From the airport to the city centre Congo Brazzaville
If you're not expected by your hotel's shuttle service or picked up on arrival, cabs can be identified at Brazzaville airport by their beige vests marked "cab". The taxi rank is at the exit, immediately to the left, but very often, a driver will direct you to the first car in line. The fare is around 1,500 FCFA to the city center, negotiable depending on your actual final destination. Be firm on the price, and make sure it includes traffic jams and other detours in case of unforeseen circumstances!
Public transport Congo Brazzaville
Many cabs operate in the country's main cities. Each city has its own color. Green for Brazzaville, blue for Pointe-Noire and red for Dolisie. The fare is around 1,000 FCFA. Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire are served by several airlines. Trans Air Congo also operates a number of routes within the country, from Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire. These include Dolisie, Ollombo, Nkayo and Mossendjo. Dolisie and Pointe-Noire can also be reached by train. The journey takes around 16 hours and is made at night, in couchettes or recliners. Buses connect the country's various cities. The Océan du Nord company is one of the safest.
With a driver Congo Brazzaville
It's impossible not to recognize a cab in Brazzaville, there are so many of them! Painted green and white, Toyota-branded, mainly Corolla, of various models and decades, some even have nicknames like "chicken leg" - in view of their shape - or "Sarkozy" - in view of the link between the year the car came out and the year the French president was elected. To get to the city center from the airport, the fare can be negotiated at 1,500 FCFA. Downtown, the fare is usually 1,000 FCFA. An hour can be negotiated between 3,000 and 5,000 FCFA, and a day between 30,000 and 40,000 FCFA. The driver may refuse to take a passenger if the destination area is not convenient, based on criteria such as road conditions, likelihood of traffic jams... but given the number of cabs, you'll have no trouble finding one that meets your criteria.
By car Congo Brazzaville
With uneven infrastructure, a road network in the making and disparities in development between regions, getting around Congo can be a headache in the dry season, or even impossible in the rainy season. The only "reliable and rapid" means of transport between most towns, apart from those on the northern route, is by air - including between the country's two major cities, Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville. So don't count on precise, tight timing if you're planning to get off the beaten track. In this case, you should also be prepared to sacrifice a little comfort: recurrent power cuts in certain districts - which can last for days on end - coupled with the random distribution of water "from the tap" sometimes make daily life more "complicated".
