🇷🇼 Rwanda Bugesera District 1 tour

Nyamata Genocide Memorial

A former Catholic church preserved as it was found after 10,000 refugees were killed inside in 1994.

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Country

🇷🇼 Rwanda

Region

Bugesera District

Best time

Year-round

Coordinates

-2.100, 30.100

About Nyamata Genocide Memorial

Nyamata is one of the most confronting Genocide memorials in Rwanda — a large Catholic church in Bugesera district where some 10,000 Tutsi sought refuge in April 1994 and were murdered. The church has been left almost exactly as it was: bullet-scarred ceilings, piles of clothing, underground crypts of remains. A sobering, unmissable site.

Highlights

  • Original 1994 site preserved
  • Underground crypts
  • Personal effects of victims
  • Compact guided visit
Live forecast · Nyamata Genocide Memorial
27°C Mainly clear · 9 km/h wind
Updated 2026-05-18T15:00
  1. 🌦 27° 17° 💧 0.5mm
  2. 🌦 28° 16° 💧 1.0mm
  3. 🌧 26° 17° 💧 9.4mm
  4. 🌦 27° 16° 💧 4.9mm
  5. 🌦 26° 16° 💧 5.8mm
  6. 🌦 26° 16° 💧 1.5mm
  7. 🌦 27° 16° 💧 1.2mm
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Live wildlife observations
Recently spotted near Nyamata Genocide Memorial

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

Ardea melanocephala
2026-01-01 · Rwanda
Milvus migrans
2026-01-01 · Rwanda
Ardea melanocephala
2026-01-01 · Rwanda
Hydrictis maculicollis
2026-01-10 · Rwanda
Tachyspiza Kaup, 1844
2026-01-08 · Rwanda
Ceryle rudis
2026-01-10 · Rwanda
Source: GBIF.org — Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Best time to visit

Year-round

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