The Retreat by Heaven is the first entirely eco-friendly, solar-powered resort in the capital city of Kigali, located just twenty minutes from the international airport, on a tranquil tree-lined street. The Retreat by Heaven is the first entirely eco-friendly, solar-powered resort in the capital city of Kigali, located just twenty minutes from the international airport, on a tranquil tree-lined street.

Location

A tiny, landlocked republic in Equatorial Africa, Rwanda lies on the eastern rim of the Albertine Rift and the watershed between Africa’s two largest river systems: the Nile and the Congo. Often called the "land of a thousand hills", Rwanda is a mountainous country with a moist, temperate year-round climate. This is a sultry land of lakes, rain forests and rolling hills, offering a number of magnificent lakeside resort towns.

Accommodation

The luxury boutique hotel’s twenty rooms feature locally-crafted and sustainable wood furniture, outdoor showers, solar electricity, private patios and local accents, built around a central heated swimming pool, complete with jacuzzi.

There are three deluxe rooms, nine superior suites, and eight enormous luxury pool villas, with their own private plunge pools.

There are two charming restaurants (Fusion and Heaven) on-site, offering organic farm-to-table international cuisine, along with a well-equipped gym, yoga and meditation sessions, and spa treatment rooms, allowing you to rejuvenate and relax before or after a Rwandan safari or gorilla trek.

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Experiences

Ensuring you get the very most of your time in this progressive, clean, perfectly presented, crime-free city, The Retreat can arrange bespoke experiences – from gallery visits, arts and crafts and cycling, to volunteering at local projects.

There is also a thriving international food scene in the city, with a range of stylish restaurants offering varied cuisines available that could sit comfortably in Cape Town, London or New York.

You may also like to tour the city and visit the genocide memorial, a moving testimony to this country’s past that it has courageously overcome. It is a fascinating place, both sombre yet also giving cause for optimism, given the reconciliation that has happened throughout the country.

Positive Impact

We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.

Community

Wherever possible, Heaven source their organic ingredients from the hotel’s very own onsite garden and ingredients they are unable to grow themselves are sourced responsibly, from local suppliers and farmers.

Community

Since the hotel’s establishment in 2008, Heaven has trained over 1,000 Rwandans. At the heart of their approach is an authentic and tailored Rwandan experience. Everything offered is custom-built by local craftspeople and showcases Rwandan arts, photography, experiences, and agriculture.

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