Rwanda- Gisenye Beach

Last week we went on our second trip to Rwanda to renew our visas. This time we wanted to see somewhere different than Kigali where we went in January so we went to stay at the Discover Rwanda Youth Hostel by Gisenye Beach. It was an amazing break away!

Gisenye Discover Rwanda youth hostel

On Saturday after the youth service at KBC, we set off from the bus station at 9PM for the thirteen hour night bus to Gisenye, arriving at the Rwandan border at around 7AM the next day. As I find it hard to sleep on journeys and Lois took a Red Bull before getting on the coach, we spent most of the day sleeping.

The hostel was very nice inside and as there were no other guests staying, we had the whole communal area to ourselves. It was just across the road from Lake Kivu so we had a lovely view of the lake. The lake itself was very beautiful in the stormy weather we had for a few days or basking in sun which made it look very tropical with azure water.

We had a very relaxing few days from Sunday to Tuesday, which I spent enjoying the quietness of the hostel or reading on the beach. In the evenings, we went out twice to a pizza restaurant, which I loved because I really miss my margaritas!

On Wednesday morning we travelled to Kigali so we could take a day bus back to Kampala the next day. It turned out that the hostel we stayed in when we came in January had been knocked down and moved so we stayed in the newly located Discover Rwanda. That meant we couldn’t go to our favourite burrito cafe but instead we found a lovely restaurant up the road. Lois and I had cheesy Bolognese tagiatelle, which was amazing as we don't often get cheese here!

The restautaunt

Bolognese tagiatelle

Now we have renewed our visas for our remaining time here and are looking forward to what that has in store!