There are 6 ways to get from Philadelphia to Kilimanjaro by train, plane, taxi, 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.
Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
best- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane JFK - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Kilimanjarotaxi
24h 27m$535–2,355Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Arusha, taxi
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Arusha (ARK)plane JFK - ARK
- Take the taxi from Arusha-Airport-ARK to Kilimanjarotaxi
26h 37m$460–2,070Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane PHL - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Kilimanjarotaxi
22h 47m$733–1,944Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane EWR - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Kilimanjarotaxi
23h 21m$673–2,206Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Nairobi, shuttle, taxi
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Nairobi (NBO)plane PHL - NBO
- Take a shuttle bus from Nairobi JKIA to Moshi
- Take the taxi from Moshi to Kilimanjarotaxi
29h 56m$893–1,776Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Nairobi, shuttle, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Nairobi (NBO)plane JFK - NBO
- Take a shuttle bus from Nairobi JKIA to Moshi
- Take the taxi from Moshi to Kilimanjarotaxi
28h 21m$505–1,787
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Kilimanjaro is to train and fly and shuttle and taxi which costs $500 - $1,800 and takes 28h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Kilimanjaro is to fly and taxi which takes 22h 47m and costs $700 - $2,000.
The distance between Philadelphia and Kilimanjaro is 12270 km.
It takes approximately 24h 27m to get from Philadelphia to Kilimanjaro, including transfers.
Kilimanjaro is 7h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 9:31 PM in Philadelphia and 4:31 AM in Kilimanjaro.
There are nine+ hotels available in Kilimanjaro.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Kilimanjaro, Tanzania?
There is no direct connection from Philadelphia to Kilimanjaro. However, you can take the train to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, walk to Penn Station, take the train to Jamaica, walk to Jamaica Station, take the vehicle to Terminal 4, walk to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), then take the taxi to Kilimanjaro. Alternatively, you can take the train to Airport Terminal A, walk to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), then take the taxi to Kilimanjaro.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,700
- Website
- flightlink.co.tz
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Arusha via Nairobi, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Arusha via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Arusha via Brussels, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Athens, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- airexcelonline.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Arusha via Nairobi, Kilimanjaro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Arusha via Nairobi, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Phone
- +254722328595
- [email protected]
- Website
- riverside-shuttle.com
Shuttle from Nairobi JKIA to Moshi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Schedules at
- riverside-shuttle.com
Shuttle from Nairobi JKIA to Moshi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Schedules at
- riverside-shuttle.com
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Estimated price
- $18–55
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