There are 8 ways to get from Darwin to Lusaka by plane, car or bus
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 Jeki, drive
-
Fly from Darwin (DRW) to Jeki (JEK)
-
Drive from Jeki to Lusaka
Fly to Royal, drive
-
Fly from Darwin (DRW) to Royal (RYL)
-
Drive from Royal to Lusaka
Fly to Ndola, bus
-
Fly from Darwin (DRW) to Ndola (NLA)
-
Take the bus from Ndola to Lusaka
Fly to Livingstone, bus
-
Fly from Darwin (DRW) to Livingstone (LVI)
-
Take the bus from Livingstone to Lusaka
Fly to Harare, bus
-
Fly from Darwin (DRW) to Harare (HRE)
-
Take the bus from Harare to Lusaka
Fly to Victoria Falls, bus
-
Fly from Darwin (DRW) to Victoria Falls (VFA)
-
Take the bus from Livingstone to Lusaka
Fly to Kasane, bus
-
Fly from Darwin (DRW) to Kasane (BBK)
-
Take the bus from Kazungula to Lusaka
Darwin (DRW) to Lusaka (LUN) flights
40
Weekly Planes
28h 33m
Average Duration
$416
Cheapest Price
Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Zambia
There is widespread community transmission globally.
Some travel restrictions are being lifted in Zambia. For the latest travel status, please check the official page for Zambia.
For travel planning advice, please refer to our Rome2rio Coronavirus information page .
For the latest travel status, we recommend checking the official page for Zambia.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel Advice
Can I travel internationally to Lusaka?
Some international borders began to reopen in Zambia from May 15.
Official Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information for Zambia
Can I travel domestically within Zambia?
Domestic travel is restricted within Zambia due to Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Official Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information for Zambia
Are there restrictions on leaving Australia?
International flights leaving Australia are suspended as part of the response to Coronavirus (COVID-19). Restrictions may also be in place for other modes of transport.
Questions & Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from Darwin to Lusaka?
The cheapest way to get from Darwin to Lusaka is to fly which costs $650 - $1,900 and takes 29h 34m.
What is the fastest way to get from Darwin to Lusaka?
The quickest way to get from Darwin to Lusaka is to fly which costs $650 - $1,900 and takes 29h 34m.
How far is it from Darwin to Lusaka?
The distance between Darwin and Lusaka is 10949 km.
How long does it take to get from Darwin to Lusaka?
It takes approximately 29h 34m to get from Darwin to Lusaka, including transfers.
How long is the flight from Darwin to Lusaka?
There is no direct flight from Darwin Airport to Lusaka Airport. The quickest flight takes 30h 20m and has two stopovers.
What is the time difference between Darwin and Lusaka?
Lusaka is 7h 30m behind Darwin. It is currently 8:29 AM in Darwin and 12:59 AM in Lusaka.
Which airlines fly from Darwin Airport to Lusaka Airport?
Proflight Zambia, South African Airways, Qatar Airways and five other airlines offer flights from Darwin Airport to Lusaka Airport.
Where can I stay near Lusaka?
There are 63+ hotels available in Lusaka. Prices start at $100 USD per night.
Launch map view
- Distance: 10949.4 km
- Duration: 29h 34m
What companies run services between Darwin, NT, Australia and Lusaka, Zambia?
Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways and eight other airlines fly from Darwin to Lusaka every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- proflight-zambia.com
Flights from Darwin to Lusaka via Sydney, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,500
Flights from Darwin to Jeki via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,800
Flights from Darwin to Jeki via Singapore Changi, Doha, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,700
Flights from Darwin to Jeki via Singapore Changi, Addis Ababa, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,600
Flights from Darwin to Jeki via Singapore Changi, Madras, Addis Ababa, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,600
Flights from Darwin to Jeki via Singapore Changi, Mumbai, Nairobi, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480 - $1,300
Flights from Darwin to Jeki via Sydney, Johannesburg, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750 - $2,900
Flights from Darwin to Jeki via Ngurah Rai, Doha, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,700
Flights from Darwin to Royal via Sydney, Johannesburg, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750 - $2,900
Flights from Darwin to Royal via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,800
Flights from Darwin to Ndola via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750 - $2,500
Flights from Darwin to Ndola via Singapore Changi, Doha, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850 - $2,300
Flights from Darwin to Livingstone via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $1,900
Flights from Darwin to Livingstone via Singapore Changi, Doha, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $1,800
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Darwin to Lusaka via Singapore Changi, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,400
Flights from Darwin to Lusaka via Singapore Changi, Madras, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,400
Flights from Darwin to Ndola via Singapore Changi, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800 - $2,100
Flights from Darwin to Ndola via Singapore Changi, Madras, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800 - $2,100
Flights from Darwin to Ndola via Singapore Changi, Mumbai, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750 - $2,600
Flights from Darwin to Harare via Singapore Changi, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $1,500
Flights from Darwin to Harare via Singapore Changi, Madras, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $1,500
Flights from Darwin to Victoria Falls via Singapore Changi, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $1,800
Flights from Darwin to Victoria Falls via Singapore Changi, Madras, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $1,800
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Darwin to Ndola via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750 - $2,500
Flights from Darwin to Livingstone via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $1,900
Flights from Darwin to Livingstone via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg, Nelspruit
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $1,900
Flights from Darwin to Livingstone via Singapore Changi, Abu Dhabi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $1,900
Flights from Darwin to Harare via Sydney, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,700
Flights from Darwin to Kasane via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410 - $1,400
Flights from Darwin to Kasane via Singapore Changi, Abu Dhabi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,500
Flights from Darwin to Kasane via Singapore Changi, Dubai, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Darwin to Lusaka via Singapore Changi, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,500
Flights from Darwin to Ndola via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750 - $2,500
Flights from Darwin to Harare via Sydney, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,700
Flights from Darwin to Kasane via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410 - $1,400
Flights from Darwin to Kasane via Singapore Changi, Doha, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $1,500
Flights from Darwin to Kasane via Singapore Changi, Abu Dhabi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,500
Flights from Darwin to Kasane via Singapore Changi, Dubai, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,000
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Darwin to Lusaka via Singapore Changi, Mumbai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410 - $1,100
Flights from Darwin to Lusaka via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460 - $1,600
Flights from Darwin to Livingstone via Singapore Changi, Mumbai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,300
Flights from Darwin to Livingstone via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,100
Flights from Darwin to Victoria Falls via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Darwin to Lusaka via Singapore Changi, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,000
Flights from Darwin to Harare via Singapore Changi, Dubai, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $2,200
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Darwin to Lusaka via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460 - $1,600
- Website
- airzimbabwe.aero
Flights from Darwin to Harare via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,700
- Website
- lam.co.mz
Flights from Darwin to Harare via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg, Maputo
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,700
- Website
- fastjet.com
Flights from Darwin to Victoria Falls via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $2,000
- Website
- airbotswana.co.bw
Flights from Darwin to Kasane via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg, Gaborone
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410 - $1,400
Bus operators
- Phone
- +260 211 247 683
- info@juldanmotors.com
Bus from Ndola to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Phone
- +260 961806060
- mazhandu69@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Livingstone to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Uglmazhandu/
Bus from Kazungula to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Uglmazhandu/
- Phone
- +260 977 982150
- Website
- infobwana.com
Bus from Livingstone to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +263 782 588 588
- service@kinglioncoaches.co.zw
Bus from Harare to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- kinglioncoaches.co.zw
Want to know more about travelling around Zambia
Rome2rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
10 amazing places to get away from it all in Australia
If you’re looking to escape from the world, try these remote landscapes and tucked-away towns.
Read the travel guide4 of the smartest ways to explore Australia
Plan your Australian adventure, whether that's an epic east coast road trip or an Outback train odyssey
Read the travel guide