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Reviews of Rwiza Village 3 stars

Lake Kivu, Karongi Street, Kibuye, Gitesi, Rwanda

#1 of 2 hotels in Gitesi

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Review score

Based on 155 hotel reviews

8.2

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.4

  • Comfort

    8.3

  • Location

    8.9

  • Facilities

    7.9

  • Staff

    9.1

  • Value for money

    8.4

  • Free WiFi

    5.0

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  • Reviewed: 25 April 2024

    8.0
    Great location, amazing views and good food. Staff super helpful.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    One night there was no water coming up and it took a while to fix the problem.

    Location and staff very friendly and available.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very good quality for value! Beautiful surroundings

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 March 2024

    9.0
    Perfect place to relax and enjoy the Kivulake
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The lake view is awesome!

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 January 2024

    7.0
    It would not take that much if they are willing
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It’s very basic. Pretty dark in the room. The faucet halfway broken. no carpet coming out of the shower. It would have been ok 40 years ago.Not today. The road is very bad. Why to lie about the distance . It is not 100meters but between 300 and 400. Enough to puncture a tire. The wifi is a joke better in the restaurant far from being perfect.

    The food , the ground, the kindness of Eric of and the other employee at the restaurant and the proximity to lake Kivu.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 January 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Beautiful environment, well maintained and just a perfect spot to calm down and to relax

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 January 2024

    9.0
    beautful place worth visiting!
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night

    all was fine!

    quietness, comfy beds, great views! excellent staff

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 January 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    You do need a 4x4 to get here but that’s with almost all the accommodations in Rwanda, no problem, you’ll make it 😃

    Really really nice place, the view is amazing, the food is nice, staff are really friendly, they can arrange boat tour and kayaks, the garden is so beautiful and the rooms look better than on the booking pictures. We really liked it here

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 December 2023

    9.0
    Friendly staff. Good food. Beautiful outlook.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night

    Bathroom a little small. Next time would request room at far end of garden in order to get afternoon sun.

    We ate in restaurant both nights. Food was very good. Staff very friendly and helped us learn some new words in Kinyrwanda

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 19 November 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The wifi is not working inside the room.

    Nice room with such an incredible view.

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 13 November 2023

    7.0
    Nice simple stay with stunning views
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Showers very tiny

    Great views Simple but comfortable

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 November 2023

    9.0
    Authentic spot by Lake Kivu
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Shower could be better, and mattresses more confortable

    Nice location by lake Kivu Beautiful views Authentic cabins and friendly staff Possibility to swim in the lake (direct access)

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 30 October 2023

    9.0
    Best view on lake Kivu
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No wifi in the rooms available, only public places (restaurants) Breakfast is mainly the same, u can choose from omelets and pancakes. (It didnt bother us tho)

    The view was excellent ! Rooms were basic, but had the basics you would need. Its very peacefull and quiet, great location to get some rest. Activities can be booked from the hotel: Hiking Boattrips to several islands on lake kivu 1,2 or 3 hours Canoeing

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 20 October 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Pictures looked better than reality (despite being a sunny day)

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 2 October 2023

    9.0
    Simple place with great view
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It's a bungalow type small house. Its cozy and lovely. However not too much space and beaware of the papermade walls. Friendly staff. Simple breakfast.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 15 September 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    the access road could be renovated!

    magnificent views from every corner.!

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 10 August 2023

    8.0
    Relaxing stay right on the lake
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Service at the restaurant is pretty slow. We were charged more for a boat trip than we later saw advertised in other (fancier) hotels. Note that the location on booking.com is completely wrong, and Google maps takes you along an impassable dirt road. Keep an eye out for sign posts and ask locals

    Amazing location with direct access to the lake. Nice open air restaurant with Rwandan specialities. Lake views from every room.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 10 August 2023

    8.0
    Very nice accommodation at a wonderful location.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Plain water is not included in the breakfast. Even if you don't take coffee/tea (which is included) and want to replace it with water, they will charge you for it.

    Rwiza Village is really in a superb location. The view over Lake Kivu is wonderful and watching the fishermen going out on the lake in their boats in the afternoons and returning at sunrise was an unforgettable experience. The rooms are basic, but designes very nicely and the view from the balcony is superb. The place has a nice small bathing spot. The shore is quite steep so perhaps not ideal for little children. The breakfast was nice and we got a wonderful fruit plate each morning.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 7 August 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The design and the views are astounding. I had only lukewarm water but I didn't mind. Clear use of pesticides in the garden though :( Would stay there again.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 26 July 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very challenging to get there by car, need a 4x4 and best someone who knows the way as googlemaps doesn't know the easiest route. Rooms, bathrooms and beds are small, bit challenging for tall people.

    Beautiful view and garden, nice food (vegan options), cute bungalows.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 23 July 2023

    8.0
    Incredible, must see!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I understand the property has no control over this, but on my last day, across the lake, pigs were screaming bloody murder until the nightly hours. The next morning I was awaken at 5 am by these screams. But this is honestly the only bad experience I had.

    It was so beautiful, and comfortable, the staff, especially Jojo, were so helpful and friendly. It was an incredible experience. Watching the singing and whistling fishermen return from a night of fishing, was probably the highlight of my stay! The view of the sun setting over the lake from the restaurant is also like something out of a movie!

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 7 June 2023

    8.0
    Gorgeous views over the lake and genuinely memorable experience
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It is a hill side traditional style hut so expect it to be rustic and small, not a 5* hotel. The road to the hotel for the last 200m is genuinely very tight and would require a light 4x4 to access...don't rely on Google maps to get you there.

    The views are stunning, watching the fishermen chant on their way back to port was unforgettable. The gardens are immaculately kept with swimming access to the lake. Staff were outstanding throughout our stay. Breakfast of omelette and fresh topical fruits was delicious and the view again, phenomenal.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 12 May 2023

    8.0
    Beautiful
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    road access is difficult and swimming area could be improved

    great view, helpful staff, beautiful rooms

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: 5 April 2023

    8.0
    Fantastic
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    However you booked a kayak via the reception in the morning and the place is not fully booked they ar not so flexible with late checking out.

    Top view!

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 February 2023

    8.0
    Amazing view
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double or Twin Room with Garden View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The view. Amazing. The room is very basic. Breakfast good

    Stayed in February 2023

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