Ethnographic Museum (National Museum of Rwanda)
The country's national museum in Huye, with displays on traditional farming, crafts, music and daily life. It is one of the best places to learn about Rwandan culture.
Nyungwe National Park
Chimpanzee tracking and many monkey species are the draws of this ancient mountain rainforest, which also has a canopy walkway high up above the trees.
Attractive locations
Murambi Genocide Memorial
A memorial at a former school in the south of the country, where thousands were killed in 1994. It is preserved as a place of remembrance and calls for quiet respect.
Cyamudongo Forest
A small, separate patch of rainforest near Nyungwe, known for habituated chimpanzees that can be followed on a guided visit. The forest is dense and humid.
Nyungwe Forest National Park
A large mountain rainforest in southwest Rwanda, home to chimpanzees, monkeys and hundreds of bird species. Marked trails lead through the forest and past waterfalls and swamps.
Canopy Walk
A long suspended walkway high above the forest floor in Nyungwe, giving a view into the tree canopy. Birds and monkeys are often seen from the bridge.
Kamiranzovu Swamp
A large wetland deep in Nyungwe Forest, reached on a forest trail. It is known for orchids, birdlife and the chance of seeing monkeys along the way.
Bigugu
The highest peak in the Nyungwe area, reached by a hiking trail through montane forest. The summit gives wide views across the forest.
Airports
Kamembe Airport KME
It is about 42 km in a straight line from Nyungwe National Park.
Kigali International Airport KGL
It is about 114 km in a straight line from Nyungwe National Park.
Scams and safe taxis
Weather by month
Each month shows its average temperature in °C and its mm of rain per month.
- Jan19.2 °C137 mm
- Feb19.6 °C125 mm
- Mar19.3 °C178 mm
- Apr18.7 °C176 mm
- May18.2 °C108 mm
- Jun17.7 °C50 mm
- Jul17.9 °C29 mm
- Aug19.0 °C65 mm
- Sep19.8 °C107 mm
- Oct19.5 °C157 mm
- Nov18.8 °C224 mm
- Dec18.9 °C152 mm
Driest months: Jun, Jul, Aug. Wettest months: Mar, Apr, Nov.
Costs
Prices here are about 27% of US prices (World Bank, 2025). This compares a country's overall prices, not the cost of a trip.
Who can help
Emergency
112 is the general emergency number. Ask your hotel or guide for local police and ambulance numbers.
local government
Rwanda National Police emergency line 112
Helps with: Rwanda has no separate tourist police unit listed. The national police list 112 as the emergency number, plus 113 for traffic accidents and 111 for fire and rescue.
Who qualifies: Anyone in Rwanda, including visitors, who needs the police urgently.
Phone: 112
Email: info@police.gov.rw
Address: P. O. Box 6304 KIGALI - RWANDA
local government
Rwanda Development Board (RDB)
Helps with: Rwanda's national development agency, which also promotes tourism through the Visit Rwanda website. Its listed contact line takes general questions; it is not an emergency service.
Who qualifies: Anyone with questions about visiting Rwanda or planning a trip there.
Phone: 1415
Email: info@rdb.rw
Address: KN 69 Street, Kigali
ngo
Rwanda Red Cross
Helps with: Rwanda's national Red Cross society. Its work includes disaster response, first aid and health care, restoring family links for separated families, and blood donation drives.
Who qualifies: People in Rwanda who need its first aid, health, family-links or disaster help services.
Phone: +250 788 457 617
Email: rrcs@redcross.org.rw
Address: KG 15 Ave, Kacyiru, Kigali, Rwanda
un agency
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Rwanda
Helps with: The UN migration agency. In Rwanda it supports the government on migration, and its work covers migrants in vulnerable situations and survivors of trafficking.
Who qualifies: Migrants in Rwanda, especially vulnerable migrants and trafficking survivors. It is not a help service for ordinary tourists.
Phone: +250 788 389 723
Email: iomrwanda@iom.int
Address: KG 227 28 St, Amarembo, Nyabisindu Cell, Remera, P.O. Box 1126, Kigali, Rwanda
local government
Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA)
Helps with: Rwanda's emergency management ministry, which coordinates disaster response and recovery. Its page lists the toll-free number 170 and an email address.
Who qualifies: Anyone in Rwanda affected by a disaster or needing to report one.
Phone: 170
Email: info@minema.gov.rw
embassy
Foreign embassies in Rwanda (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation)
Helps with: For a lost passport or serious trouble, contact your own country's embassy. The ministry's page says 47 missions are based in Kigali and links PDF lists of them.
Who qualifies: Citizens of each country, through their own embassy or consulate.