Buses in Zambia
8 routes and 0 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.
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We sell 8 Buses routes in Zambia, serving 4 places through 0 operators. 8 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is None and the median route runs 913 km.
Buses in Zambia, in numbers
- 8Routes we sell
- 4Places served
- 0Operators
- 0Domestic routes
- 8Cross border routes
- 913 kmMedian route
- 1,055 kmLongest route
The busiest Buses routes in Zambia
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingstone to Windhoek bus | None | None | 1,055 km |
| Windhoek to Livingstone bus | None | None | 1,055 km |
| Dar es Salaam to Nakonde bus | None | None | 771 km |
| Nakonde to Dar es Salaam bus | None | None | 771 km |
12Go fares in Zambia
These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.
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The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Lusaka is somebody else's catalogue.

Day trips out of Lusaka and across Zambia
Day trips that leave Lusaka in the morning and cover a good part of Zambia by evening.
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| 600 to 1,500 km | 8 | 100% | Dar es Salaam, 771 km |
Where Zambia connects to
Bus destinations
Common questions about Buses in Zambia
What Buses routes are there in Zambia?
We sell 8 Buses routes in Zambia, serving 4 places run by 0 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.
Can I travel out of Zambia by Buses?
8 of the Buses routes we sell touching Zambia cross a border and 0 stay inside it, reaching 2 other countries including Namibia, Tanzania. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.
What is the longest Buses route in Zambia?
The longest Buses route we sell touching Zambia runs from Livingstone to Windhoek, 1,055 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 913 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Other ways to travel here
The wider region
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A room in Lusaka for the night the coach gets in
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