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Inside Afrika Boutique Hotel

3.0 star property
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Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Terrace/patio
Standard Room, 1 King Bed
Family Apartment, 1 King Bed, Hill View | Living area
Terrace/patio

Reviews

7.4 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Free airport shuttle
    Free airport shuttle
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Kitchen
    Kitchen
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping

Explore the area

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KN46 Street, Kiyovu, P.O. Box 545, Kigali, Kigali
  • Union Trade Center
    15 min walk
  • Ntarama Church
    4 min drive
  • Mambas Club
    5 min drive
  • Kigali (KGL-Kigali Intl.)
    19 min drive

Room options

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Egyptian cotton sheets, memory-foam beds, in-room safe

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room, 1 Bedroom

Standard Room, 1 Bedroom

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Large Twin Bed

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Deluxe Double Room

Deluxe Double Room

  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Family Apartment, 1 King Bed, Hill View | Living area

Family Apartment, 1 King Bed, Hill View

  • Hill view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Single Room

Single Room

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Kigali

With a stay at Inside Afrika Boutique Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Kigali, within a 10-minute drive of Kigali Convention Centre and Union Trade Center. .This hotel is 1.7 mi (2.8 km) from Ntarama Church and 2.5 mi (4.1 km) from Club Rafiki.

What's nearby

  • Nyamirambo Stadium - 7 min drive - 5.8 km
  • Kigali Heights - 8 min drive - 5.1 km
  • University of Kigali - 8 min drive - 5.3 km
  • Kigali Convention Centre - 8 min drive - 5.2 km
  • BK Arena - 12 min drive - 9.0 km

Getting around

  • Kigali (KGL-Kigali Intl.) - 19 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Executive Lounge - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪DownTown - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Makfast - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Motel Héllenique - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Fusion Restaurant - ‬11 min walk

About this property

Inside Afrika Boutique Hotel

Art Deco hotel with a winery and free breakfast
Inside Afrika Boutique Hotel offers 9 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature private pools and safes. Rooms open to balconies. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations include desks. Memory foam beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets. Guests can make use of the shared/communal kitchen. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with rainfall showerheads.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and blackout drapes/curtains. Microwaves and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.

Children under 15 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision.

Treat yourself to a stay in one of the 9 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring private pools and flat-screen televisions. Your memory foam bed comes with Egyptian cotton sheets. Rooms have private balconies. Prepare your meals in the shared/communal kitchen. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming provides entertainment.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including an attached winery and an outdoor pool. Additional features at this Art Deco hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and a banquet hall.
A complimentary self-serve breakfast is served daily from 6 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, a business center, and a 24-hour front desk. A shuttle from the airport to the hotel is complimentary (available 24 hours).
A complimentary self-serve breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.

Languages

English, French

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired Internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired Internet

Parking and public transport

  • Free extended parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Free 24-hour pick-up airport shuttle
  • Airport shuttle on request

Food and drink

  • Free self-service breakfast available daily 6 AM–10 AM
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Things to do

  • 24-hour pool access
  • Outdoor pool
  • On-site winery
  • Winery release events

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Microwave (on request)
  • Outdoor pool
  • Fridge

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Outdoor entertainment area
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Pool access ramp on site
  • Step-free path to entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible fitness centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • Couples dining
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Mosquito nets
  • Romance packages available

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Memory-foam mattress

Bathroom

  • Bath or shower
  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 32-inch flat-screen TV
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Cookware/dishes/utensils
  • Free bottled water
  • Microwave (on request)
  • Oven
  • Fridge
  • Shared kitchen access
  • Stovetop

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Desk
  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • Private pool
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at noon

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Late check-out subject to availability

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport; guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
24-hour pool access
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property
Children under 15 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision

Property is also known as

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Afrika Hotel
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Inside Afrika Boutique Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 29 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Molly

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Thneya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Yes to Afrika boutique Hotel!
Thumbs up to the staff who were so helpful and courteous. If you're looking for an affordable, quiet and decent place to stay, i would definitely recommend staying here. The rooms have a bit of a safari feel to them; the floors can get cold, so i would suggest carrying/wearing slippers. Make sure to request one of the rooms in front of the pool, the view is lovely at night. Also if you're looking for a ride to get you around Kigali, ask for Alphonse. The washrooms are starting to age a bit, but it's manageable if you're not staying too long (also the rooms are cleaned everyday). Enjoy!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Basic, but in a good area
Stayed for 2 weeks for a business trip. Overall, pretty basic, but good location, comfortable bed, and very pretty lounge/pool area. Was surprised to find that the room didn't have very many usual amenities - no phone, no shampoo/shower gel, no A/C, no room safe, no pen or notepad. The wifi speed was good, and the continental breakfast was good. Unfortunately I had $40 go missing from my suitcase while I stayed here (I knew I was risking it a bit, but was hoping there would be a room safe), and the hotel staff didn't handle it in a satisfactory way. No apologies, nothing really, just awkward nodding and walking away. So my impression of the service, overall, is not very positive. But if nothing goes wrong, they seem perfectly nice. For 4-5 nights I could also hear bass from loud music somewhere, until about 6AM, bothered me the first couple of nights and then I got used to it. Not sure if it was coming from a nearby building, but the thudding was pretty annoying.

