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Kintambo

Kintambo is a municipality (commune) in the Lukunga district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kintambo
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The place

Kintambo is a municipality (commune) in the Lukunga district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kintambo

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    National Museum of the Democratic Republic of Congo

    The National Museum of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a museum for the cultural history of the numerous ethnic groups and historical epochs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the capital Kinshasa. It was officially handed over to the Congolese government by representatives of South Korea in June 2019.

    3.6 km · museum for art and ethnography in DR Congo · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Protestant University in the Congo

    Protestant University in the Congo, is a university in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, affiliated with the Protestant Church which is known in the country as the Church of Christ in the Congo.

    3.8 km · university in the Democratic Republic of the Congo · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Our Lady of the Congo Cathedral

    Our Lady of the Congo Cathedral, or simply Kinshasa Cathedral, is a religious building of the Catholic Church located on Liberation Avenue in the city of Kinshasa, the capital and largest city of the African country of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This massive church in Kishana was built in 1947 when the country was still called the Belgian Congo, being still under the colonial rule of Belgium.

    3.6 km · church in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple

    The Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Kinshasa, the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Announced by church president Thomas S. Monson on October 1, 2011, during general conference, it became the first Latter-day Saint temple in the country and the fourth on the African continent.

    1.7 km · temple of the LDS church · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Marble Palace

    The Marble Palace is a palace and historic building in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on a hill in the commune of Ngaliema along Avenue Ma Campagne, a few miles from Mont-Fleury.

    3.1 km · presidential building in Kinshasa, DRC · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Kinshasa Financial Center

    The Kinshasa Financial Center is a financial hub strategically located in the Gombe commune of Kinshasa, in the western region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Covering a total area of 41,000 square meters, it is the largest financial center in the DRC. The center houses the offices of the Ministry of Finance and Budget; the general directorates of the country's financial revenue agencies; the General Inspectorate of Finance; the General Secretariat for Finance; the Development Bank; as well as conference rooms and lecture halls.

    3.8 km · building in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Prince de Liège High School

    Lycée Prince de Liège is a Belgian international school in Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It serves Francophone Belgians and other Francophones of the ages 2–21.

    3.6 km · is an educational establishment with a Belgian program, located in the university district of Gombe, in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Cité de l'Union africaine

    The African Union City is a governmental complex situated in the Ngaliema commune of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located near Mont Ngaliema and serves as a venue for diplomatic and governmental functions.

    2.8 km · building in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Kintambo

Airports
Maya-Maya (BZV), 10 km · Ndjili (FIH), 20 km
  • Pointe Noire → Kintambo
    382 km · quickest by air, 3h 59m · $140–210
  • Luanda → Kintambo
    548 km · quickest by air, 5h 13m · $220–330
  • Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) → Kintambo
    547 km · quickest by air, 5h 13m · $220–340
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kintambo

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kintambo. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inYou might be successful with a 4x4 in the upper northern region (Bangassou - Nia Nia - Isiro) and maybe the axis Kinshasa - Lumumbashi.
  • Get inThere are speed boats that go quickly for a limited number of people, or you can take the barge with local merchants if you have time.
  • Get inAsk to go to , which is the ferry terminal.

From Wikivoyage: Kinshasa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    PríncipeST

    7 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,095 km
  2. 02
    Bwindi Impenetrable National ParkUG

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    1,646 km
  3. 03
    Ssese IslandsUG

    11 ways of moving, 14 sources

    1,936 km
  4. 04
    EntebbeUG

    9 ways of moving, 37 sources

    1,971 km
  5. 05
    South Luangwa National Park and MfuweZM

    12 ways of moving, 36 sources

    2,059 km

If you know how people move in Kintambo – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kintambo

Kintambo is 5 km from Kinshasa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Selembaoa commune in the south of the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo3.9 km
  • Funa Districtdistrict of Kinshasa, DR Congo3.7 km