There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Kilimanjaro by plane, taxi, train, or shuttle
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane EDI - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Kilimanjarotaxi
18h$333–1,253Fly Edinburgh Airport to Arusha, taxi
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Arusha (ARK)plane EDI - ARK
- Take the taxi from Arusha-Airport-ARK to Kilimanjarotaxi
30h 11m$308–1,068Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane GLA - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Kilimanjarotaxi
18h 14m$353–1,296Train to Newcastle, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane NCL - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Kilimanjarotaxi
18h 47m$390–1,467Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane ABZ - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Kilimanjarotaxi
20h 37m$444–1,683Fly Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi, shuttle, taxi
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nairobi (NBO)plane EDI - NBO
- Take a shuttle bus from Nairobi JKIA to Moshi
- Take the taxi from Moshi to Kilimanjarotaxi
24h 25m$454–685Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Nairobi, shuttle, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Nairobi (NBO)plane GLA - NBO
- Take a shuttle bus from Nairobi JKIA to Moshi
- Take the taxi from Moshi to Kilimanjarotaxi
25h 28m$324–1,228Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane MME - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Kilimanjarotaxi
20h 53m$699–2,710
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Kilimanjaro is to fly and shuttle and taxi which costs $450 - $700 and takes 24h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Kilimanjaro is to fly and taxi which takes 18h and costs $330 - $1,300.
The distance between Edinburgh and Kilimanjaro is 7655 km.
It takes approximately 18h to get from Edinburgh to Kilimanjaro, including transfers.
Kilimanjaro is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 5:59 AM in Edinburgh and 7:59 AM in Kilimanjaro.
There are 14+ hotels available in Kilimanjaro.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Kilimanjaro, Tanzania?
There is no direct connection from Edinburgh to Kilimanjaro. However, you can take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), then take the taxi to Kilimanjaro. Alternatively, you can take the train to Glasgow Queen Street, walk to Cathedral Street, take the line 500 bus to Terminal Building, walk to Glasgow Airport (GLA) airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), then take the taxi to Kilimanjaro.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Newcastle to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Newcastle to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Arusha via Istanbul, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Arusha via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Arusha via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +254722328595
- Website
- riverside-shuttle.com
Shuttle from Nairobi JKIA to Moshi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Schedules at
- riverside-shuttle.com
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Estimated price
- $18–55
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