One day in Kibuye, Rwanda
A day through Kibuye’s best-known sights that lie close together: Home Saint Jean Genocide Memorial, Kibuye Genocide Memorial (Gatwaro), Museum of Environment and Nyamishaba Genocide Memorial. 4 stops, about 3.2 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Home Saint Jean Genocide MemorialMonument · On the map
- Kibuye Genocide Memorial (Gatwaro)Monument · 1 km on from Home Saint Jean Genocide Memorial · On the map
- Museum of EnvironmentMuseum · 0.9 km on from Kibuye Genocide Memorial (Gatwaro) · On the map
- Nyamishaba Genocide MemorialMonument · 1.4 km on from Museum of Environment · On the map
4 stops, 6.6 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 30 min of walking.
More for Kibuye
- Things to do in Kibuye, Rwanda · 5 places to see, led by Rubengera Genocide Memorial and Museum of Environment
Photo credits
- Home Saint Jean Genocide Memorial: J. Nicolas K. Y., CC BY 4.0
- Kibuye Genocide Memorial (Gatwaro): Score Beethoven, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museum of Environment: Annick green, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nyamishaba Genocide Memorial: J. Nicolas K. Y., CC BY 4.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.