Nyamirambo Walking Food Tour: A Journey through East African Cuisines in Kigali, Rwanda

Embark on a flavorful journey through East African cuisines in Kigali, Rwanda’s Nyamirambo area. Discover traditional dishes, fusion creations, and local culinary delights on a walking food tour.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Nyamirambo - E.A.T. all that Rwanda has to offer with Jollof’Appétit. We do all the work so you can have all the fun sampling the local cuisine of Kigali, Rwanda.

Our walking food tours in Rwanda ensure quick & secure bookings, friendly faces, safe atmosphere, but more importantly - Happy & Full bellies!

Choose a time and date to Explore Authentic Taste of Rwanda with the help of our local guide, your Rwandan taste experts!

What's Included
  • Dinner
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
  • Bottled water
  • Carbonated beverages
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

Nyamirambo, the ever-vibrant heart of Kigali, presents itself as a central hub of Islamic culture, always pulsating with activity. The region boasts a vibrant locale known as the Car-Free Zone, with its vividly painted lanes making Nyamirambo an ideal destination for food lovers. Engage all your senses as you delve into the gastronomical journey through East Africa. Savor traditional dishes, contemporary food combinations, and other delectable cuisine favored by Rwandan locals. Discover the Authentic Flavors of Rwanda.

  • This is a walking tour, light walking is required.
Location
KN 2 Avenue
Meet your Jollof'Appéti tour guide at ISAME restaurant, which is our 1st tasting spot - address is KN 2 Ave Nyarugenge district, Nyamirambo Sector. Isame has other locations - please go the correct location - KN 2 adjacent to MEREZ gas station and opposite from BAHAUS Night Club.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Elizabeth_g
Jul 27, 2024
Wonderful food with wonderful host - Our host Gaella Irakoze made us feel as part of the city scene by taking us to 5 delicious spots to eat local food! It was great to walk to the different venues and see and taste Kigali.
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Billy
Jun 6, 2024
Great tour - Myriam was great and excellent at explaining all the dishes! You will be nice and full by the end of your time. Very interesting neighborhood to walk through going from place to place as well!
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Andy_h
Feb 18, 2024
Great but a bit pricey - We really enjoyed our time with Yves exploring the area around Nyamirambo and sampling the local foods. It was a privilege to meet him and hear his stories. It was a bit pricey tho’ for the amount and type of food we sampled.
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Jill1717
Jan 11, 2024
Amazing experience - Walking thru the heart of Kigali- we are so many different foods and tastes local beverages. All is safe. No concern for water or anything that could get you sick. Authentic Rwandan at its best!
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Margaret_s
Oct 19, 2023
Interesting and different. - A very good experience. Our guide was Jovan, an extremely personable and polite young man. He explained the traditional Rwandan dishes that we were eating at each of the restaurants that we walked to. We would never been able to do this on our own. Thank you Jovan and Viator.
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Julia
Aug 14, 2023
10/10 ✨ - Joselyto was an amazing and informative guide. Enthusiastic talking about the city and the food. Also just a really cool guy in general and it was great getting to know about his background. We hit up 5 spots during the tour— definitely come with an empty stomach.
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T9194dnemilyg
Aug 4, 2023
Great 👍 - The half-day Rwanda walking food tour was superlative! Our guide Jovan was fun and engaging and very knowledgeable. The food choices focused on Rwandan cuisine which we wanted...I can go anywhere for fake Italian or Mexican food. Also, there were some foreign dishes. All of them were excellent. Do you want to pamper yourself with delicious food, a nice stroll, and enjoyable company? Do this tour! 5/5...I recommend this wholeheartedly.
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Y2613lckarlap
Jul 30, 2023
Delicious and fantastic experience - The walking food tour was excellent. I couldn’t get real local Rwanda food in any of the other restaurants I went to so I am. Wry happy I found this your. My guide, Gaella is fabulous, so smart and knowledgeable of her culture, and food. If you enjoy good food and good conversation she is the one for that! All the food was delicious and new to me. The only thing I would change or suggest is to reduce the portions of the food, I would have paid the same for less amount of food, because we couldn’t finish everything as we were going to do different stops to try different t things. Or maybe next time I’ll bring my containers to take some back to the hotel 😅 Thanks for the fantastic experience!
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Denis_s
Jul 30, 2024
The tour guide was the only shining star here - I have taken about seven food tours and major cities around the world, and they have been wonderful. This leaves a little to be desired as we both really didn’t care for the food. I guess Rwandan cuisine really did nothing for us on the bright side, the guide, Gaella, was very personable and made everyone feel welcome. She was the bright shining star of the evening for what I paid. I would’ve rather have gone to an upscale hotel somewhere in a hotel.
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Reneel429
Aug 15, 2023
Fine experience but not worth the price at all - Jovan was friendly and pleasant. However the price of the tour is way too expensive for what is offered. The price should be closer to $15/$20. You will try some basic local dishes that are quite cheap and walk a few blocks. In general a nice experience but a huge rip off - I’ve been on food tours all over the world and none have been this low return on price. The operator is surely making tons of money (unclear how much is shared with the local guides).
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