Silent Hills No Longer
Welcome to Rwanda's first cultural heritage audio walking tour.
The Silent Hills No Longer project aims to support communities in Karongi district through sustainable cultural heritage tourism activities.
Local Experiences
Meet some of Karongi district's artisans, who specialize in blacksmithing, pottery, weaving, and more. Here, people take real pride in maintaining and celebrating the region's unique cultural heritage.
Beautiful scenery
Escape the beaten path to experience the beauty of western Rwanda. With its rolling hills, impressive mountains, endless tea and coffee plantations, and gorgeous Lake Kivu, it beauty is unmatched.
Rich History
Learn from Rwanda's first cultural heritage audio walking tour about the region's rich history from the elders who have learned to pass this knowledge on to younger generations.
The Silent Hills No Longer project aims to support communities in Karongi district by co-creating sustainable tourism activities that highlight the region’s unique history, cultural heritage and beautiful scenery. Its objectives include:
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To provide tourists with a unique opportunity to discover Karongi district’s fascinating history and cultural heritage and stunning natural beauty by creating sustainable community-based cultural heritage tourism activities; and
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To generate income that can help to support and revitalize the rural communities that host this tour.
Check out the ‘Silent Hills No Longer’ trailer now to learn more.
With support from the Royal Society of Edinburgh and History and the Glasgow Centre for International Development at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, we worked with elders and other local experts in the communities of Kabuga, Mubuga, Bisesero, and Ngoma to document some of the region’s rich history and cultural heritage. We then transformed the insights gained into Rwanda’s first cultural heritage audio walking tour.
Want to learn more about how we worked together? Visit the About page for more detail about the project’s origins, methodology, and plans for the future. Ready to start planning to take the tour? The Experience page offers further details on what to expect and how best to plan given your individual fitness level and available time. From there, the Contact page can connect you with our trained guides and other useful information.