While Karongi is famed for being serene, there are plenty of activities guaranteed to make your stay memorable. We are happy to guide you in choosing your adventure and ensuring you get the best value for your money.
The most popular activity on Lake Kivu, highly customizable to suit your interests and budget. The 90-minute tour covers the lake shores with a visit to Peace and Girls' Islands. The two-hour option adds Monkey Island and the farming Island, where there is a good chance you will interact with monkeys and step onto a proper local Rwandan farm.
The full islands tour runs about three hours and adds Napoleon, King and Queen Islands to the route. Napoleon Island includes a thirty-minute hike to a panoramic peak and is home to over three thousand fruit bats. Birders will spot kingfishers, cormorants, hamerkops and more.
A niche evening variation of the islands tour that targets the most glorious sunsets on Lake Kivu. It coincides with the time local fishing begins, so you can see how traditional fishing is done. The singing and chanting that keeps the crews' morale up never gets old.
If you love fishing, this is yours. Three to four hours of a hands-on local fishing experience, including participating in fishnet setting, rowing and everything in between.
Oh yes, it is a thing. If this tickles your curiosity we recommend you indulge. Normally offered as an extension of the full island tour, you will witness cows actually swimming between shores.
Your idea of bliss might be you, the kayak and the open waters. Kayaking is also an alternative way to enjoy any of the island experiences at your own quiet pace.
A three to four hour Karongi customization of the famous Congo Nile Trail. Enjoy scenic mountain and lake views and interact with locals as the trail moves through the countryside along the belt of Lake Kivu.
If you love coffee, this is made for you. Be part of the process of getting your coffee right from the garden to your cup, guided by farmers who do it every day.
A guided tour that visits the best sights of Karongi: the Museum of Environment, Gatwaro memorial site, Karongi market and several scenic vantage points of the town.
Popular for those who would love to cover more ground. Karongi is made for cycling, good roads, low car traffic and lots of beautiful scenery.