There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Kampala by plane, train, 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 Edinburgh Airport to Entebbe
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Entebbe (EBB)plane EDI - EBB
15h 54m$517–677Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kisumu International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kisumu International Airport (KIS)plane EDI - KIS
- Take the bus from Kisumu to Busiabus
- Take the bus from Busia to Kampalabus
25h 3m$279–1,015Train to Dundee Riverside Airport, fly to Entebbe
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundeetrain
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Entebbe (EBB)plane DND - EBB
21h 18m$355–1,519Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Entebbe
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Entebbe (EBB)plane ABZ - EBB
18h 33m$306–1,217Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Entebbe
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Entebbe (EBB)plane GLA - EBB
18h 58m$377–888Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly to Entebbe
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Entebbe (EBB)plane INV - EBB
24h 6m$333–1,233Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kigali, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kigali (KGL)plane EDI - KGL
- Take the bus from Kigali to Kampalabus
23h 42m$495–1,427Train to Newcastle, fly to Kisumu International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Kisumu International Airport (KIS)plane NCL - KIS
- Take the bus from Kisumu to Busiabus
- Take the bus from Busia to Kampalabus
27h 40m$291–1,160
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Entebbe (EBB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Kampala is to fly and bus which costs $490 - $1,500 and takes 23h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Kampala is to fly which takes 15h 54m and costs $500 - $700.
The distance between Edinburgh and Kampala is 7053 km.
It takes approximately 15h 54m to get from Edinburgh to Kampala, including transfers.
Kampala is 3h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 9:13 PM in Edinburgh and 12:13 AM in Kampala.
There are 1880+ hotels available in Kampala.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Kampala, Uganda?
Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Entebbe (EBB) twice daily.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kisumu International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Newcastle to Kisumu International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Kisumu International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Kisumu International Airport via Dubai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Newcastle to Kisumu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Kisumu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Entebbe via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–850
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–900
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Entebbe via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Entebbe via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Entebbe via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Entebbe via Milan Malpensa, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Entebbe via Geneva, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Entebbe via London Gatwick, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
- Website
- ugandairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Entebbe via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Entebbe via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Entebbe via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Entebbe via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Entebbe via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Entebbe via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Entebbe via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Website
- jambojet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–70
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–24
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–34
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–300
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $310–360
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $330–380
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $350–400
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $330–380
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- srclassiccoachafrica@gmail.com
- Website
- srclassic.com
Bus from Kigali to Kampala
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4
- Schedules at
- srclassic.com
- Phone
- +254 724 581902
- Website
- tahmeedexpress.com
Bus from Kisumu to Busia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- 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
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