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Africa transportation guide
54 Africa Transportation | Road, Air, Sea & Rail by Country
Plan Africa transportation by country with airports, roads, rail, ferries, car rental, airport pickup, visas and city routing across 54 countries.
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Select a country, state/province/region and city to see how road, air, sea and rail can connect your destination.
Africa road, air, sea and rail by country
This hub helps travelers compare airports, domestic flights, local transfers, railway systems, metros or trams where available, public buses, taxis, ride-hailing, car rental, 4x4 hire, ferry services, maritime ports, land borders, safari transfers and business transport options across all 54 African countries.
| Country | Main airport | Primary road/rail/air connection | Sea, port or border note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Houari Boumediene International Airport | Mediterranean rail and Saharan highway links | Algiers Port |
| Angola | Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport | coastal highways and domestic flights to provincial capitals | Port of Luanda |
| Benin | Cadjehoun Airport | coastal road corridors and bus links to the north | Port of Cotonou |
| Botswana | Sir Seretse Khama International Airport | self-drive safari roads and bush flights | dry-land crossings via Kasane and Gaborone |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou Airport | intercity buses and Sahel highway corridors | landlocked regional corridors |
| Burundi | Bujumbura International Airport | lake ferry links and mountain roads | Lake Tanganyika ports |
| Cabo Verde | Nelson Mandela International Airport | inter-island flights and ferries | Port of Praia |
| Cameroon | Douala International Airport | rail from Douala and north-south road corridors | Port of Douala |
| Central African Republic | Bangui M Poko International Airport | river and road corridors with security checks | Oubangui river port |
| Chad | N Djamena International Airport | Sahelian road corridors and domestic charter flights | landlocked border corridors |
| Comoros | Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport | inter-island ferries and short domestic flights | Port of Moroni |
| Republic of the Congo | Maya-Maya Airport | river transport and Pointe-Noire rail/road links | Port of Pointe-Noire |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | N djili International Airport | river, domestic flights and long-distance 4x4 routes | Congo River ports |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Felix Houphouet-Boigny International Airport | Abidjan road corridors and buses | Port of Abidjan |
| Djibouti | Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport | Ethiopia-Djibouti rail and port logistics | Port of Djibouti |
| Egypt | Cairo International Airport | metro, rail, Nile and Red Sea transport corridors | Alexandria and Suez ports |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo International Airport | island-mainland flights and port transfers | Malabo and Bata ports |
| Eritrea | Asmara International Airport | mountain roads and Red Sea coast access | Port of Massawa |
| Eswatini | King Mswati III International Airport | short road links to South Africa and Mozambique | land border corridors |
| Ethiopia | Bole International Airport | national airline hub and expanding rail links | Djibouti corridor access |
| Gabon | Leon Mba International Airport | coastal roads, river links and domestic flights | Port of Owendo |
| The Gambia | Banjul International Airport | river ferries and Atlantic coastal roads | Port of Banjul |
| Ghana | Kotoka International Airport | coastal roads, intercity buses and domestic flights | Tema and Takoradi ports |
| Guinea | Ahmed Sekou Toure International Airport | coastal roads and interior mountain corridors | Port of Conakry |
| Guinea-Bissau | Osvaldo Vieira International Airport | island boats and short road corridors | Port of Bissau |
| Kenya | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | SGR rail, safari bush flights and highway corridors | Port of Mombasa |
| Lesotho | Moshoeshoe I International Airport | mountain roads and South Africa connections | land border corridors |
| Liberia | Roberts International Airport | coastal roads and 4x4 access to forest regions | Freeport of Monrovia |
| Libya | Mitiga International Airport | coastal highways and desert routes subject to security checks | Tripoli and Misrata ports |
| Madagascar | Ivato International Airport | domestic flights and slow overland national roads | Toamasina Port |
| Malawi | Kamuzu International Airport | lake ferries, buses and park access roads | Lake Malawi ports |
| Mali | Modibo Keita International Airport | river and Sahel road corridors with security checks | Niger River transport |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott Oumtounsy International Airport | desert highways and rail links in the north | Port of Nouakchott |
| Mauritius | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport | coastal roads and private resort transfers | Port Louis Harbour |
| Morocco | Mohammed V International Airport | Al Boraq high-speed rail and toll motorways | Tanger Med Port |
| Mozambique | Maputo International Airport | coastal roads, ferries and safari 4x4 routes | Maputo and Beira ports |
| Namibia | Hosea Kutako International Airport | long-distance self-drive desert highways | Walvis Bay Port |
| Niger | Diori Hamani International Airport | Sahel roads and remote 4x4 routes | landlocked transport corridors |
| Nigeria | Murtala Muhammed and Nnamdi Azikiwe airports | domestic flights, rail corridors and urban ride-hailing | Lagos Apapa and Lekki ports |
| Rwanda | Kigali International Airport | well-maintained road network and cross-border buses | land border corridors |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé International Airport | island roads and inter-island boats | Port of São Tomé |
| Senegal | Blaise Diagne International Airport | TER rail, buses and coastal corridors | Port of Dakar |
| Seychelles | Seychelles International Airport | inter-island ferries and resort transfers | Port Victoria |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown International Airport | airport ferries, coastal roads and 4x4 interior routes | Queen Elizabeth II Quay |
| Somalia | Aden Adde International Airport | coastal aviation and controlled road corridors | Port of Mogadishu |
| South Africa | O.R. Tambo International Airport | Gautrain, national highways and domestic aviation | Durban and Cape Town ports |
| South Sudan | Juba International Airport | river and road corridors with security-sensitive routing | Nile river access |
| Sudan | Khartoum International Airport | Nile corridor roads and rail subject to local conditions | Port Sudan |
| Tanzania | Julius Nyerere and Kilimanjaro airports | SGR, ferries, safari roads and bush flights | Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar ports |
| Togo | Gnassingbe Eyadema International Airport | coastal corridors and northern highways | Port of Lomé |
| Tunisia | Tunis-Carthage International Airport | rail, louage shared taxis and coastal roads | Port of Rades |
| Uganda | Entebbe International Airport | road routes, lake ferries and park airstrips | Lake Victoria ports |
| Zambia | Kenneth Kaunda International Airport | highways, safari transfers and border corridors | landlocked regional corridors |
| Zimbabwe | Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport | intercity roads, Victoria Falls access and rail heritage | land border corridors |
Hotels and airport pickup
Book transport-friendly hotels near arrival terminals, rail stations, ports or safari departure points. Pre-arranged meet-and-greet pickup reduces arrival stress.
Car rental and 4x4 hire
For parks, deserts, rural roads or border routes, verify driving licence rules, insurance, road permits, fuel range, spare tires and local emergency support.