There are 5 ways to get from Zanzibar Island to Melbourne by plane, ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Melbourne Airport
best- Fly from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane ZNZ - MEL
21h 50m$1,345–1,879Fly Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Bendigo Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Bendigo Airport (BXG)plane ZNZ - BXG
- Take the train from Bendigo Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
34h 57m$875–2,391Ferry to Julius Nyerere International Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaamferry
- Fly from Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane DAR - MEL
27h 2m$1,190–1,888Fly Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Avalon Airport, train
- Fly from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane ZNZ - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
26h 38m$1,503–4,697Fly Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Albury, train
- Fly from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Albury (ABX)plane ZNZ - ABX
- Take the train from Albury Station to Southern Crosstrain
29h 1m$1,263–3,743
Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zanzibar Island to Melbourne is to ferry and fly which costs $1,100 - $1,900 and takes 27h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Zanzibar Island to Melbourne is to fly which takes 21h 50m and costs $1,300 - $1,900.
The distance between Zanzibar Island and Melbourne is 10960 km.
It takes approximately 21h 50m to get from Zanzibar Island to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 8h ahead of Zanzibar Island. It is currently 6:24 PM in Zanzibar Island and 2:24 AM in Melbourne.
There are 5519+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Zanzibar Island, Tanzania and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Flydubai, Emirates, and five other airlines fly from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Johannesburg, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–1,900
Flights from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,000
Flights from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Johannesburg, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Avalon Airport via Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Avalon Airport via Nairobi, Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Avalon Airport via Julius Nyerere International Airport, Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Bendigo Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,100
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Bendigo Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Bendigo Airport via Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Bendigo Airport via Johannesburg, Perth, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,600
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Bendigo Airport via Nairobi, Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Albury via Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Albury via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Albury via Nairobi, Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Albury via Julius Nyerere International Airport, Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Albury via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Addis Ababa, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,200
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–1,900
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Johannesburg, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Mumbai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- V-Line
Train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
Train from Bendigo Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- NSW TrainLink XPT
Train from Albury Station to Southern Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–170
- Website
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Book at
- NSW TrainLink XPT
- Economy
- $35–50
- First
- $55–65
- Sleeper
- $150–170
- Phone
- +255 800 78 5555
- [email protected]
- Website
- azammarine.com
Ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $51–146
- Schedules at
- azammarine.com
- Economy
- $51
- Business
- $59
- VIP
- $88
- Royal
- $145–146
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