There are direct flights to Bangui from Paris and New York and from other cities in Africa. In October 1997 the CAR government officially closed all points of entry for tourists into the CAR other than Bangui Airport, because it could not guarantee security for tourists entering overland.

The only place with regular flights scheduled to Bangui is Berbérati, but you can charter five-seater passenger planes in Bangui. Roads are poor throughout the country, and the only sealed ones lead out from Bangui, 157km (97mi) northwest to Bossembélé, 188km (116.5mi) northeast to Sibut and 107km (66mi) southwest to M'Baïki. Dirt roads can be closed for hours or days during the wet season. Buses, trucks and minibuses are the normal means of getting around, but you can do some trips by dugout canoe, such as downriver from Bangassou to Bangui on the Oubangui River.