KITABI ECO-CENTER – Kitabi Eco-Center is located in the Kitabi sector in Nyamagabe district in the southern part of Rwanda. The lodge is strategically located just 1 km from Nyungwe Forest National Park, separated from the national park by a tea plantation and a buffer zone.
At only 33 km from the edge of Nyungwe Forest National Park, Kitabi Eco-Center is among the closest accommodation facilities to the forested national park, granting its guests easy access to the park for a rewarding safari.
The facility is powered by solar energy. Guests of Kitabi Eco-Center can choose to stay in either the tented rooms, grass-thatched standard rooms, or camp out at night under the starry skies.
Those planning on camping can carry their own camping equipment or hire camping tents on-site, available in different capacities.
Kitabi Eco-Center is suitable for families, small groups, and solo travelers. The facility is open to guests all year round.
Accommodation
The traditionally built Kitabi Eco-Center has 10 spacious, comfortable rooms with traditional Rwanda building style grass-thatched huts that will give you a feeling of how the royals of Rwanda lived.
The rooms feature comfortable beds, mosquito nets, and bathrooms with cold and hot water, and Wi-Fi.
Amenities and Services at Kitabi Eco-Center
- Restaurant
- Dining area
- On-site bar well stocked with different drinks
- Camping grounds
- Airport transfers available on request (pick up and drop off)
- Craft shop
- Laundry services
- Free parking for guests
Activities Offered at or Around Kitabi Eco-Center
- Chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe Forest
- Nature walks
- Colobus monkey trekking in Nyungwe Forest National Park
- Guided community visits to local villages around the outskirts of the national park
- Guided tea plantation tours
- Hiking expeditions
- Harvest experiences
- Camping
How to Get to Kitabi Eco-Center
Kitabi Eco-Center can be accessed by road transport or air transport. By road, you can access Kitabi Eco-Center from Kigali city using private or public means via some interesting places you can stop at along the way, like the Ethnographic Museum and the King’s Palace Museum. The road trip can take about 5 hours.
By air, guests can fly in from Kigali airport to Kitabi, from where they will drive to Kitabi Eco-Center.
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