There are 4 ways to get from Melbourne to Livingstone by plane or bus
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Fly to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI)plane MEL - LVI
27h 26m$721–2,123Fly to Victoria Falls Airport
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Victoria Falls Airport (VFA)plane MEL - VFA
27h 59m$629–1,834Fly to Kasane, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kasane (BBK)plane MEL - BBK
- Take the bus from Kazungula to Livingstonebus
30h 55m$781–2,335Fly to Bulawayo, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bulawayo (BUQ)plane MEL - BUQ
- Take the bus from Bulawayo to Victoria Fallsbus
28h 24m$709–2,076
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Livingstone is to fly which costs $600 - $1,900 and takes 27h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Livingstone is to fly which takes 27h 26m and costs $700 - $2,200.
The distance between Melbourne and Livingstone is 11177 km.
It takes approximately 27h 26m to get from Melbourne to Livingstone, including transfers.
Livingstone is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 12:45 AM in Melbourne and 3:45 PM in Livingstone.
There are 217+ hotels available in Livingstone.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Livingstone, Zambia?
Qantas, Airlink, and three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport (LVI) 4 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–3,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Adelaide, Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kasane via Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kasane via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–4,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kasane via Adelaide, Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bulawayo via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–3,500
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Sydney, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–3,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport via Adelaide, Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bulawayo via Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- fastjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Singapore Changi, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–3,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Adelaide, Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bulawayo via Sydney, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bulawayo via Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bulawayo via Adelaide, Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Adelaide, Perth, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Bus operators
- Phone
- +260 961806060
- mazhandu69@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Kazungula to Livingstone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Uglmazhandu/
- Phone
- +263-775205200
- info@extracity.co.zw
- Website
- extracity.co.zw
Bus from Bulawayo to Victoria Falls
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://www.extracity.co.zw/
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