The Duke of Sussex, 37, visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial on Saturday – a site that remembers the victims of the 1994 mass genocide.
It comes just weeks after his father Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited the memorial, where the remains of an estimated 250,000 victims are buried.
Meghan Markle’s friend Omid Scobie today gave details of what Harry wrote in a guest book during his stay at the site.
He said: “I am deeply moved by what I have seen. What an incredible display of unity and resilience we are witnessing now.
“Thank you for showing us all the way to healing and forgiveness. You set an example for the whole world.’
It comes after Harry, who is currently living in his $14million mansion in California, having retired from royal duty, also took a solo trip to the blue Indian Ocean coast of Mozambique last week.
The Duke made the 20,000 trip from California to host a group of US officials, conservationists and philanthropists on a tour of the pristine Bazaruto Archipelago as chairman of African Parks, his spokesman said.
However, it later emerged that the father of two had also visited Rwanda during his trip to Africa.
He later visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, with the organization sharing a series of photos of the king on Twitter
The organization shared two images of the Duke during his visit to the memorial where he is said to have ‘paid his respects’
The Duke of Sussex continued his surprise solo African tour with a visit to Rwanda to meet the country’s President
The President’s official Twitter account posted: “President Kagame received Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, who visited Rwanda as part of his work as President of African Parks.
“Government of Rwanda has agreements with African Parks to manage Akagera and Nyungwe National Parks”.
He later visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, with the organization sharing a series of photos of the king on Twitter and writing that he “paid his respects to the victims of the genocide against the Tutsi”.
The royal did not appear to have his wife Meghan Markle, 41, or children Archie, three, or Lilybet, one, with him on the trip.
News of the prince’s surprise African visit first emerged after he was photographed at the $270-a-night luxury Vilanculos Beach Lodge on the edge of Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, which is managed by African Parks, last week.
A source told MailOnline Harry flew into Heathrow last Sunday, where he switched to a connecting flight to Johannesburg.
Harry and his ex-girlfriend Chelsea regularly visited Bazaruto Island, the largest of the archipelago’s six, where they made the most of the empty white sand beaches and snorkeled coral reefs inhabited by thousands of species of marine life.
Bazaruto’s isolation and protection have also preserved one of the world’s last populations of dugongs, also known as sea cows, the giant underwater grazers from the brink of extinction.
The Duke of Sussex, 37, made a surprise solo three-day visit to Mozambique last week (pictured, during the trip)
The blonde beauty dated Prince Harry for seven years until 2010 and has largely stayed out of the public eye in the 12 years since.
Yassin Amuji, the head of the Vilanculos tourism association, met Harry for breakfast at his seaside resort before the prince headed by boat from the local port to inspect the work of African Parks running the Bazaruto Archipelago.
“He was simple and humble and very kind even when hotel guests came to take pictures.
“I have seen Prince Harry coming to this area since he was in his 20s and enjoying his holidays at Bazaruto. I know he will be back and I hope he brings his family next time,’ Mr Amuji told MailOnline.
“I explained to him how difficult things were in the tourism industry due to Covid and he was very nice and wished us well.
Harry and Chelsea’s ex regularly visited the area where they would make the most of the white sand beaches
“He went back to the archipelago to see the work being done by African Parks and traveled by boat from Vilanculos because it’s so close by boat and you can see a lot of the wildlife that way.”
Harry is also close to former Mozambican First Lady Graca Machel, who is also the widow of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first post-apartheid president.
During his recent speech at the United Nations on Nelson Mandela Day, Harry expressed his deep connection to the continent.
“Since I first visited Africa at the age of 13, I have always found hope in the continent. In fact, for most of my life, it was my salvation… It was where I felt closest to my mother and sought solace after her death, and where I knew I had found a soulmate in my wife.”
Harry and Meghan considered setting up home in Cape Town before eventually settling on moving to Canada and then California. Many of the Duke’s closest friends are based in neighboring Botswana.
