There are 7 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)EDI - EBB
15h 54m$517–677Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Entebbe
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Entebbe (EBB)GLA - EBB
18h 38m$258–1,015Train to Dundee Riverside Airport, fly to Entebbe
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Entebbe (EBB)DND - EBB
21h 17m$500–1,320Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Entebbe
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Entebbe (EBB)ABZ - EBB
18h 16m$316–1,318Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly to Entebbe
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Entebbe (EBB)INV - EBB
25h 6m$343–1,334Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kigali, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kigali (KGL)EDI - KGL
- Take the bus from Kigali to Kampala
23h 42m$494–1,426Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kisumu International Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kisumu International Airport (KIS)EDI - KIS
- Take the bus from Kisumu to Busia
- Take the bus from Busia to Kampala
25h 3m$279–1,015
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Entebbe (EBB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Kampala is to train and fly which costs $250 - $1,100 and takes 18h 38m.
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 4:21 AM in Edinburgh and 7:21 AM in Kampala.
There are 1995+ 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) once daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
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, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Entebbe via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–800
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–900
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kisumu International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Entebbe via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Entebbe via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
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
- $340–1,200
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
- Website
- ugandairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Entebbe via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $330–900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Entebbe via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–24
- Website
- https://www.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 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–24
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- 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
- $310–360
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
- $280–310
- 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
- $330–390
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $85–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $350–410
- 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 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- srclassiccoachafrica@gmail.com
- Website
- srclassic.com
Bus from Kigali to Kampala
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3
- Schedules at
- srclassic.com
- Phone
- 0724 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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