There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Tanzania 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 Arushataxi
14h 49m$340–1,234Fly Edinburgh Airport to Arusha
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Arusha (ARK)plane EDI - ARK
23h 3m$266–968Train 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 Arushataxi
16h 11m$332–1,167Train 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 Arushataxi
16h 41m$399–1,434Fly Edinburgh Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane EDI - DAR
23h 22m$370–1,122Fly Edinburgh Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane EDI - ZNZ
16h 56m$393–1,113Fly Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi, shuttle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nairobi (NBO)plane EDI - NBO
- Take a shuttle bus from Nairobi to Arusha
20h 58m$275–1,039
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Tanzania is to fly which costs $260 - $1,000 and takes 23h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Tanzania is to fly and taxi which takes 14h 49m and costs $340 - $1,300.
The distance between Edinburgh and Tanzania is 7614 km.
It takes approximately 14h 49m to get from Edinburgh to Tanzania, including transfers.
Tanzania is 3h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 12:39 PM in Edinburgh and 3:39 PM in Tanzania.
There are 795+ hotels available in Tanzania.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Tanzania?
Qatar Airways flies from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) once daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Newcastle to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Newcastle to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
- Website
- flightlink.co.tz
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Arusha via Istanbul, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Arusha via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Arusha via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +254 203 555 780
- info@marangushuttles.com
- Website
- marangushuttles.com
Shuttle from Nairobi to Arusha
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1–25
- Schedules at
- marangushuttles.com
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Estimated price
- $17–21
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