There are 6 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
15h 39m$320–1,234Fly Edinburgh Airport to Arusha
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Arusha (ARK)plane EDI - ARK
26h 23m$266–1,018Train 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
15h 52m$340–1,277Fly Edinburgh Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane EDI - DAR
23h 27m$340–1,022Fly Edinburgh Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane EDI - ZNZ
18h 50m$398–1,220Fly 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 43m$415–639
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Tanzania is to fly and shuttle which costs $410 - $650 and takes 20h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Tanzania is to fly and taxi which takes 15h 39m and costs $320 - $1,300.
The distance between Edinburgh and Tanzania is 7614 km.
It takes approximately 15h 39m to get from Edinburgh to Tanzania, including transfers.
Tanzania is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:32 AM in Edinburgh and 10:32 AM in Tanzania.
There are 569+ 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) 6 times a week.
- 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 Julius Nyerere International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- 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 Julius Nyerere International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
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
- 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 Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
- 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
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Arusha via Milan Malpensa, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
- 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 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
- 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
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
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
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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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