There are 6 ways to get from Zurich to Lusaka by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Zurich Airport to Lusaka
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lusaka (LUN)plane ZRH - LUN
16h 40m$505–1,456Train to Basel, fly to Lusaka
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Lusaka (LUN)plane BSL - LUN
22h 30m$572–1,358Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Lusaka
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Lusaka (LUN)plane GVA - LUN
20h 38m$549–1,496Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Lusaka
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Lusaka (LUN)plane MXP - LUN
20h 7m$573–1,475Fly Zurich Airport to Ndola, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ndola (NLA)plane ZRH - NLA
- Take the bus from Ndola to Lusakabus
22h 26mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Lusaka
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lusaka (LUN)plane FRA - LUN
20h 39m$547–1,637
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lusaka (LUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Lusaka is to train and fly which costs $550 - $1,500 and takes 20h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Lusaka is to fly which takes 16h 40m and costs $500 - $1,500.
The distance between Zurich and Lusaka is 7291 km.
It takes approximately 16h 40m to get from Zurich to Lusaka, including transfers.
There are 349+ hotels available in Lusaka.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Lusaka, Zambia?
Swiss, South African Airways, and five other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lusaka (LUN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Vienna, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lusaka via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lusaka via Addis Ababa, Ndola
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lusaka via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ndola via Milano Malpensa Airport, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ndola via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Hurghada, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Lusaka via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Istanbul, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Hurghada, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lusaka via Jeddah, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ndola via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Basel to Lusaka via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–360
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $85–120
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
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