There are 8 ways to get from Baltimore to Zanzibar Island by train, subway, plane, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
best- Take the train from Baltimore Penn Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the subway from New Carrollton, Orange/Silver Line Center Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane IAD - ZNZ
21h 19m$554–1,912Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Baltimore Penn Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the subway from New Carrollton, Orange/Silver Line Center Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane IAD - DAR
- Take the ferry from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibarferry
24h 20m$546–1,822Fly Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane BWI - ZNZ
26h 58m$552–2,302Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the train from Baltimore Penn Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane JFK - ZNZ
21h 40m$766–1,126Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the train from Baltimore Penn Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane DCA - ZNZ
28h 43m$1,106–2,961Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the train from Baltimore Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane PHL - ZNZ
24h 20m$974–2,603Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Baltimore Penn Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane JFK - DAR
- Take the ferry from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibarferry
25h 12m$638–1,586Bus to Harrisburg International Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane MDT - ZNZ
32h 36m$765–1,522
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Baltimore to Zanzibar Island is to train and fly which costs $750 - $1,200 and takes 21h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Baltimore to Zanzibar Island is to train and subway and fly which takes 21h 19m and costs $550 - $2,000.
The distance between Baltimore and Zanzibar Island is 12846 km.
It takes approximately 21h 19m to get from Baltimore to Zanzibar Island, including transfers.
Zanzibar Island is 7h ahead of Baltimore. It is currently 8:26 AM in Baltimore and 3:26 PM in Zanzibar Island.
There are 320+ hotels available in Zanzibar Island.
What companies run services between Baltimore, MD, USA and Zanzibar Island, Tanzania?
British Airways, Kenya Airways, and five other airlines fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Boston, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Philadelphia International Airport, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Boston, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Philadelphia International Airport, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Boston, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi, Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Philadelphia International Airport, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Boston, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Philadelphia International Airport, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 49m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Boston, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Boston, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Philadelphia International Airport, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Boston, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- arkia.co.il
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Boston, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Boston, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Boston, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Boston, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
- Website
- w2fly.es
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Philadelphia International Airport, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,000
Flights from Harrisburg International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Philadelphia International Airport, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 13m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Zurich, Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–10
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–10
Subway from New Carrollton, Orange/Silver Line Center Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Subway from New Carrollton, Orange/Silver Line Center Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–700
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $40–480
- First Class
- $180–700
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $9–440
- First Class
- $100–600
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $21–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–700
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $40–480
- First Class
- $180–700
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +255 800 78 5555
- [email protected]
- Website
- azammarine.com
Ferry from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Schedules at
- azammarine.com
- Economy
- $35
- Business
- $40
- VIP
- $60
- Royal
- $100
Ferry from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Schedules at
- azammarine.com
- Economy
- $35
- Business
- $40
- VIP
- $60
- Royal
- $100
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