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Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls. From €188.35, fastest 7h 56m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €188.35, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 56m over 2,128 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 11 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €188.35, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 11 October 2026

€188.35

  • 207%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Dar es Salaam

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €478.63Thu24
  2. about €496.33Fri25
  3. about €344.11Sat26
  4. about €381.87Sun27
  5. about €346.47Mon28
  6. about €334.08Tue29
  7. about €285.11Wed30
  8. about €292.19Thu1
  9. about €319.92Fri2
  10. about €304.58Sat3
  11. about €292.19Sun4
  12. about €277.44Mon5
  13. about €259.15Tue6
  14. about €213.72Wed7
  15. about €243.81Thu8
  16. about €234.37Fri9
  17. about €247.35Sat10
  18. about €188.35Sun11
  19. about €201.33Mon12
  20. about €202.51Tue13
  21. about €191.30Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Victoria Falls. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Victoria Falls for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Victoria Falls railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €217.8590 days
  2. €155.9060 days
  3. €216.0845 days
  4. €213.7230 days
  5. €191.3021 days
  6. €213.7214 days
  7. €285.117 days
  8. €344.113 days
  9. €478.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €155.90.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 207 percent. The dearest point is €478.63, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€478.63€155.90137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

2,128 km

1,910 km as the crow flies, 11% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

5,383,72835,215

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

Congo - KinshasaAngolaTanzaniaNamibiaMozambiqueZambiaBotswanaSouth Atlantic OceanIndian OceanKinshasaKinshasaNairobiNairobiLuandaLuandaLubumbashiLubumbashiMbuji-MayiMbuji-MayiKakamegaKakamegaKampalaKampalaAntananarivoAntananarivoKanangaKanangaKigaliKigaliLilongweLilongweBlantyreBlantyreLibrevilleLibrevilleBujumburaBujumburaBeiraBeiraArushaArushaDar es SalaamDar es SalaamVictoria FallsVictoria FallsMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,128 km against 1,910 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Harare. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from VFA into Victoria Falls is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Victoria Falls

Settled in advance, so the ride into Victoria Falls costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

Victoria Falls is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Victoria Falls railway station

Most of the points near Victoria Falls railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls?

The fastest journey from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls takes 7h 56m door to door, of which 3h 50m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 9m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls?

The cheapest fare from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls is €188.35, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €285.11. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls?

The cheapest way from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls is by flight, at €188.35 for one passenger on 11 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 13m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls?

Fares from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €155.90. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 207 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls, at €213.72. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls, at €139.38 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls?

2 operators sell services from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls across 1 mode: Air Zimbabwe, Egyptair. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls?

0 percent of the services we sell from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls are direct. The rest connect at Harare, with about 73 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls use?

Services from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls by flight leave from Julius Nyerere International Airport DAR and arrive at Victoria Falls International Airport VFA. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

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.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Dar es Salaam to Victoria Falls on 23 September 2026: 2128 km of route against 1910 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €188.35, and 7h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Victoria Falls is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Victoria Falls and across Zimbabwe

Day trips that leave Victoria Falls in the morning and cover a good part of Zimbabwe by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Dar es Salaam reaches 48 places in 21 countries on services we hold, over distances from 59 to 7,343 km. Victoria Falls reaches 10 places in 6 countries, from 380 to 2,206 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Dar es Salaam

  • 48Places you can leave for
  • 21Countries
  • 19Operators

Arriving in Victoria Falls

Leaving Victoria Falls

  • 10Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 5Operators

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