There are 4 ways to get from Lugano to Dar es Salaam by train, plane, or ferry
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Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport
best- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane MXP - DAR
13h 55m$344–918Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane LIN - DAR
15h 25m$325–922Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane MXP - ZNZ
- Take the ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaamferry
15h 59m$482–1,609Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane TRN - DAR
20h 12m$431–1,350
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Dar es Salaam is to train and fly which costs $320 - $950 and takes 15h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Dar es Salaam is to train and fly which takes 13h 55m and costs $340 - $950.
The distance between Lugano and Dar es Salaam is 6665 km.
It takes approximately 13h 55m to get from Lugano to Dar es Salaam, including transfers.
Dar es Salaam is 1h ahead of Lugano. It is currently 6:03 PM in Lugano and 7:03 PM in Dar es Salaam.
There are 806+ hotels available in Dar es Salaam.
What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania?
There is no direct connection from Lugano to Dar es Salaam. However, you can take the train to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, walk to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) airport, fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR), then take the taxi to Dar es Salaam. Alternatively, you can take the train to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, walk to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ), walk to Zanzibar Airport, take the shuttle to Stone Town, walk to Zanzibar, then take the ferry to Dar es Salaam.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Vienna, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–850
- Website
- auricair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Rome, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Frankfurt, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–900
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Frankfurt, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–750
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Bari, Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–900
- Website
- charterlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
- Website
- skywardexpress.co.ke
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Rome, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- 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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