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Border crossings Angola-DRC and DRC-Rep of Congo.
Hi there,

I will be heading up the west coast from SA in a few weeks and I was wondering what the " easiest " Angola-DRC and DRC-RoC are ?
I will be cycling and I would like to go to Kinshasa.
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Easiest point to cross from Angola into the DRC is at Noqui / Matadi. Did it in 2010 when the end of the road was terrible, but now you should be able to get most of the way up the coast of Angola on a decent Chinese road. Once you hit Matadi, it's decent tarmac all the way to Kinshasa:

Road Trip to the D.R.C. | Polo's Bastards

As for the DRC to RoC crossing, that one I have only done over the river from Kinshasa to Brazzaville. If you are doing it overland do your research as crossing too far west potentially puts you in FLEC / Ninja territory. I remember reading on the Thorn Tree a few years ago about someone crossing impressively far north in the DRC (somewhere like Mbandaka), but you'd have to hunt that trip report down to confirm.
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My info is getting a little old, but in early 2011 we crossed the other direction from Brazzaville - Boko, into DRC and onto the ferry in Luozi, Kimpese, Kwilu-Ngongo, onto the R115 and over into Angola, then on to Maguela do Zombo (can't remember the towns with border posts, and Google maps isn't showing them at the moment either).


All four border formalities (out of Congo, into DRC, out of DRC, into Angola) were straightforward by African standards. Worst part was a drunk official in one town who insisted on recording ALL our details.


We took this route in part to avoid the ferry Brazza-Kinshasa.
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I try to maintain a list of all travellers on the west route, who write a blog:

Trans-Africa: other travellers on the west...

there you will find the most actual informations.

We did it this way at the end of 2012, via Luozi:




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Guys,

This is all very helpful.
Thanks for posting.

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Will be trying the Angola -> Matadi Crossing by bicycle in 10 days. Just managed to get a 6 month Multi Entry here in Luanda for the deal of $550 USD. Ouch.
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