There are 7 ways to get from Lyon to Zanzibar City by train, plane, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane GVA - ZNZ
15h 34m$634–1,669Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane TRN - ZNZ
18h 31m$425–1,220Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane GVA - DAR
- Take the ferry from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibarferry
18h 57m$482–1,419Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane MRS - ZNZ
16h 25m$562–969Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane MXP - ZNZ
17h 34m$489–860Train to Basel, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Villetrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane BSL - ZNZ
21h 23m$560–1,160Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane LYS - ZNZ
14h 19m$618–1,618
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Zanzibar City is to train and fly which costs $480 - $900 and takes 17h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Zanzibar City is to fly which takes 14h 19m and costs $600 - $1,700.
The distance between Lyon and Zanzibar City is 6864 km.
It takes approximately 15h 34m to get from Lyon to Zanzibar City, including transfers.
Zanzibar City is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 7:36 AM in Lyon and 8:36 AM in Zanzibar City.
There are 336+ hotels available in Zanzibar City.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Zanzibar City, Tanzania?
Transavia France, Neos, and easyJet fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) twice a week.
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
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
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–950
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–950
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Basel to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +255 696112233
- [email protected]
- Website
- zanfastferries.co.tz
Ferry from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–140
- Schedules at
- zanfastferries.co.tz
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