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Imuhira

Ecotourism to discover Rwanda

★★★★★

What a wonderful part of heaven. I will come back!

Aime Foster, Canada

★★★★★

The staff is very nice and helps with everything!

Eva Victoire Kaikarola, Australia

★★★★★

We are very happy with the facilities. Keep it up!

Halma Nyirangaruye, Kigali City

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About us

IKAZE! We are a Rwandan based green, climate friendly and sustainable tourism project that opened in 2018. Our name "Imuhira" means "at home". We own a campsite in the Nyamasheke district on the shores of lake Kivu, 18 Km from Nyungwe National Park.

We also offer cottage and homestays accommodation and organize different community-based activities. Our site allows you to experience Rwanda’s remarkable countryside while staying ‘off the beaten track’, with easy access to the popular Kivu belt and a base to the Congo-Nile trail.

We have a positive social impact in a rural place rich in culture.

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Food, Beverage, and catering

The traditionally colored lounge is used as Bar and Restaurant. 3 meals a day are served to pre-booked guests and visitors and teams on retreats or picnics. For walk-ins the restaurant serves snacks.

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Cultural immersion

Our guests are entertained by a local traditional troop who also have interesting stories to exchange on topics of historical heroism, the history of homegrown solutions in the Rwandan community, and conservation.

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Arts, crafts, and gift shop

Imuhira gift shop provides space for local artists to exhibit their creative talent through painting, sculpture, and weaving. Locally produced fabrics from the community are exposed and guests can buy them. Members of the community directly supply the crafts in this gift shop.

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Village and Nature walks

Solo travelers and teams can go on a Village Nature Walk in teh community around the campsite or the other side of Lake Kivu in Nyabitekeri and Shangi, with local guides helping to identify plants and birds along the way.

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Coffee washing experience

In partnership with Shara Coffee Cooperative, a 45 minutes tour of the washing plant takes you through the whole experience from coffee planting to washing.

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Hiking & Birdwatching

Bird watchers can go birding with local and native guides along Lake Kivu’s well-designed endemic birding paths. Hikes are good for exploring the diversified scenery of banana plantations, hills, rivers, and Lake Kivu.

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Kayaks and boat tours

The campsite is closer to an interdistrict port and therefore a stopover for people on kayaks, travelers of the Congo-Nile trails, and the Kivu Belt, in general. We are accessible for people using the main road or water from Karongi and Kamembe.

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Congo Nile Trail Guiding

Full guiding is provided on the Congo Nile Trail from Rubavu to Kamembe town (border to DRC’s Bukavu town). This is also extended to Bugarama rice plantations and water springs.

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Volunteering

We welcome volunteers to join hands in community activities for social and environmental positive impact. We do Environmental Awareness and Environmental Conservation for students in college and the “Children in Conservation” project.

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Conservation research facilitation

Our team is qualified and dedicated to facilitating scientific and academic research on tourism, conservation, and community empowerment with a specific focus on our community and area.

Claude, the founder of Imuhira ecotourism sitting next to a girl without shoes in a corn field sunset over the lake a group of clients and rwandan guide hiking view of the island in the lake

Accommodation

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Wifi

No extra cost

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Solar

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Swimming

Facilities & lifejackets

Two cottages with a double bed each. Built on local materials with bewildering views of the rural landscape, hills, and the beautiful Kivu. On request, additional beds can be availed to make one of these cottages a dorm.

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An immense campground, campfire place, tents, and facilities. This also accommodates camping cars. The adjacence is a fallow buffer zone for restoration and habitat to a diversity of riverain fauna and flora species.

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Two hospitable families have all that is needed to host and share with guests their daily life.

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Price

All prices are in US dollars. TBD (to be decided) means that the price and booking arrangement are to be decided on a case by case basis with us.

Accommodation and meals

Activities

Facilitation

Children in Conservation

In partnership with the Mastercard Foundation

Contact Us

Whether you want to volunteer, book a holiday or have questions for us, we encourage you to get in touch!

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Reviews

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Wonderful place, good climate good hospitality!

Ernestine Mukangenzi, Kigali/grow movement

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Thank you for the service!

Alphonse Nshimiyimana, Huye District

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Good level of professionalism. Keep up the progress!

Twahira Clavel

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I appreciate the good service rendered, I encourage more advertisements!

Fred Mubangizi, Kagano Sectors

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The area is very cool and enjoyable!

Raymond Mwumvaneza, Kigali City

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Good scenery and good service!

Charles B., Kigali City

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Great landscape and great staff!

Alexander Riethter, Germany

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

A very good business that is protecting the environment.

Iragena Philbert, Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) /Kigali

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The beauty is natural and incomparable!

Nkundimana David, Nyamasheke District

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Very happy about the venture!

Nahayo Theogene, Nyamasheke District

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Thank you for your social impact!

Bucyibarua Bonaventure, Ruhango District

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