Which region should I choose for players in Gisenyi?

Bengaluru for the lowest ping. If your friends are spread across continents, pick the region in the middle of the group; Spain is the next closest to Gisenyi at an estimated 100 ms.

Is the free server available from Rwanda?

Yes. The free tier is available worldwide and runs on the United States and Spain nodes, subject to capacity. It has 3.5 GB RAM, sleeps after 15 idle minutes and wakes when a player joins. No card is needed.

Can I pay in Rwandan Franc?

Plans are charged in US dollars. Any Visa, Mastercard or American Express card from Rwanda works, and your bank converts at its own rate. The Rwandan Franc prices on this page are estimates to help you compare.

Can my friends on phones and consoles join from Gisenyi?

Yes. Create a Bedrock server, or run a Java server with Geyser so both editions join the same world. Bedrock uses UDP port 19132, which the panel assigns for you.

Does Enzonic have a data centre in Gisenyi?

No. Enzonic runs its own hardware in the United States and Spain and rents capacity in London, Frankfurt, Bengaluru and Singapore. This page is here to tell you honestly which of those is closest to Gisenyi and what to expect.

Server locations

Minecraft server hosting in Gisenyi

Gisenyi (Western Province, Rwanda) is about 5,576 km from Enzonic's Bengaluru region in Bengaluru, India. Over a normal home connection that is an estimated 90 ms, low enough for smooth Java and Bedrock play. Here is what hosting from Gisenyi looks like.

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Nearest region and estimated ping

Great-circle distance from Gisenyi to each Enzonic region, with a ping estimate. Real latency depends on your ISP's route; test it from the panel before you pick.

Region	Distance	Estimated ping	Runs
BengaluruBengaluru, IndiaNearest	5,576 km	~90 ms	Paid plans
SpainCanary Islands, Spain	5,919 km	~100 ms	Free Minecraft · Paid plans
FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany	6,086 km	~100 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
LondonLondon, United Kingdom	6,532 km	~105 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
SingaporeSingapore	8,297 km	~135 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
US EastKentucky, United States	12,288 km	~195 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans

Estimates assume fibre at about 200,000 km/s with routes 1.5 times the straight line, plus a few milliseconds for the last mile. Under 60 ms feels instant in Minecraft; under 120 ms is still comfortable.

Free Minecraft servers run in the United States and Spain. From Gisenyi the closer of the two is Spain, an estimated 100 ms.

Local details for Gisenyi

Language: The panel and this site are available in English; support answers in English and Spanish.
Currency: Plans are priced and charged in US dollars; your bank converts to Rwandan Franc at its own rate.
Local time: Gisenyi is on Africa/Kigali (UTC+02). Scheduled restarts and backups in the panel use your own time zone.
Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard and American Express from any country, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay in browsers that support them. Checkout runs on Stripe, which shows any extra local methods it supports in Rwanda. You can also pay with a gift card, and the free tier needs no card at all.
Population: About 170,000 people live in Gisenyi (GeoNames). Nearby cities with their own pages are listed below.

Plans with prices in Rwandan Franc

Live US dollar prices from the panel, with an approximate Rwandan Franc figure next to each one. The first month is cheaper while a sale runs.

Plan	RAM	Per month (USD)
Free tier3.5 GB RAM, wakes when a player joins, no card.	3.5 GB	$0.00
Dirt	512 MB	$0.99$0.69 first month
Wood	4 GB	$3.79$2.65 first month
Stone	6 GB	$5.49$3.84 first month
Iron	8 GB	$6.99$4.89 first month
Gold	10 GB	$8.99$6.29 first month
Diamond	12 GB	$10.69$7.48 first month
Obsidian	16 GB	$13.99$9.79 first month
VPS S	2 GB	$1.96$1.37 first month
VPS M	4 GB	$3.92$2.74 first month
VPS L	8 GB	$7.84$5.49 first month
VPS XL	16 GB	$15.68$10.98 first month
Obsidian Pro	16 GB	$16.99$11.89 first month
XL 20	20 GB	$16.99
XL 24	24 GB	$19.99
XL 32	32 GB	$26.99

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Java or Bedrock from Gisenyi?

Both editions run on the same regions. Java Edition is the PC version with mods, plugins and most public servers. Bedrock Edition is what phones, consoles and Windows 10/11 play; its servers use UDP port 19132. Not sure who is joining? Start a Java server and add Geyser so Bedrock players can join it too.

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Nearby cities

Other cities with their own page, nearest first.

Kigali93 km away
Mwanza, Tanzania415 km away
Bunamwaya, Uganda427 km away
Nansana, Uganda430 km away
Kampala, Uganda433 km away
Kahama, Tanzania440 km away
Kira, Uganda442 km away
Kisumu, Kenya638 km away

Other servers from Rwanda

Nearby countries

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Questions from Gisenyi

Our estimate is about 90 ms to the Bengaluru region, based on the 5,576 km distance. Your ISP's route can add or remove 10 to 20 ms. The panel's region picker runs a live latency test from your browser, so check it before you create the server.

Start a server for Gisenyi

Free in about a minute, no card. Pick Bengaluru as the region and invite your friends.

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Distances use great-circle maths from city coordinates and Enzonic's published region locations. City names, coordinates, populations and time zones come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Exchange rates: European Central Bank via frankfurter.dev, 2026-11-10. No reviews or customer counts are shown on this page because we do not publish per-city figures.

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