4 Hours Adventure : Goma

This tour do also offer a visit of different attractive site place of the town as best hotels, restaurants and so far shantytown

• MEETING POINT : Provincial HOSPITAL (Hopital Général)

• MEETING TIME   : 11:00 pm GMT

• DURATION           : 4H30’

• ENDING TIME     : 3:30 pm GMT

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From the Hopital Général we walk till PORT DE GOMA. Once at the Goma Port, we shall visit dock with ships, taking photos, entering inside (if we find only one which is loading); Now it’ll be the time to reach the BDGL roundabout, it’s a bit long walking time, moto taxi can help, its cost is from 0.5 to 1 USD to IHUSI Hotel. It’s a best site for relaxing. They do have a best look to the lake, a swimming pool, a feast room, a good restaurant, shortly a luxurious hotel.

About 1.5 kilometers separate the hotel and BDGL roundabout, at the second exit on the right hand, there is the unique place of the  Goma Town where are sold art objects known as a local museum. For the one who wants  to do some souvenir and curio shopping, this is the time to do it. it’s not forbidden to take photo. In short you have look for all what you want. Here,  we stop for 30 minutes but if you have interest to explore in more details, we can prolong the visit.As the highlight of this tour, it’s described as following:

Known as a museum of North Kivu Province, it contains all collections of masks and arts objects of around 500 tribes of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many of those masks were used in ceremonies of weeding, birth, enthronement; fighting… many tourists from everywhere who look for original curio from Congo, do find them here.

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All statues which are sold have their meaning, stories and legends.

Many of them show the life of Congolese ancestor and some of statues were really used by them. Trying to analyse one by one, you can easily make a difference between former time and nowadays life.

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The monument of Tchukudu, which is the symbol of the work in Goma is in the next Roundabout. That’s a touristic place; people from everywhere usually take pictures there, even for local wedding, clips of local stars… that’s in our step of visit.

1 km ahead there SIGNERS roundabout. There’s a monument of the volcano and some animals of the park like lions, Gorillas….

The Virunga Market is the heart of Goma town, various categories of goods are sold, clothes, electronic set, shoes, food… many tourists women usually like to buy our loin cloth and local food in other to taste it.

From the market, we’ll have to visit KILIJIWE (big stone in English), this quarter was named after volcanic eruption of 1977, so the lava made a big stone which stays the reference. Very far from KILIJIWE will visit KITUKU market a very small one to the verge of Kivu Lake form fish man and known as a popular place for ship construction. Before reaching the best restaurant we shall visit the public beach known as PLAGE DU PEUPLE… We can also visit other restaurant of local specialties according to your wish.