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Five-star KN 3 Avenue, Nyarugenge, Kigali

Kigali Marriott Hotel

Two hundred and fifty-four rooms over eight floors on the crest of Kiyovu hill, with an Italian restaurant, a pool bar and Rwandan coffee in the lobby café.

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Rooms
254 rooms and suites
Opened
October 2016
Floors
Eight
From the airport
About 11 km from Kigali International

The hotel

Rwanda's first Marriott.

The hotel took years to build and opened in October 2016, a little over a week after Marriott closed its purchase of Starwood. It was the group's first hotel in Rwanda. The building fills a whole block at the top of Kiyovu hill, in Nyarugenge, and rises eight floors above KN 3 Avenue.

Marriott hired about five hundred people for the opening, working with the Akilah Institute for Women and Women for Women International to train women for supervisory jobs. The kitchens buy local beef, poultry and vegetables, the lobby café pours coffee from smallholder farms, and a shop sells goods made in Rwanda.

  • Saray Spa Treatment rooms, a sauna and a steam bath, with a health club and group classes alongside.
  • Two pools An outdoor pool with the Sarabi bar beside it, and an indoor pool in the fitness area.
  • Rooms for meetings Fourteen meeting rooms in the building, seating about 1,720 people between them.

Rooms & suites

City views from the top of the hill.

Rooms and suites are spread over eight floors, in three broad categories.

  • Rooms Deluxe rooms King or twin beds, with a coffee and tea corner and a bathtub as well as a shower.
  • Club level Club King, City View A king bed on the club level, facing the city.
  • Suites Junior, Executive and Presidential suites Three grades of suite, up to the Presidential Suite.

Dining

Four places to eat and drink.

Restaurants and bars as listed by the hotel. Shown for information.

  • Cucina Italian Run by an Italian head chef
  • Soko Restaurant International buffets Breakfast, lunch and a weekend brunch
  • Iriba Bar & Terrace Bar Indoors or on the terrace
  • Sarabi Pool Bar Drinks and light plates Beside the outdoor pool

Good to know

Before you go.

  • Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon.
  • Pets Not accepted.
  • Brunch The weekend brunch at Soko includes use of the pool, though food and drink stay away from the water.

Getting there

Flying to Kigali.

Kigali International is about 11 kilometres away, a drive of roughly 20 to 25 minutes, our estimate. Private jets use the same airport, which is open at all hours, and a car brings you up the hill to KN 3 Avenue.

Business & First Class Scheduled flights RwandAir is based here. Brussels Airlines and KLM fly from Europe, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines through their hubs, and Ethiopian and Kenya Airways from Addis Ababa and Nairobi. Request a fare Private Jet Private jets Jets may land at any hour, and formalities are cleared on arrival. The runway is 3,500 metres long with an instrument landing system, and several handlers and flight-support agents work there. Request a jet
Approximate flying time by midsize jet to Kigali
  • Nairobi 1 h 20
  • Johannesburg 3 h 55
  • Dubai 5 h 40
  • Paris 8 h 35 long-range jet
  • London 9 h 00 long-range jet

Questions

What guests ask first.

When did the Kigali Marriott open?
In October 2016. It was the first Marriott hotel in Rwanda.
How far is the Kigali Marriott from the airport?
About 11 kilometres from Kigali International, roughly 20 to 25 minutes by car by our estimate.
Does the Kigali Marriott have a pool?
Two: an outdoor pool with a bar and an indoor pool in the health club, next to Saray Spa.
Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Kigali?
Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Kigali, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.

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Staying at Kigali Marriott Hotel?

Book the room, then the flight.

Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Kigali, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.

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