Our driver guide will pick you from your hotel in Kigali at 08h00 am, short briefing about your tour and then drive to King's Palace Museum in Nyanza town, Southern Province of Rwanda (the drive lasts 2h30). A reconstruction of the traditional royal residence, the King's Palace Museum is a beautifully crafted thatched dwelling shaped like a beehive. In olden times, Nyanza was the heart of Rwanda. According to oral tradition, it was the site of battles and power struggles. For a long time, the monarchy was mobile, moving the court between various locations. When it eventually settled in one place, Nyanza was the obvious choice. The capital of the Kingdom has as many as 2,000 inhabitants, and huts built with the same methods as seen here. At the back live a few long horned Inyambo cattle, descended from the King's herd, whose keepers carefully tend and sing to them, keeping alive a unique tradition. Rwanda ceased to be a monarchy in 1962, when it gained independence.