There are 5 ways to get from Colombo to Tanga by plane, bus, taxi, or ferry
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 Tanga Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Tanga Airport (TGT)plane CMB - TGT
14h$631–1,739Fly to Ukunda, taxi, bus
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Ukunda (UKA)plane CMB - UKA
- Take the taxi from Ukunda (UKA) to Mombasataxi
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Tangabus
18h 53m$508–874Fly to Mombasa, bus
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Mombasa (MBA)plane CMB - MBA
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Tangabus
18h 9m$509–920Fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport, bus
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane CMB - DAR
- Take the bus from Dar es Salaam to Tangabus
19h 11m$511–1,015Fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, ferry, bus
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane CMB - ZNZ
- Take the ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaamferry
- Take the bus from Dar es Salaam to Tangabus
21h 7m$561–1,153
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Tanga Airport (TGT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Tanga is to fly and taxi and bus which costs $500 - $900 and takes 18h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Tanga is to fly which takes 14h and costs $600 - $1,800.
The distance between Colombo and Tanga is 4771 km.
It takes approximately 14h to get from Colombo to Tanga, including transfers.
Tanga is 2h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 10:28 AM in Colombo and 7:58 AM in Tanga.
There are 14+ hotels available in Tanga.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Tanga, Tanzania?
Etihad, FlexFlight ApS, and four other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Tanga Airport (TGT) once daily.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Mombasa via Muscat, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $450–850
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ukunda via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ukunda via Mumbai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ukunda via Sharjah, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ukunda via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Mombasa via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
- Website
- jambojet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ukunda via Mumbai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ukunda via Sharjah, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ukunda via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Tanga Airport via Abu Dhabi, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ukunda via Muscat, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $370–700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ukunda via Dubai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- auricair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Tanga Airport via Abu Dhabi, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Tanga Airport via Dubai, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Tanga Airport via Mumbai, Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Mombasa via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
- 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
Bus from Dar es Salaam to Tanga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
- Phone
- +255 696112233
- bookings@tripsiri.com
- Website
- zanfastferries.co.tz
Ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–140
- Schedules at
- zanfastferries.co.tz
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Broadafrica Tours & Safaris
- Phone
- +254 722429225
- Website
- broadafrica.com
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