Kigali Car Free Day
Kigali, Rwanda · Open streets · Social
- When
- First Sunday and Third Sunday of the month, 7:00 am local timeTwice a month on Sunday mornings, from 7:00 am until about 10:00–11:00 am. The published rule is the first and third Sunday, but the Sept 2026 edition ran on the second Sunday (Sept 13), so check the City's announcement that week.
- Starts at
- Sites in each district (in Sept 2026 the Kicukiro route ran from Sonatube to IPRC-Kigali) Map ↗
- Pace
- Your own pace
- Hosted by
- City of Kigali
- Started
- 2016Started as a monthly event in 2016 and went to twice a month in 2018, per a May 2026 study.
- Cost
- free
- Kind of ride
- SocialOpen streets
- Language
- Rides in Kinyarwanda and English
For visitors
Free and open to anyone on foot or on a bike. Some main roads close to cars for the morning; each district runs its own site with aerobics and other sessions. Bring your own bike.
First time on this ride? Here’s the drill
- Bring
- a helmet, water, a spare tube or patch kit, a way to pay for the stop.
- Arrive
- Ten or fifteen minutes before 7:00 am. Tell whoever's leading that you're new.
- Pace
- Your own pace.
- Check
- Look at the host's website the day of — that's where cancellations, weather calls and start changes get posted.
First group ride? Start here →
About the Kigali Car Free Day group ride
Kigali Car Free Day is an open-streets program in Kigali, Rwanda: streets closed to cars and open to bikes. It runs first Sunday and Third Sunday of the month from 7:00 am local time.
Twice a month the City of Kigali closes some main roads to cars on a Sunday morning, and the streets fill with runners, cyclists, families and aerobics groups. It has run since 2016. There is no set route or pace; ride the closed roads and join whatever is on at your district's site.
Checked Oct 1, 2026 against source 1, source 2, source 3, source 4, source 5. Schedules change. Confirm with the host before you go.