Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel: This premium hotel has a 5-star TripAdvisor rating. The Mantis Kivu Marina Bay hotel is conveniently located in Cyangugu, one of the thriving towns in the Rusizi district of Rwanda’s southwestern province. The town also marks the beginning of the Nile Trail and offers chances for physical activity and interaction. Tourists can do boat cruising, hiking, swimming, and mountain trekking.
Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel is located around 1 km from Kamembe International Airport, making it an ideal choice for visitors to Nyungwe Forest National Park. The flight from Kigali International Airport to Kamembe International Airport lasts 20 minutes. If guests decide to drive alone, Mantis Kivu Marina Bay is approximately 5 hours from Kigali. With the opening of the Mantis Cleo Kivu Hotel in Kibuye, visitors will be able to stay overnight or for lunch.
Mantis’ Kivu Marina Bay Hotel, which opened in January 2020, invites you to enjoy the resort lifestyle in Rwanda’s Rusizi District, located in the Western Province. The hotel has a bar, a gym, a sauna, a club room, and a swimming pool, as well as a number of well-designed rooms, including seven luxury suites and one presidential suite.
The stunning exterior creates an inviting atmosphere for visitors from all over the world, including Rwanda. It has a wonderful perspective of the western tourist zone, made possible by planted balconies and gleaming glass facades. The hotel is well positioned for tourists to Volcanoes National Park and Lake Kivu, as well as boat tours, hiking, swimming, and mountain climbing in the surrounding area.
It also offers a variety of services and facilities, including numerous restaurants serving excellent international and local cuisine. Guests staying at the hotel can have breakfast on the lake’s banks, as well as lunch and dinner both indoors and outdoors, all while overlooking the lake and private beach.
The hotel also has a well-stocked bar that sells hard and soft drinks. The hotel has a poolside bar where guests may relax and unwind while admiring the stunning views of Lake Kivu, as well as a private beach. The hotel has complimentary parking that is safe and secure, with 24-hour supervision.
In addition, the hotel offers laundry services at a fee, free Wi-Fi, a massage parlor, a sauna, and a fully equipped gym. The hotel also features business centers with conference rooms and wedding reception halls that offer honeymoon packages to newlyweds.
Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel features two restaurants that serve superb locally inspired cuisine, as well as a casual poolside diner with a pizza oven. The hotel’s onsite nursery and vegetable garden produce seasonal fruits and vegetables, which Chef Vincent uses to create regionally inspired farm-to-table Rwandan dishes.
The hotel’s La Vue Restaurant is a sophisticated dining establishment with a warm and contemporary ambiance, purposefully designed to provide space while being private, and can seat up to 80 guests. The restaurant serves regionally influenced Rwandan cuisine created with hyperlocal and seasonal ingredients sourced directly from the onsite organic gardens and local fresh supply providers.
Why should you book your stay at the Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel?
Given its strategic location in the Cyangugu-Rusizi region, it is the ideal place to stay if you are visiting Rwanda’s Nyungwe Forest National Park or the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kahuzi Biega National Parks. Please contact us if you want to reserve your stay at the Mantis Kivu Marina Bay Hotel during your visit to Nyungwe Forest National Park.
