CONGO (Zaire) - Getting There

* AIR

* KINSHASA N'DJILI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: the main gateway airport:
+ Check in time: 2 hours recommended.
+ Airport to City: 25 kilometres / 15 miles. Bus and taxi services available.
+ Airport tax: Domestic flight departure tax US$8 adult, US$6 child. International flight departure tax US$20.
+ Scheduled airlines flying to Kinshasa with their direct, scheduled, international destinations include:
- Air Zaire (to/from Abidjan, Brussels, Johannesburg, Lagos, Lome, Luanda).
- Air France (to/from Libreville, Paris).
- Air Gabon (to/from Libreville).
- Cameroon Airlines (to/from Bujumbura, Douala, Kigali, Nairobi).

- Ethiopian Airlines to/from Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Dar Es Salaam, Lome, Nairobi).
- Nigerian Airways (to/from Lagos).
- Sabena (to/from Brussels).
- South African Airways (to/from Johannesburg).
- Swiss Air (to/from Geneva, Zurich).
- TAAG Angola Airlines (to/from Luanda).

* GOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:
+ Check in time: 90 minutes recommended.
+ Airport to City: 16 kilometres / 10 miles.
+ Airport tax: Domestic flight departure tax US$8 adult, US$6 child. International flight departure tax US$20.
+ Scheduled airlines flying to Goma with their direct, scheduled, international destinations include:
- Air Burundi (to/from Bujumbura).

* LUBUMBASHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:
+ Check in time: 2 hours recommended.
+ Airport to City: 6.5 kilometres / 4 miles.
+ Airport tax: Domestic flight departure tax US$8 adult, US$6 child. International flight departure tax US$20.
+ Scheduled airlines flying to Lubumbashi with their direct, scheduled, international destinations include:
- Air Zaire (to/from Johannesburg).
- Shabair (to/from Johannesburg).

* LAND

* There are land borders with Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.

* BUS: There are no international bus services operating.

* TRAIN: There are no international train services operating.

* WATER:
+ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Bangassou: ferry across the Oubangui River to Ndu; operates on demand.
+ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Bangui: ferry across the Oubangi River to Zongo; daily service.
+ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Mobaye: ferry across the Oubangui River to Monayi-Mbongo; operates on demand.
+ CONGO, Brazzaville: ferry across the Zaire River; hourly service in the morning, less frequently in the afternoon; 20 minute crossing; long immigration delays.
+ TANZANIA, Kigoma: ferry to Kalemi across Lake Tanganyika.
+ TANZANIA, Kigoma: ferry to Kulundu across Lake Tanganyika.



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