Livingstone to Lusaka runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:51 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €46.16 and €58.64, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 19m over 381 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€46.16 to €58.64
- 144%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Livingstone
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.
- 06:51First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Zambia Railways runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Livingstone to Lusaka on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €76.25Mon14
- about €86.87Tue15
- about €93.95Wed16
- about €83.33Thu17
- about €67.40Fri18
- about €70.94Sat19
- about €78.61Sun20
- about €59.19Mon21
- about €56.19Tue22
- about €60.32Wed23
- about €64.45Thu24
- about €61.94Fri25
- about €69.76Sat26
- about €58.55Sun27
- about €46.75Mon28
- about €47.64Tue29
- about €46.16Wed30
- about €60.32Thu1
- about €55.89Fri2
- about €54.42Sat3
- about €50.29Sun4
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 Lusaka. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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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When to book Livingstone to Lusaka
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €48.1990 days
- €44.9860 days
- €42.1445 days
- €38.4930 days
- €50.2921 days
- €58.5514 days
- €78.617 days
- €93.953 days
- €76.251 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €38.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 144 percent. The most expensive point is €93.95, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Livingstone to Lusaka 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
381 km
375 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
178,361 → 2,212,301
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 381 km against 375 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Choma, Monze, Mazabuka, Kafue. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Lusaka is large, and the road in from LUN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Lusaka
Settled in advance, so the ride into Lusaka costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Lusaka Central Train Station
Most of the points near Lusaka Central Train Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Livingstone 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 Livingstone to Lusaka?
The fastest journey from Livingstone to Lusaka takes 3h 19m door to door, of which 2h 38m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 47m, 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 Livingstone to Lusaka?
The cheapest fare from Livingstone to Lusaka is €46.16, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €64.57. 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 Livingstone to Lusaka?
The cheapest way from Livingstone to Lusaka is by flight, at €56.19 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 4h 6m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Livingstone to Lusaka?
The fastest way from Livingstone to Lusaka is by train, at 3h 22m door to door. Only 2h 38m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €58.64.
When should I book Livingstone to Lusaka?
Fares from Livingstone to Lusaka bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €38.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 144 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 Livingstone to Lusaka?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Livingstone to Lusaka, at €56.19. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 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 Livingstone to Lusaka?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Livingstone to Lusaka, at €34.44 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 Livingstone to Lusaka?
2 operators sell services from Livingstone to Lusaka across 2 modes: Proflight Commuter Services, Zambia Railways. 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 Livingstone to Lusaka?
33 percent of the services we sell from Livingstone to Lusaka are direct. The rest connect at Choma, Monze, Mazabuka, Kafue, with about 51 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Livingstone to Lusaka produce?
Traveling from Livingstone to Lusaka by train produces about 12.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 95.0 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Livingstone to Lusaka use?
Services from Livingstone to Lusaka by train leave from Livingstone station and arrive at Lusaka Central Train Station. Allow about 44m 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 Livingstone to Lusaka?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Livingstone 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
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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Livingstone to Lusaka on September 13, 2026: 381 km of route against 375 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €46.16, and 3h 19m 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 Lusaka is somebody else's catalog.
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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The two ends, compared
Livingstone reaches 20 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 166 to 2,196 km. Lusaka reaches 29 places in 13 countries, from 42 to 7,867 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Livingstone
- 20Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Lusaka
Leaving Lusaka
- 29Places you can leave for
- 13Countries
- 14Operators