DRC: getting There & Getting around
Getting There: By Air By Rail By Road
Getting Around By Air By Rail Car / Self Drive
Getting There
The following airlines fly to the DRC: Air France, South Africanm Airlines, Kenyan airways, KLM, Cameroon airways.
The main international airport is Kinshasa ( FIH), it is 25 km from the city. Buses and taxis are available
In peacetime, there are rail services to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Lobito in Angola; and connections to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa.
There are road connections to most surrounding countrie, but roads are generally impassable due to weather conditions and risk of rebels.
Getting around
Kinshasa has connections with man other airpoirts and landing strips, charters are available.
Much of the Congo river in the DRC is navigable but due to fuel shortages and political instability no servuces are currently running.
There are rail services connecting major towns although they are unreliable.
Traffic drives on the right. The roads are in very porr condition and hijackings, often at gunpoint, are a hazrard.