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Route · BI

Bujumbura to Kigali

1 operator run this water, from 43 min.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Air France, Egyptair BJM → KGL 176 km non-stop 738 CRJ DH4 in the air 2 h 13 est. rate not held 244 km/h average

Other ways to reach Kigali

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Kigali without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Kamembe – Kigali 41 min Rwandair Express
Entebbe – Kigali 56 min Air Canada
Nairobi – Kigali 1 h 27 Air Canada
Juba – Kigali 1 h 28 Rwandair Express
Arusha – Kigali 1 h 29 Rwandair Express
Dar es Salaam – Kigali 1 h 56 Rwandair Express
Addis Ababa – Kigali 2 h 26 Egyptair
Johannesburg – Kigali 3 h 52 Rwandair Express
Lagos – Kigali 4 h 24 Rwandair Express
Dubai – Kigali 5 h 35 Rwandair Express

And other ways to reach Bujumbura

Entebbe – Bujumbura 1 h 08 Northern Dene Airways
Nairobi – Bujumbura 1 h 36 Air Canada
Zaventem – Bujumbura 8 h 36 Air Canada

Where else these quays go

Also from Bujumbura

Entebbe · Nairobi · Zaventem

Also from Kigali

Addis Ababa · Amsterdam · Arusha · Dar es Salaam · Dubai · Entebbe · Istanbul · Johannesburg · Juba · Kamembe · Lagos · Nairobi · Zaventem

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Bujumbura–Kigali crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.