Kimironko Local Market is located in the middle of Kigali City, an easy market to access on your Kigali City tours, it is comprised of local vendors selling assorted items to both locals and international people, and visiting the market will give you a deep understanding of the locals and understand the Rwandan culture. Guests have the chance to interact with the locals and also get to taste the local food cuisines being prepared at the local restaurants in the market area. The marketplace has available items for sale, while here you can find fabrics, colourful baskets, fruits, and fresh vegetables to purchase.
Kimironko market is one busy buzz place, products being sold here extend to those of the neighbourhoods of Uganda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the market is usually busy on Saturday and Monday, andon Sundays, the market business is always slow as most of the vendors take days off on this day. Most of the people in Rwanda buy products from the market, the streets are always filled with motorcycles, ready to be hired by people full of luggage to transport them to their next destination.
Once you are in the market you will see lots of beautiful things beginning from the many lined up traditional kitenge wear, imported from all over Africa, including Tanzania, Sierra Leon and the democratic republic of Congo mainly, the women selling these are happy to refer you to the best tailor in the market to help you out with the sowing, at the back of the market are several foodstuffs like potatoes, carrots, bell peppers, water melons, pumpkins, eggplants which can delicately be packed for you to take home. Fresh cuts are not to miss while in the market, there are many butchers selling meats, chicken, and turkeys’ and others are sold alive.
The local market is a great way to spend time while in Kigali and experience the lovely welcoming people of Rwanda with beautiful smiles, they are always happy to help as you approach the market. the things sold are organized, and easy to find what exactly you are looking for.
Other things to do while in Kigali city include, visiting the Kigali genocide memorial, a place of tribute to the thousands of people who lost their lives during the 1994 war in Rwanda, it was one of the darkest moments of the country in history however since then there has been peace in Rwanda and constant reminders of never having the same happenings in the country. Hiking mountain Kigali is conducted from morning, upon reaching the top you will have 360 views of the city,and visit Umusambi village, a place of refugees to the threatened species of crested crown cranes.
Kimironko Local Market can be visited alongside gorilla and wildlife safari in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park and Akagera National Park, meeting mountain gorillas is one of the most thrilling experiences on your Rwanda safari, it is possible to drive from the city to the national park taking approximately 2 hours 30 minutes’ drive.