There are 7 ways to get from Manchester to Zanzibar City by plane, ferry, or train
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Fly Manchester Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane MAN - DAR
- Take the ferry from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibarferry
16h 38m$373–1,260Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane BHX - ZNZ
17h 20m$493–942Train to London City Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane LCY - ZNZ
18h 19m$1,043–6,663Fly Manchester Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane MAN - ZNZ
18h 1m$485–960Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane LHR - ZNZ
17h 36m$605–1,284Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane LGW - ZNZ
19h 42m$448–1,400Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane LHR - DAR
- Take the ferry from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibarferry
18h 59m$723–1,284
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Zanzibar City is to fly which costs $480 - $1,000 and takes 18h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Zanzibar City is to fly and ferry which takes 16h 38m and costs $370 - $1,300.
The distance between Manchester and Zanzibar City is 7852 km.
It takes approximately 16h 38m to get from Manchester to Zanzibar City, including transfers.
Zanzibar City is 2h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 8:55 PM in Manchester and 10:55 PM in Zanzibar City.
There are 335+ hotels available in Zanzibar City.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Zanzibar City, Tanzania?
Qatar Airways, TUI Airways, and Air Cairo fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) twice daily.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from London City Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from London City Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–850
Flights from London City Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,300
Flights from London City Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,300
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from London City Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from London City Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London City Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- 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
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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