There are 3 ways to get from Dubai to Dar es Salaam by plane, shuttle, or ferry
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Fly Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
best- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane DXB - DAR
8h 2m$338–451Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane AUH - DAR
11h 42m$208–572Fly Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane DXB - ZNZ
- Take the ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaamferry
11h 41m$346–652
Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dubai to Dar es Salaam is to shuttle and fly which costs $200 - $600 and takes 11h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Dubai to Dar es Salaam is to fly which takes 8h 2m and costs $330 - $460.
The distance between Dubai and Dar es Salaam is 4002 km.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Dubai to Dar es Salaam, including transfers.
Dar es Salaam is 1h behind Dubai. It is currently 4:51 AM in Dubai and 3:51 AM in Dar es Salaam.
There are 812+ hotels available in Dar es Salaam.
What companies run services between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania?
Emirates, Air Tanzania, and three other airlines fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) every 4 hours.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–850
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–950
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–900
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- precisionairtz.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- omanair.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–550
- Website
- charterlines.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Shuttle from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–11
- Schedules at
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
- Phone
- +255 800 78 5555
- [email protected]
- Website
- azammarine.com
Ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Schedules at
- azammarine.com
- Economy
- $35
- Business
- $40
- VIP
- $60
- Royal
- $100
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