There are 6 ways to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Tanga by plane, bus, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly London Heathrow Airport to Mombasa, bus
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mombasa (MBA)LHR - MBA
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Tanga
17h 40m$535–841Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Ukunda, taxi, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Ukunda (UKA)LGW - UKA
- Take the taxi from Ukunda (UKA) to Mombasa
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Tanga
21h 26m$382–917Fly London Heathrow Airport to Tanga Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tanga Airport (TGT)LHR - TGT
15h 7m$806–2,209Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Mombasa, bus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Mombasa (MBA)LGW - MBA
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Tanga
20h 1m$393–813Fly London Heathrow Airport to Ukunda, taxi, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Ukunda (UKA)LHR - UKA
- Take the taxi from Ukunda (UKA) to Mombasa
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Tanga
19h 30m$864–1,045Fly London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)LHR - DAR
- Take the bus from Dar es Salaam to Tanga
20h 3m$457–785
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mombasa (MBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Tanga is to fly and bus which costs $450 - $800 and takes 20h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Tanga is to fly which takes 15h 7m and costs $800 - $2,300.
The distance between Heathrow Terminal 5 and Tanga is 7448 km.
It takes approximately 17h 40m to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Tanga, including transfers.
Tanga is 3h ahead of Heathrow Terminal 5. It is currently 2:07 AM in Heathrow Terminal 5 and 5:07 AM in Tanga.
There are 16+ hotels available in Tanga.
What companies run services between Heathrow Terminal 5, England and Tanga, Tanzania?
Ethiopian Airlines, Charterlines, Inc., and four other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tanga Airport (TGT) 3 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mombasa via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mombasa via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ukunda via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $740–780
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ukunda via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $740–780
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ukunda via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ukunda via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–950
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ukunda via Jeddah, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ukunda via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ukunda via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ukunda via Addis Ababa, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ukunda via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mombasa via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mombasa via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mombasa via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mombasa via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mombasa via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mombasa via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- auricair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tanga Airport via Nairobi, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tanga Airport via Nairobi, Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tanga Airport via Rome, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tanga Airport via Milan Malpensa, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
- Website
- jambojet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ukunda via Jeddah, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ukunda via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ukunda via Addis Ababa, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ukunda via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mombasa via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mombasa via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mombasa via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
- Website
- charterlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tanga Airport via Addis Ababa, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
- Website
- ugandairlines.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Mombasa via Entebbe
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $350–750
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–550
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–850
- Phone
- 0799 933 310
- Website
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Mombasa to Tanga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Dar es Salaam to Tanga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–21
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Broadafrica Tours & Safaris
- Phone
- +254 722429225
- Website
- broadafrica.com
Broadafrica Tours & Safaris
- Phone
- +254 722429225
- Website
- broadafrica.com
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