On a walk around Stone Town, Zanzibar. A recently revitalized stone gazebo in Forodhani Gardens

Tel Aviv to Zanzibar

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Tel Aviv to Zanzibar. From €367.71, fastest 9h 10m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Tel Aviv to Zanzibar runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €367.71, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 9h 10m over 4,407 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €367.71, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026

€367.71

  • 153%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Tel Aviv

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:26First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 25%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €824.37Fri18
  2. about €795.46Sat19
  3. about €680.41Sun20
  4. about €538.81Mon21
  5. about €528.78Tue22
  6. about €684.54Wed23
  7. about €665.66Thu24
  8. about €538.81Fri25
  9. about €588.96Sat26
  10. about €632.03Sun27
  11. about €470.96Mon28
  12. about €503.41Tue29
  13. about €518.75Wed30
  14. about €486.30Thu1
  15. about €438.51Fri2
  16. about €494.56Sat3
  17. about €469.78Sun4
  18. about €367.71Mon5
  19. about €414.32Tue6
  20. about €391.31Wed7
  21. about €504.59Thu8

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Zanzibar. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Zanzibar for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from KITUONI and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Tel Aviv to Zanzibar

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

  1. €425.5390 days
  2. €326.4160 days
  3. €333.4945 days
  4. €380.6930 days
  5. €504.5921 days
  6. €486.3014 days
  7. €665.667 days
  8. €680.413 days
  9. €824.371 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €326.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 153 percent. The dearest point is €824.37, 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.
€824.37€326.41137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Tel Aviv to Zanzibar and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

4,407 km

4,278 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

432,892709,809

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

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Tel AvivTel AvivZanzibarZanzibar
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
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 4,407 km against 4,278 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Addis Ababa, Dubai, Istanbul. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 ZNZ into Zanzibar is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Zanzibar

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

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near KITUONI

Most of the points near KITUONI open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Tel Aviv to Zanzibar

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 Tel Aviv to Zanzibar?

The fastest journey from Tel Aviv to Zanzibar takes 9h 10m door to door, of which 6h 30m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 9h 33m, 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 Tel Aviv to Zanzibar?

The cheapest fare from Tel Aviv to Zanzibar is €367.71, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €544.12. 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 Tel Aviv to Zanzibar?

The cheapest way from Tel Aviv to Zanzibar is by flight, at €367.71 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 9h 40m 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 Tel Aviv to Zanzibar?

Fares from Tel Aviv to Zanzibar bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €326.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 153 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Tel Aviv to Zanzibar?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Tel Aviv to Zanzibar, at €470.96. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Tel Aviv to Zanzibar?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Tel Aviv to Zanzibar, at €317.56 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 Tel Aviv to Zanzibar?

No operator record names Tel Aviv to Zanzibar directly. Israir publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Tel Aviv to Zanzibar?

25 percent of the services we sell from Tel Aviv to Zanzibar are direct. The rest connect at Addis Ababa, Dubai, Istanbul, with about 62 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 Tel Aviv to Zanzibar use?

Services from Tel Aviv to Zanzibar by flight leave from Tel Aviv TLV and arrive at Zanzibar ZNZ. 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 Tel Aviv to Zanzibar?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Tel Aviv to Zanzibar 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.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Tel Aviv to Zanzibar on 17 September 2026: 4407 km of route against 4278 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €367.71, and 9h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Zanzibar a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Zanzibar and across Tanzania

Day trips that leave Zanzibar in the morning and cover a good part of Tanzania by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Tel Aviv reaches 143 places in 54 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 12,138 km. Zanzibar reaches 39 places in 16 countries, from 45 to 7,272 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Tel Aviv

  • 143Places you can leave for
  • 54Countries
  • 99Operators

Arriving in Zanzibar

Leaving Zanzibar

  • 39Places you can leave for
  • 16Countries
  • 20Operators

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