6/10 Okay

Kultej, Kampala

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good night for 1 night hurry sleep over
Fine hotel, basic thing like fan or ac not thr, limited choices of food nd very limited for breakfast,

8/10 Good

Andy, NC

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
One night in Kigali
The airport pick up was great. Nice guy who waited for hours because the flight was late. The location is fine, but a bit isolated. The rooms are quite nice. But there is not air-conditioning and they did not have fans available. The staff was fine, but not overly friendly or helpful. Breakfast was adequate, but nothing hot. It was OK for a one night stay.

4/10 Poor

Tak, Ethiopia

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I did not get what I paid.
The hotel did not provide me a room what I paid for. quite disappointed.

8/10 Good

Melissa, Portland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel, friendly staff
The hotel was nice, although not amazing enough to justify the price. It might just be that all of Rwanda is pretty expensive. Clean room, good breakfast and a very nice pool for relaxing at. The staff were very friendly, but it was a bit difficult to get information out of them, for example maps or things to do in Kigali. Wifi worked sometimes, others not so much - a few times I had to ask the staff to reset the router. Good place overall.

4/10 Poor

Adrian, Atlanta

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Too expensive for what it offers
No amenities on the bathroom, just soap. It looks like one of those hotels that are really nice when they open for business, and they slowly start decaying as years pass by... Hotel personnel looks like they don't even care about you, you're practically a ghost for them. As I said...too expensive for what it offers.

8/10 Good

mrt2010, AZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very nice, small, mid-priced hotel with a view
The hotel is conveniently located, intimate, friendly and an overall fine place to stay. The staff is kind, attentive and helpful and this is a very calm and pleasant place to stay. I spent much of my time working in my room, enjoying the high quality internet connection and looking out over a really nice view of Kigali. Only one word of caution, on weekends, the sounds of a disco go on all night. If this sort of thing bothers you and you will be there on a Friday or Saturday night, ask for a room in the back. They aren't as nice and don't have any view, but they are quieter.

6/10 Okay

Sibusiso, South Africa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great Guest Relations and Service
Great small-type hotel that is ideal for couple of days stop-over stay

6/10 Okay

JBP, Uganda Brit

Liked: Cleanliness
Hotel? Or not?
It's clean, well-positioned and the staff do everything they can to help. From that respect you can't fault it. BUT it's not really an hotel.....if you expect an hotel to have a restaurant, bar or anything other than rooms. Which this doesn't. Just a room with a broken TV! And in comparison to 'proper' hotels very close by it's as, or more, expensive. I can't think of any reason to return other than the staff who did everything possible to maximise the experience in the absence of anything you could describe as a facility!

8/10 Good

Mavis, Arusha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Comfy bed and clean sheets
Thought it was a good place, easy to walk to town. Does need maintenance and the staff need to speak better English but on the whole a lovely time there.

8/10 Good

Denise, Tanzania

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel,great feel about it.
The accommodation was lovely. It is beautifully appointed and the views of the city by and night are brilliant. We have hesitation recommending this hotel to others. Minor problems that needed to be fixed but on the whole a lovely experience.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I thought the place was a great find. Everyone was so nice and the place was clean. The rooms were big. They had internet, a pool and great views of the city. I would def go back.

8/10 Good

Gail, Washington DC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A bargain, and comfortable
This was just the place for this older woman, in Kigali for a week to visit a friend. My stay there went very smoothly, from check-in to check-out.

8/10 Good

Anonymous, Northeast US

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice unique hotel in a phenomenal neighborhood
I was immediately and cordially welcomed by hotel staff who seemed to be available 24/7. The room (as well as the hotel) was uniquely decorated in African theme. The room was comfortable of higher quality with hot and cold water and internet service. The continental style breakfast with made to order omelette was also nice feature. The hotel's pool was situated to create a relaxing and tranquil environment whether one chose to swim in it or nice. I have stayed in a variety of hotels in East Africa and certainly would recommend this modestly priced one as well.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good and comfortable stay...small and cozy hotel!!!! Good option for low spending business or leisure visits.

6/10 Okay

Soloni, India

Good stay,
It was my first stay and also my first visit to Kigali, Rwanda. I would appreciate if there are grills on the main glass doors & window of the room as it becomes scary at night to sleep for the first timers. But the staff extended good hospitality and where quite helpful. regards, soloni

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

だいこん, 日本

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
おすすめです
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2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A éviter...
Réservation quelques jours plus tôt et pas de problèmes : nuitées payées par avance... Arrivée en soirée après avoir averti... Pas de chambre : transfert à un hotel quasi-vide et sans réel confort, à quelques Km. Je ne juge pas l'endroit où j'ai logé ! En revanche, la façon d'agir d' "Inside Africa" est déplacée et peu professionelle car ils ont certainement encaissé le différentiel de coût : si hotel.com accepte ça, ce n'est pas normal !

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

8/10 Good

V.de koninck

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort