KIMIRONKO MARKET
Market lovers will enjoy spending an hour or two here. Kimironko is an example of a real Rwandan market where you can find everything, meat, fish, fruits and vegetables... It's lively, it's beautiful, it's clean and tidy, right down to the piles of potatoes or cucumbers! There are also stalls selling local handicrafts, hardware, cell phones, shoes, second-hand clothes of all kinds... Products from Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and the DRC. Don't hesitate to negotiate prices, haggling here is kindly de rigueur. The area of African fabrics (wax and others) is particularly dazzling with colors, and in the alleys, seamstresses installed with their sewing machine will be able to execute a model in the hour, with the fabric of your choice, for about ten euros. Catalogs are available for the choice of the model. However, you should allow a few hours for fittings and adjustments before picking up your garment, or even one or two days for the most complicated models. Custom-made garments must be earned! For a small tip, young people will guide you through the maze of shops. The whole market is covered, which is practical under the blazing sun. If you want to take pictures, ask permission beforehand, it will be appreciated and you will leave with more beautiful smiles.
Saturday and Monday are the busiest days. On Sundays, the market empties as many vendors take the day off.
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You will first to find a place of parking nearby (I advise taxi). You will not fail to make you arrive for you " assister" in your shopping. The negotiation is required because a " Muzungu" , you will be taxed at exorbitant prices compared to quality offered.
Crafts, in Rwanda, is quite poor compared to what is done in some bordering countries. You will have lives toured on what these small stalls offer.
As for clothes, we have everything we put at the " bulles" with clothes in Europe! The bundle are unpacked, recycled clothes and " given in rayons" ... It is not rare to find designer's clothes such as Burberry or Jack& Jones! However, be careful, it is necessary to excavate, excavate, excavate!
Finally, as for food, fruits and vegetables have pride and it is a festival of scents and colours that are offered to you. Beware of the meat and fish... the essential standards of hygiene are rarely respected and stomachs of backpackers are not always used to this type of food. It remains that all is covered market (it is quite nice under a hard sun) and that is inevitable in Kigali.