🇷🇼 Rwanda Southern Province 1 tour

Murambi Genocide Memorial

Former technical school with preserved remains — one of the most difficult memorials to visit.

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Country

🇷🇼 Rwanda

Region

Southern Province

Best time

Year-round

Coordinates

-2.500, 29.700

About Murambi Genocide Memorial

Murambi sits on a hilltop in Nyamagabe district. The former technical school was the site of one of the largest massacres of the 1994 Genocide. The memorial preserves the remains of hundreds of victims, covered in lime, in their final postures. Recommended only for travellers prepared for its intensity.

Highlights

  • Preserved victim remains
  • Hilltop school site
  • Guided visits only
  • Rwanda's starkest memorial
Live forecast · Murambi Genocide Memorial
24°C Mainly clear · 11 km/h wind
Updated 2026-05-18T15:00
  1. 🌦 24° 13° 💧 0.9mm
  2. 🌦 25° 14° 💧 5.3mm
  3. 🌦 24° 16° 💧 6.6mm
  4. 🌦 24° 16° 💧 5.1mm
  5. 🌧 24° 14° 💧 9.7mm
  6. 🌦 24° 15° 💧 1.8mm
  7. 🌦 24° 14° 💧 0.6mm
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Live wildlife observations
Recently spotted near Murambi Genocide Memorial

Real observations published to GBIF by researchers, lodges, and citizen scientists — refreshed daily.

Trachylepis maculilabris
2026-01-19 · Rwanda
Bubulcus ibis
2026-01-21 · Rwanda
Merops oreobates
2026-01-20 · Rwanda
Eidolon helvum
2026-01-22 · Rwanda
Tachyspiza Kaup, 1844
2026-01-08 · Rwanda
Cinnyris venustus
2026-01-20 · Rwanda
Source: GBIF.org — Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Best time to visit

Year-round

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