There are 6 ways to get from London to Tanzania by plane, taxi, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane LHR - DAR
13h 51m$622–1,151Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
cheapest- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane LGW - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Arushataxi
12h 41m$343–1,253Fly London Heathrow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane LHR - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Arushataxi
14h 18m$532–1,013Fly London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane LHR - ZNZ
15h 5m$485–992Fly London Heathrow Airport to Mwanza Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mwanza Airport (MWZ)plane LHR - MWZ
17h 19m$349–1,247Fly London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi, shuttle
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nairobi (NBO)plane LHR - NBO
- Take a shuttle bus from Nairobi to Arusha
17h 57m$357–768
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from London to Tanzania is to fly and shuttle which costs $350 - $800 and takes 17h 57m.
The fastest way to get from London to Tanzania is to train and fly and taxi which takes 12h 41m and costs $340 - $1,300.
The distance between London and Tanzania is 7541 km.
It takes approximately 13h 51m to get from London to Tanzania, including transfers.
Tanzania is 3h ahead of London. It is currently 3:11 PM in London and 6:11 PM in Tanzania.
There are 734+ hotels available in Tanzania.
What companies run services between London, England and Tanzania?
Egyptair, Ethiopian Airlines, and five other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) 5 times a day.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–950
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mwanza Airport via Addis Ababa, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mwanza Airport via Nairobi, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Website
- precisionairtz.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mwanza Airport via Nairobi, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mwanza Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- charterlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mwanza Airport via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–600
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +254 203 555 780
- [email protected]
- Website
- marangushuttles.com
Shuttle from Nairobi to Arusha
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1–25
- Schedules at
- marangushuttles.com
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Estimated price
- $17–21
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