Many governments advise against all travel to South Sudan. See the warning on the South Sudan article for more information.
Rumbek is in Bahr el Ghazal.
Understand
Get in
The small Rumbek Airport is served mostly by charter flights. Feeder Airlines (dead link: December 2020) offers flights from Khartoum and Juba several times a week.
The A43 road between Juba and Wau passes by here, most of it is unpaved.
Get around
See
- Holy Family Cathedral. A modest cathedral built in 1955. 2021-05-29
Do
- Rumbek Freedom Square, 6.8068°, 29.6775°. in central town is a large outdoor venue often used for public gatherings. 2019-03-04
Buy
Eat
Drink
- Hillview Bar, 6.82531°, 29.66642°. 2019-03-04
Sleep
- Safari Style Hotel, Rumbek, Lakes State, South Sudan (Near the airport, on the left side), 6.829359773289842°, 29.673226736431843°, +211 955 356 901, reservations@safaristylesudan.com. By many accounts the best hotel in town, has 24 rooms of which ten have air-conditioning. Swimming pool and restaurant on site.