Opened in February 2011 and situated five minutes drive off a main road, Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel has the most beautiful views in the Nyungwe Forest area since it is set on top of a hill with views across numerous tea plantations, and close to the headquarters of Nyungwe National Park. Enjoy the traditionally built round houses offering a rather more modern take on the theme. The reception is located on the ground floor and is sparsely furnished with a few modern angular sofas and walls adorned with traditional Rwandan murals. Circular wicker lights hang from the ceiling and dark tiled stairs lead you up to a mezzanine balcony.
Enjoy the ambiance of the dining area on the second level with tables and chairs set on a rather out-of-place black-tiled floor, and a sweeping veranda with tables and chairs of steel and moulded plastic. The views from here are stunning and on clear days you can even see Lake Kivu and the volcanoes of the Congo beyond. There is also a bar on this level made almost entirely from bottle tops, giving it a bright, very kitsch look: almost Art Deco. It really was a piece of art and probably our favorite part of the hotel.
At Top View Hill Hotel Nyungwe, there are red-brick cottages each with a small lounge area at the front, with terracotta-tiled floors, a sofa, chair and coffee table, and a fireplace which can be lit for you on cold evenings. Although the furniture is different in every cottage, it is always angular and modern, and not of great quality, so it appears to be wearing quite quickly. The bedrooms are quite sparse, furnished only with a bed and some hanging space for clothes, but they have plenty of space and were spotlessly clean. There are no fans or air con but the team here will put hot-water bottles in your beds on cooler nights. The tiled bathrooms each have a sink, toilet and shower and some also have baths. Towels are provided but toiletries are not. Although they looked attractive with their own individual colour schemes, cracks were already starting to appear when we visited.
Rating
Nyungwe Top View Hotel is one of the midrange hotels that travelers who pt out for budget safaris in Rwanda use for their travels. The service provided meets the requirements for both budget and mod range options.
Other Things to do
There are lots of things to do while in Rwanda. You can take chimpanzee tracking adventures into Nyunge, take exciting nature walks and get engaged with sightings of willdife that include Ruwenzori colobus monkey and chimpanzees tracking, birding walks, and the high canopy walk – for adventurous travelers. You can also enjoy canopy walks above the dense canopy of the forest.