There are 6 ways to get from Europe to Kigali by train or plane
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Train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kigali (KGL)plane FRA - KGL
17h 14m$337–1,288Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kigali (KGL)plane DUS - KGL
19h 9m$329–1,270Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Kigali (KGL)plane HAJ - KGL
20h 20mTrain, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Kigali (KGL)plane NUE - KGL
18h 22m$389–1,422Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amersfoort Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Kigali (KGL)plane AMS - KGL
19h 25m$523–912Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Kigali (KGL)plane BRU - KGL
18h 19m$418–922
Frankfurt (FRA) to Kigali (KGL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Kigali is to train and fly which costs $410 - $950 and takes 18h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Kigali is to train and fly which takes 17h 14m and costs $330 - $1,300.
The distance between Europe and Kigali is 6336 km.
It takes approximately 17h 14m to get from Europe to Kigali, including transfers.
There are 990+ hotels available in Kigali.
What companies run services between Europe and Kigali, Rwanda?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Kigali. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Kigali (KGL), walk to Kigali Airport, then take the bus to Kigali. Alternatively, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof, take the train to Göttingen, take the train to Hannover Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Langenhagen Flughafen, walk to Hannover Airport (HAJ) airport, fly to Kigali (KGL), walk to Kigali Airport, then take the bus to Kigali.
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kigali via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Kigali via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kigali via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Kigali via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Kigali via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kigali via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kigali via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kigali via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Kigali via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kigali via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Kigali via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kigali via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Kigali via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kigali via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kigali via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Kigali via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kigali via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kigali via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kigali via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kigali via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–650
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kigali via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kigali via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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