The Retreat by Heaven
Kigali, Rwanda
- Price on request
- Hotel
- 11 Room/s
The American owners of Heaven Restaurant created The Retreat, an 11 bedroom luxury boutique hotel located on a tree-lined street steps from Kigali city center and 20 minutes from the airport.
It is Kigali’s first eco-friendly resort and features solar electricity, organic toiletries, locally-crafted furniture from a Tanzanian sustainable teak farm, outdoor showers, private terraces, a yoga and meditation room, spa, large heated saltwater swimming pool with jacuzzi and diving rocks, and an open-air fitness center.
Fusion Restaurant offering local farm to table cuisine and its Swahili-inspired bar, located at The Retreat, offers delicious farm-to-table international cuisine, while Heaven Restaurant (reached through the Retreat’s “Stairway to Heaven”) offers an innovative modern African menu.
The Retreat is the perfect choice to host guests for one night or several days as it offers innovative, curated cultural experiences and exciting activities in and around Kigali.
At A Glance
- 11 bedroom luxury boutique hotel
- Designed by Italian architects
- Fusion Restaurant and Swahili-inspired bar
- Swimming pool with jacuzzi
- Massage and spa treatments, plus yoga
- Kigali's first entirely eco-friendly solar powered hotel
- A variety of tours on offer, including culinary, nature, art and walking tours
Features:
- ✓ Air-conditioning
- ✓ Ceiling Fans
- ✓ Laundry Service
- ✓ Massage Room
- ✓ Wifi
Region
Ideally positioned in the centre of Rwanda, Kigali extends across several hills and valleys, with good road links to the rest of the country. The verdant capital city is pleasantly low key yet dynamic and progressive, with just over one million inhabitants.
First-time visitors to the bustling and colourful centre often remark how clean the streets are, a matter of pride across every community throughout the country. Kigali is a relatively new city, it was founded as an administrative outpost in 1907, and became the capital of the country at independence in 1962, shifting focus away from Huye. The city’s wide tree-lined boulevards and immaculate squares are safe to stroll, where outsiders are generally left to their own devices unless they need assistance, in which case they will be greeted with warm hospitality.
There is a burgeoning art scene, as well as a growing number of options to dine out and have a few drinks, many with charming panoramic views. The Kigali Cultural Village offers a dedicated space for local artisans and food vendors to exhibit and trade their goods. Kigali is developing rapidly, with new shopping malls, office buildings and a world-class convention centre built in the style of the King’s Palace of olden days, which lights up the night sky atop of one of the many hills. The central business district covers Nyarugenge Hill while the government and administrative quarter is further east on Kacyiru Hill.
Nyarutarama Lake, or Lover’s Lake, borders an 18-hole golf course in one of the main valleys. The track around the lake is remarkably peaceful and makes for an excellent urban nature walk, with the chance to see some of Rwanda’s incredible birds.
No visit to Rwanda would be complete without a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which, through education and peace-building, honours the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994. The three permanent exhibitions and burial gardens form part of a meaningful tribute to those who perished and provide a powerful educational tool for visitors.
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Fractionally south of the equator and with much of the country lying at altitude, Rwanda enjoys an agreeable tropical highland climate. Read More
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