Aeroflot, Air France, Air Tanzania, Corsair, Ethiopian Airlines, Yemenia and Djibouti Airlines serve Djibouti. You can also fly from Paris with the charter company Corsair. You can't enter or leave the country by land via Eritrea, because there are no border guards and you may have trouble explaining away the lack of entry stamps in your passport. There is an irregular bus service to Ethiopia, but the rail journey is far more preferable. Very few travellers manage to negotiate sea passage out of Djibouti, as there is no passenger service. Cargo boats are probably out of the question, but don't count on being able to negotiate passage to Yemen on a Dhow. Forget about crossing the Somali border - travel in Somalia is too dangerous.

Buses link the capital with virtually every town in the country for a standard fare of around US$3, but as the bus only leaves when it is full you may have a long wait. There is a train to Ali Sabieh, and boats leave daily (and unpredictably) from L'Escale in Djibouti for Tadjoura and Obock on the north-east coast of the Gulf of Tadjoura.