There are 7 ways to get from Sydney to Lamu by plane, unknown, bus, or taxi
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Fly to Lamu Airport, travel
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Lamu Airport (LAU)plane SYD - LAU
- Walk from Lamu Airport (LAU) to Lamuunknown
28h 5mFly to Mombasa, bus, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Mombasa (MBA)plane SYD - MBA
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Lamubus
- Walk from Lamu to Lamuunknown
31h 3mFly to Malindi, bus, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Malindi (MYD)plane SYD - MYD
- Take the bus from Malindi to Lamubus
- Walk from Lamu to Lamuunknown
30h 25mFly to Ukunda, taxi, bus, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Ukunda (UKA)plane SYD - UKA
- Take the taxi from Ukunda (UKA) to Mombasataxi
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Lamubus
- Walk from Lamu to Lamuunknown
32h 5mFly to Nairobi, bus, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Nairobi (NBO)plane SYD - NBO
- Take the bus from Nairobi to Malindibus
- Take the bus from Malindi to Lamubus
- Walk from Lamu to Lamuunknown
36h 40mFly to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport (PMA)plane SYD - PMA
- Walk from Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport (PMA) to Lamuunknown
34h 32mFly to Tanga Airport, bus, travel
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Tanga Airport (TGT)plane SYD - TGT
- Take the bus from Tanga to Mombasabus
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Lamubus
- Walk from Lamu to Lamuunknown
36h 56m
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Lamu Airport (LAU) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Sydney and Lamu is 11731 km.
It takes approximately 28h 5m to get from Sydney to Lamu, including transfers.
Lamu is 7h behind Sydney. It is currently 1:09 PM in Sydney and 6:09 AM in Lamu.
There are 90+ hotels available in Lamu.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Lamu, Murang'A, Kenya?
There is no direct connection from Sydney to Lamu. However, you can take the train to International Airport Station, walk to Sydney International Airport (SYD) airport, fly to Lamu Airport (LAU), then travel to Lamu. Alternatively, you can take the train to International Airport Station, walk to Sydney International Airport (SYD) airport, fly to Mombasa (MBA), take the taxi to Mombasa, take the bus to Lamu, then travel to Lamu.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Johannesburg, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Dubai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mombasa via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mombasa via Suvarnabhumi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Suvarnabhumi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Dubai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–950
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Suvarnabhumi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Dubai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Nairobi via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
- Website
- jambojet.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Lamu Airport via Dubai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mombasa via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Dubai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Malindi via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–950
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Dubai, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mombasa via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Nairobi via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- auricair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Doha, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tanga Airport via Abu Dhabi, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tanga Airport via Doha, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,000
- Website
- charterlines.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Abu Dhabi, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Dubai, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Singapore Changi, Addis Ababa, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,700
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ukunda via Guangzhou Baiyun, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Nairobi via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pemba / Karume / Wawi Airport via Dubai, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mombasa via Singapore Changi, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
- Website
- skywardexpress.co.ke
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Mombasa via Abu Dhabi, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tanga Airport via Abu Dhabi, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
- Phone
- 0799 933 310
- Website
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Mombasa to Lamu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Malindi to Lamu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Mombasa to Lamu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Malindi to Lamu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Tanga to Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Mombasa to Lamu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
- Phone
- +254 724 581902
- Website
- tahmeedexpress.com
Bus from Nairobi to Malindi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- tahmeedexpress.com
- Single
- $12–15
- Phone
- +254 730 889 000
- [email protected]
- Website
- masheastafrica.com
Bus from Nairobi to Malindi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Schedules at
- mashpoa.com
- Normal
- $15–27
- Business
- $23–26
- VIP
- $20–35
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Broadafrica Tours & Safaris
- Phone
- +254 722429225
- Website
- broadafrica.com
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