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ONE-DAY IN BUGESERA RECONCILIATION VILLAGE AND NTARAMA PARISH MEMORIAL SITE

$252.00/

per person
  • 1 Days / 0 Night
  • Max People: 5
  • Rwanda

The town is home to one of Rwanda's most notable genocide memorials. The site, a former Catholic church, serves as a stark reminder of the tragic events of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, where thousands sought refuge but were killed. Visitors can pay their respects and learn about Rwanda's history.

Transfer to Namata

In the morning after breakfast, our professional drive guide and drive ahead Bugesera commemorating one of the most brutal acts this country has ever witnessed inside the small Ntarama parish.  Ntarama contains human remains, clothing, and artifacts belonging to those who were killed at the church, which remain on display at all times.

Dive deep into the dark history of Rwanda’s genocide. With a private guide, learn about the massacre of the Tutsi clan that took place between April and July 1994. Visit the Ntarama and Nyamata churches, where several people took refuge during the genocide, and hear stories about an unending nightmare from the survivors.

After heading to visit Bugesera Reconciliation Village, Mbyo, Reconciliation Village is where perpetrators and victims, murderers and survivors, Hutus and Tutsis, are neighbors, having intermarried one another and trying to live in harmony, after return from prison after 9 years of imprisonment, and they had no place to go and government had to build the reconciliation village with partnership with some NGO’S to see these victims can have a home, after asking for forgiveness from the families they harmed. Acquire a proper sense of the place through actively engagement in different activities ranging from agricultural related to interaction with locals, acquiring cooking and weaving lessons from locals and listening to some testimonies from one of the community members in a reconciliation village. The stories are still fresh on these people’s mind, that you will almost shade tears, as you listen and relate the past situation. Never should this happen again. You will later drive back to Kigali with an authentic experience of the real genocide situation after listening to number of the stories with its impact that can be vividly observed.

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