Visiting Tea plantations in Nyungwe is one of the rarest but interesting tourist activities enjoyed by tourists visiting Nyungwe Forest National Park. Exploring the tea plantations in Nyungwe is a perfect way for passionate tea lovers or Agro-tourists to discover about how the fine and delicious tea they enjoy is planted, harvested and processed until it finds its way into the markets, homes or restaurants.Book Now
Tea Picking in Nyungwe
The fertile volcanic soils and favorably cool climate of Rwanda, as well as the altitude (rolling hills), has played a key role in influencing tea growing, which has undeniably become Rwanda’s main export. A visit to Tea Estate will offer an insight into how the tea most people enjoy is grown, up to when it is packed.
The tea plantations/Estate is found on the western edge of Nyungwe Forest National park, close to Gisenyi Town and is a perfect stop point for tourists interested in relaxing after a hectic Chimpanzee trek in Nyungwe Forest National Park.
The vast tea plantations in Nyungwe features a number of tea ridges that reward tourists with jaw-dropping scenery of the verdant tea plantation and the nearby mountains that offer the backdrop for the large plantation. If you visit at the right time (especially Monday to Saturday), you will find the workers or farmers picking/harvesting quality tea leaves in baskets and get a chance to join them in picking tea or rather capture all the best moments on camera. Tourists are also led to where the tea is processed and this is the sight to behold.
The busy schedule of the workers will not deter them from showing and offering information about the harvesting tea or the process of processing. Tours of tea plantations around Nyungwe Forest National Park not only take place in Gisakura but also Gisovu tea plantation. Tours to Gisakura tea plantation can be organized for families, small tourist groups and children.
Visiting Gisakura Tea Plantation also allows tourists to encounter some of the Colobus monkey tracking near the forest patch, hence making the tea plantation an ideal place for Agro-tourists and wildlife lovers alike.
Visitors into Rwanda are urged to embrace the home of East Africa’s most diverse primate population, to spare time to track gorillas in Volcanoes National Park one of the most exciting experiences in Rwanda