There are 7 ways to get from Chicago to Tanzania by plane, taxi, bus, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane ORD - ZNZ
22h 26m$808–1,212Fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane ORD - DAR
24h 48m$380–1,314Fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane ORD - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Arushataxi
22h$770–976Fly to Arusha
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Arusha (ARK)plane ORD - ARK
33h 49m$386–1,310Fly to Mombasa, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Mombasa (MBA)plane ORD - MBA
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Tangabus
24h 31m$464–1,541Fly to Tanga Airport
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Tanga Airport (TGT)plane ORD - TGT
30h 51m$1,006–1,810Fly to Nairobi, shuttle
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Nairobi (NBO)plane ORD - NBO
- Take a shuttle bus from Nairobi to Arusha
27h 34m$394–1,231
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Tanzania is to fly which costs $380 - $1,400 and takes 33h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Tanzania is to fly and taxi which takes 22h and costs $750 - $1,000.
The distance between Chicago and Tanzania is 13517 km.
It takes approximately 22h 26m to get from Chicago to Tanzania, including transfers.
Tanzania is 9h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 12:20 AM in Chicago and 9:20 AM in Tanzania.
There are 779+ hotels available in Tanzania.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Tanzania?
Turkish Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Mombasa via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Website
- auricair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Arusha via Rome, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tanga Airport via Frankfurt, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tanga Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tanga Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tanga Airport via Addis Ababa, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tanga Airport via Milan Malpensa, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Mombasa via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Arusha via Istanbul, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Arusha via Brussels, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Arusha via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Arusha via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Arusha via Zurich, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Arusha via Milan Malpensa, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nairobi via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nairobi via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- flightlink.co.tz
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nairobi via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nairobi via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
- Phone
- 0799 933 310
- Website
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Mombasa to Tanga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
- Phone
- +254 203 555 780
- info@marangushuttles.com
- Website
- marangushuttles.com
Shuttle from Nairobi to Arusha
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1–25
- Schedules at
- marangushuttles.com
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Estimated price
- $17–21
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