Getting to Musanze | Gorilla Tracking Rwanda

Ruhengeri town can be accessed both on land and in Air. In air; Incoming flights can access Ruhengeri through Ruhengri Airport. It is a medium-sized air terminal serving the town of Ruhengeri and neighboring places. 

It is one of the eight open regular citizen airplane terminals under the organization of the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority. Ruhengeri Airport is lies at a height of 1,860 meters above sea level.

By Land; several companies have Ruhengeri as their major destination, and if you have booked your Gorilla Trekking safari, you stand a chance to get to and around Ruhengeri as much as you like. However for backpackers, several bus companies offer scheduled services between Ruhengeri and Kigali hoping to one of those gets you in place in time. These buses are less crowded than normal buses.