Travel to Douala
Every way to reach Douala: 2 modes compared, with fares.
Douala is reachable from 16 places across 14 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 13 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 17m door to door. The nearest origin is 55 km away.
How people reach Douala
Every mode that actually calls at Douala, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 6 | €11.88 | 1h 17m | 208 km | 1 |
| Flight | 24 | €31.41 | 3h 51m | 5,228 km | 12 |
- 16Places you can arrive from
- 16Places you can leave for
- 14Countries
- 13Operators
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Douala is not something we sell.
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How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 2 | 7% | Edéa, 55 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 8 | 27% | Yaoundé, 202 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 6 | 20% | Cotonou, 847 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 14 | 47% | Kigali, 2358 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
Countries with at least one route into Douala that we sell.
Stations, airports and ports in Douala
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Douala
- Bessengue train station
- Garanti Express
- Gare Routière Touristique
- DLA
Douala is large, and the road in from DLA can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
Getting from DLA into Douala?
Settled in advance, so the ride into Douala costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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The cheapest journeys into Douala
Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edéa to Douala train | €11.88 | 1h 17m | 55 km |
| Yaoundé to Douala train | €27.84 | 2h 11m | 202 km |
| Yaoundé to Douala flight | €31.41 | 3h 51m | 202 km |
| Mbalmayo to Douala train | €32.24 | 2h 40m | 208 km |
| Libreville to Douala flight | €49.11 | 4h 8m | 407 km |
| Cotonou to Douala flight | €112.24 | 4h 45m | 847 km |
| Brazzaville to Douala flight | €122.86 | 5h 6m | 1,113 km |
| Bangui to Douala flight | €132.30 | 4h 54m | 982 km |
| Lomé to Douala flight | €135.25 | 4h 57m | 968 km |
| Kigali to Douala flight | €250.30 | 7h 3m | 2,358 km |
| Addis Ababa to Douala flight | €351.19 | 8h 13m | 3,254 km |
| Nairobi to Douala flight | €352.96 | 7h 48m | 3,071 km |
| Algiers to Douala flight | €443.23 | 8h 29m | 3,697 km |
| Casablanca to Douala flight | €518.16 | 8h 43m | 3,743 km |
| Paris to Douala flight | €609.61 | 10h 46m | 5,031 km |
| Istanbul to Douala flight | €660.94 | 9h 29m | 4,537 km |
A day in Douala carrying a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.
Left luggage near Bessengue train station
Most of the points near Bessengue train station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Popular journeys to Douala
Common questions about Travel to Douala
How can I get to Douala?
Douala is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 16 places, across 14 countries, on services run by 13 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to Douala?
The cheapest way into Douala is by Train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 16 origins we sell into Douala over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to Douala?
The fastest journey into Douala is by Train, at 1h 17m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 55 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does Douala have?
Douala has 4 named terminals on our network, including 1 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Bessengue train station, DLA. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where can I travel to Douala from within 200 km?
2 of the routes we sell into Douala start within 200 km. The nearest is Edéa, 55 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from Douala in Cameroon?
Douala connects to 16 places on our network across 14 countries, the furthest of them 5,228 km away in a straight line. Cameroon routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.
Where these numbers come from
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances
Elsewhere in Cameroon
The wider region
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Anything to book in Douala before you go?
Day trips that leave Douala in the morning and cover a good part of Cameroon by evening.
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