Butare
Get in There are several minibus companies make their way from Kigali to Butare. Recommended are Volcano, Horizon and RITCO. It is easy to find in the Kigali Domestic bus station. The fee is FRw 3760 one way. By car the 126km journey will take 3 hours from Kigali. There is a longer route which runs east from Huye just north of the border with Burundi. This newer road is much less busy.
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