Rwanda-Burundi-DR Congo Trip Itinerary 

Day

Date

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Hotel

1

Thur

11/30

10:30 AM team meets at Sea-Tac Intl. Airport

12:50 PM flight to Amsterdam

Northwest Flight #34; Seattle to Amsterdam; Arrive 7:40am, Dec. 1 (9 hours ahead of Seattle time).

Flight Time: 9 hours and 50 minutes.

Flying

Airplane-Airport

2

Fri

12/1

Flight to Nairobi - 10:20 AM

Layover: 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Northwest Flight #8565 - KLM Flight 565; Amsterdam to Nairobi; Arrive 8:20pm (11 hours ahead of Seattle time).

Flight Time: 8 hours and 0 minutes.

Arrive Nairobi 8:20 PM stay the night at Passionates

Rest

Passionates House

3

Sat

12/2

Flight to Kigali - 8am 

Layover: 11 hours and 40 minutes.

Kenya Airways #1; Nairobi to Kigali; Arrive 8:20am

(10 hours ahead of Seattle time)

Flight Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Arrive 8:25am - Rwamagana Prison in the afternoon

Training session #1

Kigali Hotel

4

Sun

12/3

Church

Training- Session # 2

Training session # 3

Kigali Hotel

5

Mon

12/4

Leave for Gisenyi

Gisenyi Prison ministry

All spend the night in Gisenyi

Goma Hotel

6

Tues

12/5

Cross border to Goma - visit Pastor William and team

Goma - Muzenze Prison

Training with volunteer - 1 session

Goma Hotel

7

Wed

12/6

Leave at 7am - back to Kigali - everybody visits Genocide Memorial

Visit at Kigali City Large prison

Rest/Meetings

Kigali Hotel

8

Thur

12/7

Leave early for Bujumbura

Butare - early afternoon

Drive on to Bujumbura or stop Butare

Bujumbura Hotel

9

Fri

12/8

Travel with Local Team to afternoon objective

Burundi Prison - Large city jail

Training- Session # 1 

Bujumbura Hotel

10

Sat

12/9

Training session # 2

Burundi Prison 

Training session # 3

Bujumbura Hotel

11

Sun

12/10

Leave early for Uvira

Congo Prison - Travel back to Bujumbura

Visit Pastor Kiza's family

Rest/Meetings

Bujumbura Hotel

12

Mon

12/11

Leave for Kigali

Arrive Kigali

Team rest; AB-GVT discuss Rwanda strategy

Kigali Hotel

13

Tues

12/12

Leave Kigali at 10:45 am

Kenya Airways #1; Kigali to Nairobi; Arrive 1:10pm

(11 hours ahead of Seattle time).

Flight Time: 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Flight Delayed 4-1/2 hours!!!

Rest

Passionates House

14

Wed

12/13

Safari in the morning

Shopping

Dinner with Kenya PFC Team; meet Chicago Chaplains For Christ Ministry Team.

Flight from Nairobi - 10:45 pm

Northwest Flight #8566 - KLM Flight 566; Nairobi to Amsterdam; Arrive 5:30am (9 hours ahead of Seattle time).

Airplane-Airport

15

Thur

12/14

In transit

Flight to Seattle - 1:15pm

Layover: 7 hours and 45 minutes.

Northwest Flight #33; Amsterdam to Seattle; Arrive Seattle at 2:35pm (afternoon)  

Flight Time: 10 hours and 10 minutes.

Passenger Pick up at SeaTac: It usually takes about an hour to clear customs, get baggage and be ready to depart from the airport to go home. In case you have people who will pick you up estimated best time is 3:15 to 3:45pm.