There are 8 ways to get from Lusaka to Kahama by plane, taxi, bus, train, or car
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Fly to Mwanza Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Mwanza Airport (MWZ)LUN - MWZ
- Take the taxi from Mwanza Airport (MWZ) to Kahama
13h 2m$360–726Bus #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Inter-City Bus Terminus to Nakonde Bus Stn
- Take the bus from Tunduma Terminal to Magufuli Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Magufuli Bus Terminal to Kahama Bus Stand
2d 12h$85Bus via Dar es Salaam
- Take the bus from Lusaka to Nakonde
- Take the bus from Tunduma Terminal to Magufuli Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Dar es Salaam to Kahama
47h 9mBus, train, drive
- Take the bus from Lusaka to Serenje
- Take the train from Serenje to Nakonde
- Drive from Nakonde to Mbeya
- Take the train from Mbeya to Dar es salaam
- Take the bus from Dar es Salaam to Kahama
2d 19hDrive 1,715.6 km
- Drive from Lusaka to Kahama1,715.6 km
32h 19m$252–364Fly to Kigali, drive
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Kigali (KGL)LUN - KGL
- Drive from Kigali (KGL) to Kahama
15h 3m$280–536Fly to Bujumbura, drive
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Bujumbura (BJM)LUN - BJM
- Drive from Bujumbura (BJM) to Kahama
20h 51m$380–1,006Bus
- Take the bus from Lusaka to Nakonde
- Take the bus from Tunduma Terminal to Magufuli Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Magufuli Bus Terminal to Kahama Bus Stand
2d 8h
Lusaka (LUN) to Mwanza Airport (MWZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lusaka to Kahama is to bus which costs $86 and takes 2 days 12h.
The fastest way to get from Lusaka to Kahama is to fly and taxi which takes 13h 2m and costs $360 - $750.
The distance between Lusaka and Kahama is 1732 km. The road distance is 1715.6 km.
It takes approximately 13h 2m to get from Lusaka to Kahama, including transfers.
Kahama is 1h ahead of Lusaka. It is currently 11:31 PM in Lusaka and 12:31 AM in Kahama.
Yes, the driving distance between Lusaka to Kahama is 1716 km. It takes approximately 32h 19m to drive from Lusaka to Kahama.
There are four+ hotels available in Kahama.
What companies run services between Lusaka, Zambia and Kahama, Shinyanga, Tanzania?
You can take a bus from Lusaka to Kahama via Nakonde, Tunduma Terminal, Magufuli Bus Terminal, Kimara, Manzese Tip Top, and Dar es Salaam in around 47h 9m.
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Lusaka to Kigali via Harare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–320
Flights from Lusaka to Kigali via Entebbe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Lusaka to Kigali via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–600
Flights from Lusaka to Kigali via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–320
Flights from Lusaka to Bujumbura via Harare, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–850
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from Lusaka to Mwanza Airport via Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Lusaka to Mwanza Airport via Lubumbashi, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
Flights from Lusaka to Bujumbura via Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Lusaka to Kigali via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Lusaka to Bujumbura via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Lusaka to Kigali via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Lusaka to Bujumbura via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
- Phone
- +255 739 998 855
- Website
- tazarasite.com
Train from Serenje to Nakonde
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- tazarasite.com
Train from Mbeya to Dar es salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- tazarasite.com
- Phone
- +260 211 247 683
- info@juldanmotors.com
Bus from Lusaka to Nakonde
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
Bus from Lusaka to Serenje
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Phone
- +255 754864829
- newforce@163.com
- Website
- newforcebus.co.tz
Bus from Tunduma Terminal to Magufuli Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26
- Schedules at
- newforcebus.co.tz
- Phone
- +255 748772290
- Website
- shigaka.co.tz
Bus from Dar es Salaam to Kahama
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $31
- Schedules at
- shigaka.co.tz
- Website
- cityboyexpress.co.tz
Bus from Magufuli Bus Terminal to Kahama Bus Stand
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $41
- Schedules at
- cityboyexpress.com
- Phone
- +260 966608267
- jkas@gmail.com
- Website
- jkasbus.com
Bus from Inter-City Bus Terminus to Nakonde Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- jkasbus.com
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Estimated price
- $60–80
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