Cultural Tours in Rwanda
Cultural tours in Rwanda are among the most rewarding activities that can be carried out during Rwanda safaris for memorable experiences. There are a number of cultural tours that tourist can visit to have an amazing time in the country. The diverse culture among the different cultural villages, where they exercise a number of cultural values will ensure that you have an amazing time when you visit the cultural villages.
KITABI CULTURAL VILLAGE
Kitabi cultural village is among the different villages that tourists can visit for memorable cultural tours in Rwanda. Tourists can access the cultural village in Nyungwe National Park a home to over 1000 chimpanzees in the park and the ultimate primate destinations in the park where they will get to participate in a number of activities like chimpanzee trekking, birding, nature walks among the different activities in the park. The Kitabi cultural village is just near the entrance of Nyungwe National Park where tourists will be caught with the beauty of the huts that are arranged to depict how the kingdom was arranged during a number of years ago.
Get ready to have an amazing time at the Kitabi cultural village where you will get to be taken through the kingdom depicting how the people in the village were carrying out their activities in the kingdom. At the entrance of the park, you will be welcomed by two guards that will welcome you to the park and take you through your tour around the park. You will have an amazing opportunity in the Kitabi Cultural Village where you will get the chance to see a number of activities that are carried out like; making of local medicine by using a number of herbs, honey collection, making a number of local dishes that you will get the chance to taste after the end of your activity which will make the cultural tours in Rwanda quite memorable and rewarding.
Banda cultural village
Just like the Kitabi cultural village, o can also visit the Banda Cultural Village in Nyungwe National Park where you will get to visit the park for memorable Rwanda safaris in the park. You will an amazing experience at the park where you will participate in a number of activities in the park include; millet grinding, traditional games like the board game also known as Igisoro game which was a way of bonding to the people in the cultural village. Other activities that are carried out in the cultural village include making of local brew, making of a number of local dishes among other activities in the village and at the end of your cultural tour in Banda cultural village, you can choose to visit Nyungwe National Park where you will also get to see a number of attractions like the different primate species like the chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkey, dent’s monkey among other attractions in the park.
HUMURE REFUGEE VILLAGE
Located away from Akagera National Park, the Humure Refugee village is one of the cultural villages that can be visited in Rwanda during the cultural tours in Rwanda. The Humure Refugee village is a group of people from Tanzania that migrated to Rwanda for better living conditions because at home in Tanzania they were running away from a number of wars in the country. At the Humure refugee village, you will have an amazing time during your tour around the Humure Refugee Village.
During the tours around the cultural village you will get to participate in a number of activities like the way they carried them out the in Tanzania among which include; poetry, beer making like banana brew, you will also be taught how to milk cows among other interesting activities that can be rewarding to tourists in the park. You will also get to have an amazing time when they are entertained by a number of women in the community like they will be rewarded with cultural dances, cultural plays which is a form of cultural exchange and at the end of the day, you will get to know more about the culture of the members of the community and also find out how they have adjusted living in Rwanda making the cultural tours in Rwanda memorable.
IBYI’WACU CULTURAL VILLAGE
During your cultural tours in Rwanda, you can visit the Ibyiwacu cultural village that can be accessed in Musanze district near Volcanoes National Park where you can carry out gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park, golden monkey trekking among other activities in Volcanoes National Park. During your cultural tours in Rwanda, you will get to access the Ibyiwacu Cultural Village where you will get to know about the culture of the people through the activities that are carried out to ensure cultural preservation through cultural exchange.
Among the different activities that are carried out in the park include; pottery where you will be taught how to make pots, plates, spoons, plates and so on. You will also be taught how to make herbal medicine which can cure a number of diseases like cough, measles, fever among other diseases which is quite fascinating, you will be taught how to cook a number of traditional dishes which will offer amazing and rewarding experiences during cultural tours in Rwanda.