Meghan, 40, and Harry have traveled to Africa together several times, including a visit to Botswana early in their relationship in the summer of 2016.
“I managed to convince her to come with me to Botswana. We camped with each other under the stars.
“She came and joined me for five days out there, which was absolutely fantastic,” Harry said after their engagement. “Well, we were really on our own, which was really important to me to make sure we had a chance to get to know each other.
The couple’s tour of Africa in 2019, with their son Archie, was their last as members of the royal family.
South Africa-based African Parks manages about 20 national parks on behalf of governments in nearly a dozen countries, including Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda and Chad.
The couple would visit Bazaruto Island, the largest of the archipelago’s six, where they snorkeled in coral reefs inhabited by thousands of species of marine life (pictured, a resort where Harry and Chelsy stayed in 2004)
The conservation charity is one of the few private backers Harry has kept after Megxit in 2020. He became its face after volunteering in Malawi, where they transported 500 elephants – the most ambitious project of its kind.
His surprise visit comes after it was revealed the Sussexes will come to Britain next month for the first time since their Platinum Jubilee to attend a number of charity events, including the One Young World Summit in Manchester on September 5.
In photos shared online of the Duke’s visit to the country, he looked relaxed in a gray polo shirt, baseball cap and navy shorts.
In a snapshot posted by author Eric Morier-Genoud on Twitter, the king is seen posing with another man.
The Duke has visited Mozambique before – in 2010, he made a secret visit to the country where he joined British charity The Halo Trust (pictured in 2010)
The Duke has visited Mozambique before – in 2010, he made a secret visit to the country where he joined the British charity The Halo Trust.
The charity cleared a staggering 105,000 landmines from the north of the country and took the then 25-year-old Harry to see their work in a village near the Cahora Bassa dam in Tete, central Mozambique.
His latest visit comes as royal insiders said Harry and Meghan may use their visit to the UK next month as an opportunity to see the Queen – although their arrival coincides with a busy week in which the monarch will also meet the new prime minister.
They will then head to Germany for the Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023 One Year to Go event, before returning to the UK for the WellChild Awards on September 8.
It is not known if their three-year-old son Archie or Lilibet, one, will join them.
The couple are likely to want to spend time with the Queen after enjoying “just 15 minutes” with her during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations this summer, according to royal watchers.
The monarch is currently at Balmoral but will be in London on September 6 to meet either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak when they become Prime Minister.
Earlier this month, she invited Harry and Meghan to join her at her Highland retreat, the Sun reported.
Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams earlier this week suggested that a meeting with the monarch was more likely to take place in London or Windsor.
His surprise visit comes just days after it was revealed the Sussexes will come to Britain next month for the first time since their Platinum Jubilee to attend a number of charity events, including the One Young World Summit in Manchester on September 5.
He told MailOnline: ‘Reports that the Queen had invited Harry and Meghan to Balmoral have never been confirmed. However, it would only make sense for them to see her when they are in Windsor and when they are based in Frogmore, as they would be able to spend very little time with her during the Platinum Jubilee.
“If he comes down as expected, he may welcome the new prime minister to Windsor or Buckingham Palace. There would also be time for her and the Sussexes to discuss the future, which will hopefully be more constructive than the recent past.
“They must also know that some form of reconciliation in the Platinum Jubilee year would certainly be beneficial to the image they want as philanthropists.”
However, Phil Dampier suggested Balmoral was the most likely venue.
“Whether he meets the Queen will probably depend on her. If he tells them he wants to see them, I’m sure they’ll come in for a chat,’ he told MailOnline.
“I’m sure she would have hoped that the relaxed atmosphere there would be more conducive to talking things out and trying to solve the problems everyone is facing.
“Meghan will not like the hunting, shooting and fishing environment in the Highlands, but the Queen would feel much more comfortable meeting them there than a rushed meeting in London.”
A spokesman for the Sussexes said: “The Prince…
