KIGALI GENOCIDE MEMORIAL CENTER

Your having a layerover trip in kigali, the captial city of Rwanda,  a country known of a 1000 hills. then visiting Kigali memorial center is a must do activity.

About Kigali Genocide Memorial

The people of Rwanda embrace peace and reconciliation. They are committed to fight the ideology of genocide. The memorials found throughout the country are moving testimonies in memory of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and the people who lost their lives.

Inaugurated in 2004, the Kigali Genocide Memorial at Gisozi is the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi. This memorial also serves to educate about how the Genocide against the Tutsi took shape and examines genocide in the 20th century.

The wall of names is dedicated to those who died and is a work still in progress. Many of the victims’ names have yet to be gathered and documented and many of the victims who rest in the graves are unknown.

The memorial gardens provide a place for quiet contemplation about the history of the Genocide against the Tutsi. They allow visitors to reflect on how we all have a personal responsibility to prevent discrimination and mass atrocity.

The centre also provides support for survivors, in particular orphans and widows.

Location: Gisozi hill, Kigali capital city of Rwanda

Start of the tour:

The tour will start with your guide driver picking you up from Kigali international airport, drive for about 11km, half an hour, arrive at the gate, register and enter the Genocide premises. get briefing at the reception and here you may watch the a brief video play about the hitory of the Genocide before immersing inside the archive of the museum.

you  can chose to have a walkietalk as it a means of supporting the Genocide memorial center or decide to walk around yourself alongside your guide