Rwanda Cycle Tour Including UCI Road World Championships

Experience the land of a thousand hills with almost endless roads crisscrossing this unspoilt country. Exploring Rwanda’s countryside on a bike is an authentic and rewarding way to interact with the rural population, with a huge dose of natural beauty.

Tri Travel In association with RacePace Tours  has created an one of an kind and very exciting cycling tours to date – in Africa! We will be riding new heights while the global cycling spotlight will shine on the vibrant city of Kigali from September 21st to 28th, 2025, to host the prestigious UCI Road World Championships for the first time on the African continent in the event’s 103-year history. It is a momentous occasion and we offer our guests to embrace the joy of cycling and to kick-off our tour just on the day after the Elite men’s race will have paved and cleared the roads for us.

On our first day we will cover the same 15.1 km circuit plus an extra mid-race 42.5km extension circuit as the men’s elite race which includes two short climbs and continuous rolling and testing roads including to climb the infamous Mur du Kigal, the cobbled climb that kicks up at 11 %. After two days of scenic cycling in the outer urban area of Kigali with its mighty volcanoes we will hit the road towards Kinigi on our third riding day.

Kinigi is in the middle of the Volcanoes National Park – globally renouwn for travellers to have close encounter with mountain gorillas. You’ll be treated to views of Rwanda’s spectacular volcanoes as you head towards the twin lakes Ruhondo and Burera and then all around Mount Kabuye, the tallest freestanding mountain in Rwanda.

Our destination for the fourth stage Is Lake Kivu, one of the deepest lakes in the world and a Great Lake of Africa. To get there you will enjoy a magnificent ride along a chain of volcanoes, through bamboo forests, remote villages and banana plantations before we reach Kibuye, where we will stay at Umurobyi Lodge for the next three days. Followed by our first rest day at Lake Kivu we will hit the southern part of the Kivu Belt Road which is more rugged with more and shorter climbs – a true roller coaster to reach our highlight of the day with the final climb into the Nyungwe Rainforest.

Cycling and Gourmet experience from the capital Capital City to Lake Kivu

• Experience the most scenic cycling routes in Rwanda.
• VIP-Package for the UCI Women’s and Men’s Elite Races
• 9 x VIP Dinner / Social evenings
• Premium accommodation and hospitality
• Ride the original UCI World Champs route in Kigali
• Climb Mur de Kigali
• Twin Lakes lava loop
• Mount Kibuye loop
• 3 Days exclusive Lake Kivu experience