There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Lusaka by train, plane, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lusaka (LUN)ZRH - LUN
18h 33m$409–1,308Fly from Basel
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Lusaka (LUN)BSL - LUN
19h 13m$394–1,255Drive 11,123.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Lusaka11,123.9 km
6d 3h$2,243–3,240Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lusaka (LUN)FRA - LUN
18h 31m$425–1,256Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Lusaka (LUN)GVA - LUN
20h 59m$441–1,136Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Lusaka (LUN)MXP - LUN
21h 45m$421–1,184Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Lusaka (LUN)SXB - LUN
22h 44m$548–1,388
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lusaka (LUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Lusaka is to train and fly which costs $440 - $1,200 and takes 20h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Lusaka is to train and fly which takes 18h 31m and costs $420 - $1,300.
The distance between Basel and Lusaka is 7379 km. The road distance is 11123.9 km.
It takes approximately 18h 33m to get from Basel to Lusaka, including transfers.
Lusaka is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 5:08 PM in Basel and 6:08 PM in Lusaka.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Lusaka is 11124 km. It takes approximately 6 days 3h to drive from Basel to Lusaka.
There are 350+ hotels available in Lusaka.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Lusaka, Zambia?
Lufthansa, Kenya Airways, and six other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Lusaka (LUN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Addis Ababa, Ndola
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lusaka via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lusaka via Addis Ababa, Ndola
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Vienna, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lusaka via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Lusaka via Athens, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Lusaka via Marseille, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Lusaka via Milano Malpensa Airport, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Lusaka via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Lusaka via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Lusaka via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lusaka via Jeddah, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,100
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Istanbul, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $34
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
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