There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Livingstone by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI)plane EDI - LVI
18h 14m$522–1,724Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kasane, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kasane (BBK)plane EDI - BBK
- Take the bus from Kazungula to Livingstonebus
22h 58m$462–1,935Fly Edinburgh Airport to Victoria Falls Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Victoria Falls Airport (VFA)plane EDI - VFA
19h 7m$490–935Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI)plane GLA - LVI
19h 17m$531–1,766Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Victoria Falls Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Victoria Falls Airport (VFA)plane GLA - VFA
20h 10m$499–977Train to Dundee Riverside Airport, fly to Victoria Falls Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundeetrain
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Victoria Falls Airport (VFA)plane DND - VFA
23h 41m$486–2,086
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Livingstone is to fly which costs $490 - $950 and takes 19h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Livingstone is to fly which takes 18h 14m and costs $500 - $1,800.
The distance between Edinburgh and Livingstone is 8664 km.
It takes approximately 18h 14m to get from Edinburgh to Livingstone, including transfers.
Livingstone is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 5:41 PM in Edinburgh and 6:41 PM in Livingstone.
There are 253+ hotels available in Livingstone.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Livingstone, Zambia?
KLM, Kenya Airways, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI) once daily.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,200
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Munich, Windhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Frankfurt, Windhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–900
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kasane via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kasane via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kasane via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
- Website
- fastjet.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,000
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Website
- flycemair.co.za
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kasane via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,900
- 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 Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- 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
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- 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
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +260 961806060
- mazhandu69@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Kazungula to Livingstone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Uglmazhandu/
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