There are 6 ways to get from Reno to Lusaka by plane, bus, car, train, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Lusaka
best- Fly from Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) to Lusaka (LUN)plane RNO - LUN
29h 26m$1,032–2,117Bus, train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Lusaka
cheapest- Take the bus from Reno Amtrak to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Lusaka (LUN)plane SFO - LUN
34h 25m$694–1,850Fly Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Ndola, bus
- Fly from Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) to Ndola (NLA)plane RNO - NLA
- Take the bus from Ndola to Lusakabus
36h 28mFly Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Lower Zambezi Royal Airport, drive
- Fly from Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) to Lower Zambezi Royal Airport (RYL)plane RNO - RYL
- Drive from Lower Zambezi Royal Airport (RYL) to Lusakacar
2d 12h$859–2,214Bus to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Lusaka
- Take the bus from Reno Amtrak to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Lusaka (LUN)plane SMF - LUN
34h 41m$1,056–2,385Fly Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport, bus
- Fly from Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) to Victoria Falls Airport (VFA)plane RNO - VFA
- Take the bus from Livingstone to Lusakabus
2d 1h$1,139–2,336
Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) to Lusaka (LUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Reno to Lusaka is to bus and train and BART and fly which costs $650 - $1,900 and takes 34h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Reno to Lusaka is to fly which takes 29h 26m and costs $1,000 - $2,200.
The distance between Reno and Lusaka is 15946 km.
It takes approximately 29h 26m to get from Reno to Lusaka, including transfers.
Lusaka is 9h ahead of Reno. It is currently 1:29 PM in Reno and 10:29 PM in Lusaka.
There are 348+ hotels available in Lusaka.
What companies run services between Reno, NV, USA and Lusaka, Zambia?
Delta, Ethiopian Airlines, and United Airlines fly from Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) to Lusaka (LUN) once daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Ndola via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 9m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Ndola via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 32m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Ndola via Denver, Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lusaka via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 2m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,200
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Lusaka via Chicago O'Hare, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Ndola via Chicago O'Hare, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,600
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Lusaka via Chicago O'Hare, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 56m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,400
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,300
- Website
- proflight-zambia.com
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Lower Zambezi Royal Airport via Seattle, Doha, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Lower Zambezi Royal Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Addis Ababa, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,200
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Lower Zambezi Royal Airport via San Francisco International Airport, Doha, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 11h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Lower Zambezi Royal Airport via Seattle, Dubai, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Lower Zambezi Royal Airport via New York JFK, Nairobi, Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 15h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Ndola via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 23m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Ndola via Denver, Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lusaka via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lusaka via Istanbul, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lusaka via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lusaka via Istanbul, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Lusaka via Newark, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 41m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
- Website
- fastjet.com
Flights from Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Addis Ababa, Harare
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,400
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Adult Single Ride
- $12–16
- Phone
- +260 973334200
- [email protected]
- Website
- juldan-motors.com
Bus from Ndola to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://juldan-motors.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Reno Amtrak to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Reno Amtrak to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +260 961806060
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Livingstone to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Uglmazhandu/
- Phone
- +260 212 217 118
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Livingstone to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–22
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Single
- $18–21
- Phone
- +260 977 982150
- Website
- shalom-bus-services.com
Bus from Livingstone to Lusaka
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Schedules at
- shalom-bus-services.com
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