanda. Top places to visit include the Kigali genocide memorial, Gisozi Genocide Memorial sites which has a clear information on how this war started, Hero’s Cemetery at Amahoro National Stadium, Genocide Memorial of Belgian Soldiers at Camp Kigali, Parliament building, visit also the pottery project of the Batwa, visiting also the marketing place of Kimironko, Muslim quarter of Nyamirambo, Coffee shops, bars and local and international restaurants ranging from Chinese, Italian, North African, East African, Thai and Greek cuisine can be found around the city and many other places