Kigali, Rwanda

Getting around Kigali

How to travel around Kigali — 5 options, what they cost, and which booking apps fix the fare before you go.

Last updated 2026-08-11

1. YegoMoto

Motorbike taxis with legally required meters — the standard way to cross Kigali.

Cost: RWF 500–2,000

Watch outRiders who claim the meter is broken and name a price; the meter is compulsory, and another moto is thirty seconds away.

2. Move

App-based car hailing, useful when it rains and motos stop being appealing.

3. City buses with Tap&Go

Clean, cheap, tap-card buses on fixed routes across the city.

Cost: RWF 400–800

4. Kigali airport transfer

The airport is about 10km out and the run is short and uncomplicated.

5. Intercity coaches

Frequent scheduled buses to Musanze for the gorillas, and on to Kampala and Bujumbura.

Watch outGorilla permits are sold only by the Rwanda Development Board; permits offered by third parties online are the most expensive fraud in the country.

Booking apps in Rwanda

Agreeing the fare in an app before you travel removes the argument at the end of the journey, which is where most transport scams happen. Links go to each app's official page — lookalike apps are themselves a scam.

YegoMoto

Metered motorbike taxis — the standard way to move around Kigali.

Coverage: Kigali.
Why it helps: Motos are metered by law here, so the fare is read off the meter rather than agreed at the kerb.

Move

Rwandan car-hailing service.

Coverage: Kigali.
Why it helps: Fare is agreed in the app before the trip, and the route is recorded — which removes the refused meter, the tampered meter and the fixed 'foreigner price' in one move.