Through Dar es Salaam or Mombasa, then up the corridor to Kigali.
Rwanda is a long way from any sea, so the port you choose matters more here than almost anywhere. Dar es Salaam on the Central Corridor and Mombasa on the Northern Corridor both work, and plenty of Rwandan buyers use whichever their agent handles best rather than whichever looks closer on a map.
On a machine coming to Kigali, the road haul from the port is a serious number. Get a haulage quote before you commit, not after, because it can change which machine makes sense.
Kigali is building continuously, which takes twenty tonne excavators, backhoe loaders, mixers and tippers. Road and terracing works take rollers, graders and loaders. Quarrying and the mining sector take larger excavators and production loaders.
Rwanda is hills. Tracked machines earn their keep on slopes where a wheeled machine struggles, and undercarriage wear is higher than on flat ground. Factor that into what you buy and into how often you service it.
Your machine passes through Tanzania or Kenya in transit and clears in Rwanda. Say so from the first conversation with your agent so the documents are written correctly at the start.
We supply parts for everything we sell and for machines bought elsewhere, which matters when the nearest dealer is in another country.
What contractors in Rwanda ask us.
Dar es Salaam or Mombasa, with the machine you want. We quote the sea leg and you get the corridor priced locally.
