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$522–1,825Fly Edinburgh Airport to Victoria Falls Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Victoria Falls Airport (VFA)plane EDI - VFA
19h 7m$470–1,135Train 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 9m$541–1,868Train 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 2m$489–1,178Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kasane, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kasane (BBK)plane EDI - BBK
- Take the bus from Kazungula to Livingstonebus
22h 58m$532–2,435Train 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 48m$535–1,983
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 $470 - $1,200 and takes 19h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Livingstone is to fly which takes 18h 14m and costs $500 - $1,900.
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 8:42 PM in Edinburgh and 9:42 PM in Livingstone.
There are 255+ 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
- 19h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
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
- $500–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,700
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
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
- $500–1,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
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
- $490–2,400
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Munich, Windhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Frankfurt, Windhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kasane via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
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
- $490–2,400
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kasane via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kasane via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
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
- $490–2,400
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- flycemair.co.za
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kasane via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,400
- 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
- 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
- $500–1,900
- 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
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- 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
- $17–29
- 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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