There are 7 ways to get from Busia to Zambia by bus, plane, train, taxi, or car
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Bus to Kisumu International Airport, fly to Ndola
best- Take the bus from Busia to Kisumubus
- Fly from Kisumu International Airport (KIS) to Ndola (NLA)plane KIS - NLA
12h 10m$341–1,006Bus via Tunduma
cheapest- Take the bus from Busia to Kampalabus
- Take the bus from Berelay Rd to Tunduma Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Nakonde Bus Stn to Inter-City Bus Terminusbus
35h 32m$111–113Bus
- Take the bus from Busia to Kampalabus
- Take the bus from Berelay Rd to Tunduma Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Nakonde to Lusakabus
32h 9mBus, train, taxi
- Take the bus from Busia to Kampalabus
- Take the bus from Berelay Rd to Tunduma Terminalbus
- Take the train from Nakonde to New Kapiri Mposhitrain
- Take the taxi from New Kapiri Mposhi to Kabwetaxi
- Take the train from Kabwe to Lusakatrain
2dDrive 2,432.2 km
- Drive from Busia to Lusakacar 2,432.2 km
41h 31m$357–516Bus to Kisumu International Airport, fly to Kamuzu International Airport, drive
- Take the bus from Busia to Kisumubus
- Fly from Kisumu International Airport (KIS) to Kamuzu International Airport (LLW)plane KIS - LLW
- Drive from Kamuzu International Airport (LLW) to Chipatacar
19h 49m$350–988Bus to Entebbe, fly to Lusaka
- Take the bus from Busia to Kampalabus
- Fly from Entebbe (EBB) to Lusaka (LUN)plane EBB - LUN
12h 16m$228–470
Kisumu International Airport (KIS) to Ndola (NLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Busia to Zambia is to bus via Tunduma which costs $110 - $114 and takes 35h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Busia to Zambia is to bus and fly which takes 12h 10m and costs $340 - $1,100.
The distance between Busia and Zambia is 1714 km. The road distance is 2432.2 km.
The best way to get from Busia to Zambia without a car is to bus and train and taxi which takes 2 days 0h and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 10m to get from Busia to Zambia, including transfers.
Zambia is 1h behind Busia. It is currently 6:27 AM in Busia and 5:27 AM in Zambia.
Yes, the driving distance between Busia to Zambia is 2432 km. It takes approximately 41h 31m to drive from Busia to Zambia.
There are 365+ hotels available in Zambia.
What companies run services between Busia, Kenya and Zambia?
You can take a bus from Busia to Lusaka via Kampala, Berelay Rd, Tunduma Terminal, and Nakonde in around 32h 9m.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Kisumu International Airport to Ndola via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–950
Flights from Kisumu International Airport to Ndola via Nairobi, Lubumbashi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–950
Flights from Kisumu International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
Flights from Kisumu International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Nairobi, Nampula
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
Flights from Kisumu International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Mombasa, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Entebbe to Lusaka via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Kisumu International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Kisumu International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Entebbe
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Entebbe to Lusaka via Kamuzu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–300
- Website
- ugandairlines.com
Flights from Entebbe to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Entebbe to Lusaka via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
- Phone
- +255 739 998 855
- Website
- tazarasite.com
Train from Nakonde to New Kapiri Mposhi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- tazarasite.com
- Phone
- +260-765-211826
- info@zrl.com.zm
- Website
- zrl.com.zm
Train from Kabwe to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Schedules at
- zrl.com.zm
- Phone
- +254 724 581902
- Website
- tahmeedexpress.com
Bus from Busia to Kisumu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–21
- Schedules at
- tahmeedexpress.com
- Single
- $3–21
- Phone
- 0717073333
- buscareltd@gmail.com
- Website
- bus-car.co.ke
Bus from Busia to Kampala
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- http://bus-car.co.ke/?fbclid=IwAR0ue-tmedLmaiQ3pC7R6TuzahIO7p698XH5v32MsQRE75qD18nAkNRKeR4#/
- Normal
- $7
- Business/VIP
- $10
- srclassiccoachafrica@gmail.com
- Website
- srclassic.com
Bus from Berelay Rd to Tunduma Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85
- Schedules at
- srclassic.com
- Phone
- +260 973334200
- juldanmotors@gmail.com
- Website
- juldan-motors.com
Bus from Nakonde to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://juldan-motors.com/en
- Phone
- +260 966608267
- jkas@gmail.com
- Website
- jkasbus.com
Bus from Nakonde Bus Stn to Inter-City Bus Terminus
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- jkasbus.com
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Estimated price
- $75–95
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