Kigali · Musanze · Rubavu · Nyungwe

A car, a driver,a thousand hills.

Rent a 4x4 with or without a driver, then let us handle the gorilla permits, the lodge and the route. One operator, from the airport to the volcanoes.

Free

Delivery & pickup, countrywide

Full tank

At every handover

24/7

Christian on the phone

EATTS

Licensed tourism & transport

Kigali Cars, run by East Africa Tourism & Transport Services Ltd, provides self-drive and driver-guide car rental in Kigali and across Rwanda — RAV4s, 4x4 Land Cruisers, minibuses and safari vehicles, Kigali airport transfers, and transport to Volcanoes, Akagera, Nyungwe and Lake Kivu, delivered anywhere in the country for free.

The fleet

Cars chosen for murram roads, not showrooms.

Browse all cars

Self-drive favourite

Toyota RAV4

Light, thrifty and easy to park in Nyamirambo. The car self-drive couples ask for by name.

5 seats
Petrol
Automatic
AWD

$100 / day, driver included

Reserve

Most booked

Land Cruiser Prado

The default Rwanda car — comfortable on tarmac, unbothered by Nyungwe mud.

5 seats
Diesel
Automatic
Roof rack
4x4

$115 / day, driver included

Reserve

7 seats

Toyota Fortuner

Seven seats and 4x4 confidence — the family car for the parks.

7 seats
Diesel
Automatic
4x4

$105 / day, driver included

Reserve

Pop-up roof

Safari Land Cruiser

Open roof for game drives in Akagera, cool box and two spare tyres. Driver-guide included.

7 seats
Pop-up roof
Cool box
Driver-guide included
4x4

$250 / day, driver included

Reserve

Rates include unlimited kilometres in-country, insurance and a full tank at handover. Fuel on the road is yours.

How it works

Four messages and you are on the road.

No portal, no queue at the desk. A named person answers on WhatsApp, and the same person meets you at arrivals.

Start on WhatsApp

01
Tell us the dates and the plan
Airport pick-up, parks you want, how many people and bags.
02
Get one written quote
Car, driver, permits, park fees and lodges on a single page — no per-item surprises.
03
Pay 30% to hold it
Card, mobile money or bank transfer. Permits are bought the same day.
04
Meet your name at arrivals
Phone number, plate number and route sent 48 hours before you fly.

Safaris & tours

Where the car takes you.

Gorillas and golden monkeys in the north, the Big Five in Akagera, chimps and canopy walks in Nyungwe. Permits, park fees and lodges handled with the vehicle.

3 days·Volcanoes

Gorilla trekking, Volcanoes

One trek permit, a night before and after near Kinigi, and a 4x4 with a driver-guide for the 5am start.

from $2150 per person

2 days·Akagera

Akagera Big Five drive

Dawn game drive in a pop-top Land Cruiser, an afternoon boat on Lake Ihema, and a night in the park.

from $640 per person

3 days·Nyungwe

Chimps & canopy walk, Nyungwe

Chimp tracking at first light, then the 160-metre suspended walkway above the rainforest, with the King's Palace on the road down.

from $890 per person

1 day·Kigali

Kigali city day

The Genocide Memorial, a Nyamirambo walk, a coffee roastery and the craft market — a day with a driver who knows the city.

from $120 per person

Explore Rwanda

Four parks, one lake, a capital — all within a day's drive.

All destinations

National park · Musanze

Volcanoes National Park

Home of the mountain gorilla. Five dormant volcanoes of the Virunga Massif, bamboo forest, golden monkeys and the 7am briefing at Kinigi that every trek begins with.

About 2.5 hours on tarmac (RN4)

National park · Eastern Province

Akagera National Park

Rwanda's savannah park on the Tanzanian border: open plains, a dozen lakes, and the Big Five back after one of Africa's great conservation recoveries.

About 2.5 hours to the southern gate

National park · South-west

Nyungwe National Park

One of Africa's oldest rainforests: chimpanzees, thirteen primate species, 300 birds and East Africa's only canopy walkway, high above the trees.

5 to 6 hours via Huye and Nyanza

Lake · Karongi, Rubavu and Rusizi

Lake Kivu

Rwanda's inland sea: beaches at Rubavu, islands off Karongi, the 227-kilometre Congo–Nile Trail along the shore, and the road trip everyone should do at least once.

About 2.5 hours to Karongi, 3.5 hours to Rubavu

Where to sleep

Hotels in the city, tented camps in the hills.

We hold rooms at the places we would stay ourselves, and we book them at the operator rate — so the lodge, the permit and the car arrive as one quote.

Laurus ApartmentsOur apartments

Serviced apartments · Kigali

from $90 / night

Serena Kigali

City hotel · Kiyovu

from $210 / night

Five Volcanoes Boutique

Lodge · Kinigi

from $180 / night

Magashi Tented Camp

Tented camp · Akagera

from $640 / night

One&Only Nyungwe House

Lodge · Nyungwe

from $720 / night

Ask for a full itinerary quote

What clients say after driving with us.

“A RAV4 in great shape at a competitive rate, and the renting process went smoothly. Christian is responsive, efficient and reliable. I would definitely recommend reaching out to him to go around Rwanda with one of his cars.”
Florian Micco · Google review · Self-drive · RAV4

“Finally a car rental company in Kigali delivering what they promise. The car was much newer than any other car I have rented, and in much better shape. I can highly recommend Kigali Cars and my contact Christian.”
Kristian Stiesmark · Google review · Returning visitor · RAV4

“Great service, communication and free delivery to Kibuye and pickup in Kigali. They let us leave our bags at their office while we walked the Congo–Nile Trail, and brought them to us with the car. Thank you Christian and Anicet.”
Emily Gillman · Google review · Congo–Nile Trail · Kibuye

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