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
15h 9m$300–1,134Fly Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nairobi (NBO)plane EDI - NBO
- Take a shuttle bus from Nairobi to Arusha
20h 33m$265–989Train 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 38m$300–1,122Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane GLA - ZNZ
18h 39m$468–1,008Fly Edinburgh Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane EDI - ZNZ
17h 5m$418–1,420Fly Edinburgh Airport to Arusha
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Arusha (ARK)plane EDI - ARK
19h 18m$276–1,018Fly Edinburgh Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane EDI - DAR
23h 27m$370–1,222
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 $260 - $1,000 and takes 20h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Tanzania is to fly and taxi which takes 15h 9m and costs $300 - $1,200.
The distance between Edinburgh and Tanzania is 7614 km.
It takes approximately 15h 9m to get from Edinburgh to Tanzania, including transfers.
Tanzania is 3h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 5:02 PM in Edinburgh and 8:02 PM in Tanzania.
There are 767+ hotels available in Tanzania.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Tanzania?
Qatar Airways flies from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- 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
- $270–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- precisionairtz.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Arusha via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Arusha via Prague, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–750
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Arusha via Istanbul, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Arusha via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–750
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–24
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–24
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $310–350
- 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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