Car rental with driver

Car rental with a driver-guide, from $35 a day on top.

Add a professional driver-guide to any car in the fleet. They know the murram, the park gates and the language — you look out of the window. Their meals and lodging are included in the day rate.

$35

Per day, on top of the car

Included

Driver's meals & lodging

EN · FR · RW

Languages spoken

Free

Airport meet & greet

Why most safari trips take a driver-guide.

Gorilla trekking starts with a 7am briefing at Kinigi, which means a 5am departure from Kigali on a road that is still dark. Akagera rewards a dawn arrival. Nyungwe's tracks flood in the rains. A driver-guide turns those hours of navigation into hours of looking out of the window, and knows which track has just been graded.

Our driver-guides speak English, French and Kinyarwanda and have driven every route on this site many times. Their meals and lodging on the road are included in the day rate, so there is nothing to arrange at the lodge.

The same cars, the same written quote.

Choose any vehicle — the Prado for a mixed itinerary, the pop-top Land Cruiser V8 for game drives, a Hiace or Coaster for a group — and we add the driver-guide at $35 a day. Minibuses and the Coaster always come with a driver.

The quote is one page: car, driver, permits, park fees and lodges. Thirty percent holds it all and lets us buy your gorilla permits the same day.

What is included, and what you need.

Included

✓Professional driver-guide (English, French, Kinyarwanda)
✓Driver's meals and lodging on the road
✓Airport meet and greet with a name board
✓Insurance, unlimited kilometres in-country and a full tank

You will need

Itinerary and dates so we can plan the driver's days
Number of travellers and bags to size the vehicle

What comes with car rental with a driver-guide.

✓$35 a day on top of the car
✓Driver's meals and lodging included
✓English, French and Kinyarwanda spoken
✓Knows every park gate and trailhead road
✓Airport meet and greet with a name board

Driver-guide fleet

Cars our clients take with a driver.

Browse all cars

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

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

Executive

Land Cruiser V8

Executive comfort with real off-road ability — for delegations, long itineraries and VIP transfers.

7 seats
Diesel
Automatic
Leather
4x4

$130 / day, driver included

Reserve

Airport runs

Hiace Minibus

Team of eight plus bags, from KGL to your lodge without a second car.

11 seats
Driver included
A/C

$160 / day, driver included

Reserve

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

Where this service takes you

Good to know

Good to know before you book

Can you arrange permits and lodges too?

Yes. We book gorilla and chimp permits, park fees and lodges at the operator rate, so the car, the permit and the room arrive as one written quote.

How do I pay, and how much to reserve?

30% holds the vehicle and lets us buy permits the same day. Pay by card, mobile money or bank transfer. No payment is taken online through the site.

What does the driver-guide's day rate include?

The $35 a day covers the driver-guide, their meals and their accommodation on the road. You do not arrange or pay for a driver's room at the lodge — we do.

Which languages do your driver-guides speak?

English, French and Kinyarwanda. Tell us if you need another language and we will do our best.

Can I take a self-drive car into the national parks?

Volcanoes, Nyungwe and Lake Kivu are fine for self-drive in any of our 4x4s. For Akagera game drives we provide our own safari Land Cruiser with a driver-guide, which is what the park tracks and the sightings deserve — ask us before planning a self-drive game drive.

Are permits and park fees included in tour prices?

Tour prices are per person and include the permit or park fee, the vehicle with a driver-guide and the nights shown. Meals, tips and international flights are not included. We list every line on the written quote.

With a driver-guide

Send the parks you want. We will send the route.

Sequenced so you are never driving at dusk, with the permit, the lodge and the car on one quote.

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