Amsterdam to Lusaka

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Amsterdam to Lusaka. From €665.07, fastest 13h 44m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Amsterdam to Lusaka costs €665.07 at the cheapest and takes 13h 44m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 8,103 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
8,103 km
Fastest
13h 44m
Average
14h 29m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€665.07
CO2 per passenger
1199.2 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight14h 11m11h 1m3h 10m€853.871199.2 kg5
  • 14h 11mFastest, by Flight
  • €853.87Cheapest, by Flight
  • 1199.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 8,103 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€665.07
  1. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KL271507:308h 50m16:20Amsterdam AMSKigali KGL
  2. Rwandair Express RE768717:102h 23m19:33Kigali KGLLusaka LUN

Changes at Kigali, with 50 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 15h 13mCO2 1370.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€748.85
  1. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KL633206:4511h 1m17:46Amsterdam AMSLusaka LUN

Door to door 14h 11mCO2 1199.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Checking the live timetables.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Amsterdam to Lusaka
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Amsterdam to LusakaMonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26SunSep 27
Flight€1,213.77€1,298.73€1,109.93€1,357.14€1,529.42€1,316.43€1,053.29€1,101.67€909.33€1,044.44€1,138.25€1,089.87€1,048.57€853.87

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €665.07

The trip ends at Lusaka Central Train Station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Lusaka for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Lusaka Central Train 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 Amsterdam to Lusaka

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

  1. €800.1890 days
  2. €691.0360 days
  3. €580.7045 days
  4. €650.3230 days
  5. €825.5521 days
  6. €853.8714 days
  7. €1,053.297 days
  8. €1,109.933 days
  9. €1,213.771 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €580.70.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 109 percent. The most expensive point is €1,213.77, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€1,213.77€580.701371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €853.87Sun
  2. €1,101.67Mon
  3. €909.33Tue
  4. €1,044.44Wed
  5. €1,138.25Thu
  6. €1,089.87Fri
  7. €1,048.57Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €1,298.73Sep
  2. €660.94Oct
  3. €648.55Nov
  4. €738.82Dec
  5. €601.94Jan
  6. €528.19Feb

The route

AmsterdamAmsterdamLusakaLusaka
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 8,103 km against 7,867 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 Kigali, Luanda, Harare, Nairobi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Amsterdam at 06:45 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Amsterdam

Rail
  • Amsterdam Centraal
  • Amsterdam-Centraal
  • Amsterdam Doklaan
Bus
  • Amsterdam Sloterdijk
  • P40
Air
  • AMS
Ferry
  • NDSM
  • IJplein

Lusaka

Rail
  • Lusaka Central Train Station
Bus
  • Intercity Bus Terminal
  • Kulima Tower Bus Station
Air
  • LUN

The fare from LUN into Lusaka is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from LUN into Lusaka

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines€704.0113h 44m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest flight fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€556.0084%
Taxes€100.0815%
Supplier fees€7.001%
Our service fee€1.990%
Total you pay€665.07100%

We cannot promise Lusaka Central Train Station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Lusaka?

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Amsterdam to Lusaka

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Amsterdam to Lusaka?

The fastest journey from Amsterdam to Lusaka takes 13h 44m door to door, of which 11h 1m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 14h 29m, 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 Amsterdam to Lusaka?

The cheapest fare from Amsterdam to Lusaka is €665.07, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,125.27. 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 Amsterdam to Lusaka?

The cheapest way from Amsterdam to Lusaka is by flight, at €853.87 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 14h 11m 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 Amsterdam to Lusaka?

Fares from Amsterdam to Lusaka bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €580.70. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 109 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Amsterdam to Lusaka?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Amsterdam to Lusaka, at €853.87. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Amsterdam to Lusaka?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Amsterdam to Lusaka, at €528.19 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 service from Amsterdam to Lusaka?

1 operators sell services from Amsterdam to Lusaka across 1 mode: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. 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 Amsterdam to Lusaka?

20 percent of the services we sell from Amsterdam to Lusaka are direct. The rest connect at Kigali, Luanda, Harare, Nairobi, with about 50 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 Amsterdam to Lusaka use?

Services from Amsterdam to Lusaka by flight leave from Amsterdam AMS and arrive at Lusaka LUN. 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 Amsterdam to Lusaka?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Amsterdam to Lusaka 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Amsterdam to Lusaka on September 13, 2026: 8103 km of route against 7867 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €665.07, and 13h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Lusaka are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

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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