Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Lusaka to Mansa. From €51.49, fastest 4h 12m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Traveling from Lusaka to Mansa costs €51.49 at the cheapest and takes 4h 12m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 487 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.
Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included
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 29, 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.
Mode
Door to door
Moving
At the ends
From
CO2
Per day
Flight
4h 12m
1h 2m
3h 10m
€68.58
119.8 kg
1
4h 12mFastest, by Flight
€68.58Cheapest, by Flight
119.8 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
487 kmDistance traveled
Real services
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Cheapest€51.49
Zambia Railways ZR680007:302h 7m09:37Lusaka Central Train StationNdola station
Door to door 4h 12mCO2 119.8 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.
No live timetable for this trip yet.
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.
Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.
Booking window
When to book Lusaka to Mansa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
€59.1490 days
€44.8960 days
€51.4745 days
€52.0430 days
€59.1921 days
€77.8914 days
€82.747 days
€81.563 days
€128.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €44.89.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 186 percent. The most expensive point is €128.49, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 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.
€74.04Sun
€72.94Mon
€68.58Tue
€73.30Wed
€78.61Thu
€77.89Fri
€71.53Sat
Across the year
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
€86.14Sep
€48.52Oct
€55.89Nov
€46.75Dec
€48.52Jan
€50.29Feb
The route
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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 487 km against 472 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 Ndola. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Lusaka at 06:30 and the last at 06:30, across 1 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.
Lusaka
Rail
Lusaka Central Train Station
Bus
Intercity Bus Terminal
Kulima Tower Bus Station
Air
LUN
Mansa
Air
MNS
The fare from MNS into Mansa is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Mansa
A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.
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Questions about Lusaka to Mansa
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 Lusaka to Mansa?
The fastest journey from Lusaka to Mansa takes 4h 12m door to door, of which 1h 2m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 15m, 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 Lusaka to Mansa?
The cheapest fare from Lusaka to Mansa is €51.49, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €74.48. 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 Lusaka to Mansa?
The cheapest way from Lusaka to Mansa is by Flight, at €68.58 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 12m 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 Lusaka to Mansa?
Fares from Lusaka to Mansa bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €44.89. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 186 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Lusaka to Mansa?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Lusaka to Mansa, at €68.58. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Lusaka to Mansa?
December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Lusaka to Mansa, at €46.75 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 Lusaka to Mansa?
1 operators sell services from Lusaka to Mansa across 1 modes: Proflight Commuter Services. 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 Lusaka to Mansa?
50 percent of the services we sell from Lusaka to Mansa are direct. The rest connect at Ndola, with about 59 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 Lusaka to Mansa use?
Services from Lusaka to Mansa by Flight leave from Lusaka LUN and arrive at Mansa MNS. 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 Lusaka to Mansa?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Lusaka to Mansa 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.
Every figure above was computed for Lusaka to Mansa on September 11, 2026: 487 km of route against 472 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €51.49, and 4h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Mansa afterward does not belong to us.
Anything to book in Mansa before you go?
Day trips that leave Mansa in the morning and cover a good part of Zambia by evening.