Rubavu/Gisenyi (northern start) | Rusizi/Cyangugu (southern end)

One of Africa’s great gravel epics — 227km along Lake Kivu’s shoreline and the volcanic ridges of western Rwanda, from the Congo border to Burundi. The Congo Nile Trail is Africa’s most developed long-distance bikepacking route, passing tea plantations, fishing villages and the foothills of the Virunga volcanoes.