This is not a typical workshop. It is a cultural ritual you participate in.
Most travelers visit Rwanda for landscapes and wildlife. Very few experience its botanical heritage through their own hands. In this workshop, you do not just observe. You formulate, blend, and pour your own soap using locally sourced ingredients such as local coffee, bitter leaf ,Rwandan basil, aloe vera, hibiscus and local clays. Every ingredient carries a story rooted in land, healing, and tradition.
What makes this experience distinct:
You craft a product yourself rather than watching a demonstration
You learn the cultural meaning behind each botanical
You engage directly with a local, woman-led clean beauty...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Free park visit
Refreshments
women basket weaving center tour
All Soapmaking Equipment
Meeting Points
Departure
Museum Ingabo
Our meeting point is the Ngabo Museum parking lot. Please enter through the gate marked “Ngabo Museum” and proceed directly to the parking area. We will pick you up from there.
(Also accessible via Agaseke Culture Village.)
Return
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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This is not a typical workshop. It is a cultural ritual you participate in.
Most travelers visit Rwanda for landscapes and wildlife. Very few experience its botanical heritage through their own hands. In this workshop, you do not just observe. You formulate, blend, and pour your own soap using locally sourced ingredients such as local coffee, bitter leaf ,Rwandan basil, aloe vera, hibiscus and local clays. Every ingredient carries a story rooted in land, healing, and tradition.
What makes this experience distinct:
You craft a product yourself rather than watching a demonstration
You learn the cultural meaning behind each botanical
You engage directly with a local, woman-led clean beauty...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Free park visit
Refreshments
women basket weaving center tour
All Soapmaking Equipment
Meeting Points
Departure
Museum Ingabo
Our meeting point is the Ngabo Museum parking lot. Please enter through the gate marked “Ngabo Museum” and proceed directly to the parking area. We will pick you up from there.
(Also accessible via Agaseke Culture Village.)
Participants will take part in a guided, hands-on soapmaking session where they:
-Learn about Rwanda’s indigenous botanicals and their skin benefits -Explore scents and choose their preferred blend -Measure and mix natural oils and ingredients -Customize their soap with botanicals -Pour and mold their own handcrafted bar
Throughout the activity, we share the cultural stories behind the ingredients and explain how traditional Rwandan beauty rituals inspire each formula.
Each guest gets their soap they created themselves after 24hours of drying at the studio and a deeper understanding of Rwanda’s plant heritage.
