Kigali Travel Forum

Hi there I will be travelling to Kigali in about 3weeks and I'd like a decent place to stay($80-100). I would also like to find a church preferably Anglican or Pentecostal and English speaking. Also if anyone can tell me where I can find great souvenirs I'd be most grateful.Any other general advice would be great!

hi, i haven't been to kigali but i will be there for several months later this year to do some research. i'm sure you will get better advice from others who have been, but i do have a guide book (by Bradt) and there are plenty of suggestions for accomodation.

one is: Le Garni du Centre (USD$98 pppn) - they have a website: www.garni.co.rw

Other places in Kigali that get a good mention within your budget are:
- Hotel Gorillas (www.gorillashotel.com)
- Iris Guesthouse (iris1@rwanda1.com)
- Hotel Chez Lando (www.hotelchezlando.com)

Because I will be there awhile, I am going to try and arrange accommodation at the university. If you have come across any useful info, I'd love to hear!

Happy travels, tamara

Ps: i found the email for a pastor at a pentecostal church in kigali (not sure how good the english is tho): erasme20042000@yahoo.com

i also found this:

"That motive has spurred the growth of Rwandan megachurches that preach prosperity and accept large donations, occasionally from people in no position to give them. (Kigali's 7,000-member Zion Temple Pentecostal Church is particularly known for accepting the donation of a truck from a devout female attendee only to have the woman's enraged husband demand it back.)"

from: http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/content/news/2006/12/an_evangelical_explosion.html

and this:

"Alleluia! Moms, dads, brothers, sisters, family members, relatives: This is the year of salvation!" proclaimed pastor Elmer Komant to 750 Rwandans at Christian Life Assembly, a new Pentecostal church in Kigali, Rwanda."

from:
http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2006/marchweb-only/113-23.0.html