There are 5 ways to get from Cologne to Zanzibar City by train or plane
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Train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane FRA - ZNZ
13h 3m$535–947Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane DUS - ZNZ
17h 57m$420–889Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane CGN - ZNZ
20h 38m$473–1,113Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane AMS - ZNZ
15h 4m$434–1,120Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane BRU - ZNZ
17h 44m$582–939
Frankfurt (FRA) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Zanzibar City is to train and fly which costs $500 - $950 and takes 13h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Zanzibar City is to train and fly which takes 13h 3m and costs $500 - $950.
The distance between Cologne and Zanzibar City is 7093 km.
It takes approximately 13h 3m to get from Cologne to Zanzibar City, including transfers.
Zanzibar City is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 7:58 AM in Cologne and 8:58 AM in Zanzibar City.
There are 336+ hotels available in Zanzibar City.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Zanzibar City, Tanzania?
Turkish Airlines, Air Cairo, and four other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 4m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
- Website
- precisionairtz.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
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