Caplaki Craft Village — Attraction in Kigali City

A fun place for souvenir shopping, but most of the places all carry the same few things. Most of the stalls have the same items, and a million of them, but a few have some more unique pieces, just take your time and look. Note what you like, where it was and a price you have negotiated (you can haggle down to 30-40% of the first quoted price). And since many of the vendors have the same stuff, you can see who wants your business more for those items in negotiating too. Some of the vendors are kinda pushy, and others are more invitational, so I tried to give my business to those who...

There are special treasures sprinkled around that you need to explore and find. Come with a good attitude, an open heart, and some capacity to negotiate compassionately and you can walk away with something you can't find anywhere else.

This is the type of tourism industry I love to promote when traveling as opposed to the mass market tourism items (which yes, are plentiful here if you want "that mask" or "that elephant statue"). But there are genuinely some amazing artists here! Shout out to Shadrack and his mom...

The place is now situated on the upper floor of the supermarket complex, like seen in the photo.

It's a nice place with many (like 20) small shops squeezed in a big hall. Great variety of all kinds of souvenirs for very good prices (significantly better than in Kenya or Uganda). You'll get anything you want from this place.

Vendors were not at all rude and would not drag us into their shops, also would let us go peacefully if we didn't fancy anything from their stock.

Be sure to negotiate your...