There are 4 ways to get from Dubai to Pemba Island by plane, ferry, or shuttle
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Fly Dubai International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport
best- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport (PMA)plane DXB - PMA
9h 27m$201–702Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport (PMA)plane AUH - PMA
12h 27m$181–493Fly 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 Unguja to Weteferry
16h 46m$278–631Fly Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane DXB - DAR
- Take the ferry from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibarferry
- Take the ferry from Unguja to Weteferry
19h 35m$284–833
Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport (PMA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dubai to Pemba Island is to shuttle and fly which costs $180 - $500 and takes 12h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Dubai to Pemba Island is to fly which takes 9h 27m and costs $200 - $700.
The distance between Dubai and Pemba Island is 3800 km.
It takes approximately 9h 27m to get from Dubai to Pemba Island, including transfers.
Pemba Island is 1h behind Dubai. It is currently 2:04 PM in Dubai and 1:04 PM in Pemba Island.
There are seven+ hotels available in Pemba Island.
What companies run services between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Pemba Island, Pemba North, Tanzania?
Flydubai, Charterlines, Inc., and four other airlines fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport (PMA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
- Website
- charterlines.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Nairobi, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Julius Nyerere International Airport, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–750
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–480
- Website
- auricair.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Doha, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Nairobi, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Doha, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–700
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–900
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–900
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–650
- 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
- +255 740 310 310
- [email protected]
- Website
- zanfastferries.co.tz
Ferry from Unguja to Wete
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $71
- Schedules at
- zanfastferries.co.tz
Ferry from Unguja to Wete
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $71
- Schedules at
- zanfastferries.co.tz
- 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
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