There are 8 ways to get from Vancouver to Kigali by plane, train, bus, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Vancouver International Airport to Kigali International Airport
best- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane YVR - KGL
23h 50m$493–1,606Fly Vancouver International Airport to Entebbe, bus
cheapest- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Entebbe (EBB)plane YVR - EBB
- Take the bus from Trinity Bus Terminal to Nyabugogo Bus Stnbus
38h 25m$470–1,297Fly Coal Harbour Spb to Kigali International Airport
- Fly from Coal Harbour Spb (CXH) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane CXH - KGL
25h 20m$563–1,833Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Kigali International Airport
- Take the train from Vancouver to Seattletrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane SEA - KGL
28h 24m$540–1,635Fly Vancouver International Airport to Kamembe International Airport, bus
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Kamembe International Airport (KME)plane YVR - KME
- Take the bus from Rusizi Bus Stn to Nyabugogo Bus Stnbus
35h 1m$487–1,626Bus to Bellingham International Airport, fly to Kigali International Airport
- Take the bus from River Rock Casino Resort, Richmond to Bellingham Airportbus
- Fly from Bellingham International Airport (BLI) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane BLI - KGL
31h 36m$581–1,934Ferry to Nanaimo, fly to Kigali International Airport
- Take the ferry from Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal to Hullo - Nanaimo Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane ZNA - KGL
28h 11mTrain to Powell River Airport, fly to Kigali International Airport
- Take the train from Vancouver Harbour to Powell River - Powell Laketrain
- Fly from Powell River Airport (YPW) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane YPW - KGL
27h 53m
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Kigali International Airport (KGL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Vancouver to Kigali is to fly and bus which costs $470 - $1,300 and takes 38h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Vancouver to Kigali is to fly which takes 23h 50m and costs $490 - $1,700.
The distance between Vancouver and Kigali is 14208 km.
It takes approximately 23h 50m to get from Vancouver to Kigali, including transfers.
Kigali is 9h ahead of Vancouver. It is currently 08:22 in Vancouver and 17:22 in Kigali.
There are 845+ hotels available in Kigali.
What companies run services between Vancouver, BC, Canada and Kigali, Rwanda?
Turkish Airlines flies from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Kigali International Airport (KGL) 4 times a week.
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Coal Harbour Spb to Kigali International Airport via Nanaimo, Vancouver International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Coal Harbour Spb to Kigali International Airport via Ganges Harbor, Vancouver International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Kamembe International Airport via Istanbul, Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Kamembe International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 43m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Nanaimo to Kigali International Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Powell River Airport to Kigali International Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Coal Harbour Spb to Kigali International Airport via Nanaimo, Vancouver International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Coal Harbour Spb to Kigali International Airport via Ganges Harbor, Vancouver International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Kamembe International Airport via Istanbul, Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Nanaimo to Kigali International Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Entebbe via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Powell River Airport to Kigali International Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 14m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 14m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Entebbe via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Entebbe via Zurich, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- ugandairlines.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Entebbe via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Vancouver to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 778 800 0225
- reservation@harbourair.com
- Website
- Harbour Air
Train from Vancouver Harbour to Powell River - Powell Lake
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- Harbour Air
- Phone
- +250788351253
- info@volcanoexpress.co.rw
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Rusizi Bus Stn to Nyabugogo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Trinity Bus Terminal to Nyabugogo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 800.665.2122
- reservation@quickcoach.com
- Website
- Quick Shuttle
Bus from River Rock Casino Resort, Richmond to Bellingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28
- Website
- Quick Shuttle
- Schedules at
- Quick Shuttle Schedule
- Phone
- +250 788 314 935
- Website
- trinityexpress.rw
Bus from Trinity Bus Terminal to Nyabugogo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–65
- Schedules at
- trinityexpress.rw
- Phone
- 236-362-1045
- support@hullo.com
- Website
- Hullo Ferries
Ferry from Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal to Hullo - Nanaimo Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Hullo Ferries
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