There are 7 ways to get from Sydney to Lamu by plane, unknown, bus, or taxi
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Fly to Lamu Airport, travel
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Lamu Airport (LAU)SYD - LAU
- Walk from Lamu Airport (LAU) to Lamu
28h 10mFly to Mombasa, bus, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Mombasa (MBA)SYD - MBA
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Lamu
- Walk from Lamu to Lamu
31h 18mFly to Malindi, bus, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Malindi (MYD)SYD - MYD
- Take the bus from Malindi to Lamu
- Walk from Lamu to Lamu
30h 40mFly to Nairobi, bus, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Nairobi (NBO)SYD - NBO
- Take the bus from Nairobi to Malindi
- Take the bus from Malindi to Lamu
- Walk from Lamu to Lamu
36h 15mFly to Ukunda, taxi, bus, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Ukunda (UKA)SYD - UKA
- Take the taxi from Ukunda (UKA) to Mombasa
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Lamu
- Walk from Lamu to Lamu
32h 27mFly to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport (PMA)SYD - PMA
- Walk from Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport (PMA) to Lamu
33h 32mFly to Tanga Airport, bus, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Tanga Airport (TGT)SYD - TGT
- Take the bus from Tanga to Mombasa
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Lamu
- Walk from Lamu to Lamu
37h 56m
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Lamu Airport (LAU) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Sydney and Lamu is 11731 km.
It takes approximately 28h 10m to get from Sydney to Lamu, including transfers.
Lamu is 8h behind Sydney. It is currently 3:16 AM in Sydney and 7:16 PM in Lamu.
There are 78+ hotels available in Lamu.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Lamu, Murang'A, Kenya?
There is no direct connection from Sydney to Lamu. However, you can take the train to International Airport Station, walk to Sydney International Airport (SYD) airport, fly to Lamu Airport (LAU), then travel to Lamu. Alternatively, you can take the train to International Airport Station, walk to Sydney International Airport (SYD) airport, fly to Mombasa (MBA), take the taxi to Mombasa, take the bus to Lamu, then travel to Lamu.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Johannesburg, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mombasa via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mombasa via Suvarnabhumi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Suvarnabhumi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Dubai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Johannesburg, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Nairobi via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Dubai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Suvarnabhumi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Johannesburg, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- jambojet.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Dubai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- auricair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Doha, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Abu Dhabi, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Singapore Changi, Addis Ababa, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tanga Airport via Doha, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tanga Airport via Dubai, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tanga Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mombasa via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Nairobi via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mombasa via Singapore Changi, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Nairobi via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–650
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mombasa via Singapore Changi, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Dubai, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tanga Airport via Abu Dhabi, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Phone
- 0799 933 310
- Website
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Mombasa to Lamu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Malindi to Lamu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Tanga to Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
- Phone
- 0724 581902
- Website
- tahmeedexpress.com
Bus from Nairobi to Malindi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Schedules at
- tahmeedexpress.com
- Single
- $14–21
- Phone
- +254 730 889 000
- info@masheastafrica.com
- Website
- mashpoa.com
Bus from Nairobi to Malindi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–27
- Schedules at
- mashpoa.com
- Normal
- $14–21
- Business
- $16–21
- VIP
- $19–27
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Broadafrica Tours & Safaris
- Phone
- +254 722429225
- Website
- broadafrica.com
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