Malindi to Lamu

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Malindi to Lamu. From €31.41, fastest 3h 46m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Malindi to Lamu costs €31.41 at the cheapest and takes 3h 46m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 141 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
141 km
Fastest
3h 46m
Average
3h 47m
Services per day
1
Cheapest
€31.41
CO2 per passenger
34.7 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 13, 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
Flight3h 47m37m3h 10m€31.4134.7 kg1
  • 3h 47mFastest, by Flight
  • €31.41Cheapest, by Flight
  • 34.7 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 141 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 13, 2026

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

Cheapest€31.41
  1. Fly540 F949406:3637m07:13Malindi MYDLamu LAU

Door to door 3h 47mCO2 34.7 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.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Malindi to Lamu
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Malindi to LamuFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€38.49€40.26€31.41€32.00€31.41€33.18€31.41€31.41€31.41€31.41€31.41€31.41€31.41€31.41

Cheapest day: 2026-09-13 · €31.41

The trip ends at Tawakal Bus. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Lamu

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Booking window

When to book Malindi to Lamu

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

  1. €31.4190 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €31.4145 days
  4. €31.4130 days
  5. €31.4121 days
  6. €31.4114 days
  7. €31.417 days
  8. €31.413 days
  9. €38.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 23 percent. The most expensive point is €38.49, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
€38.49€31.411371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 3 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.

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. €31.41Sun
  2. €31.41Mon
  3. €31.41Tue
  4. €31.41Wed
  5. €31.41Thu
  6. €31.41Fri
  7. €31.41Sat
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. €31.41Sep
  2. €31.41Oct
  3. €31.41Nov
  4. €31.41Dec
  5. €31.41Jan
  6. €31.41Feb

The route

MalindiMalindiLamuLamu
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 141 km against 137 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Malindi at 06:36 and the last at 06:36, 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.

Malindi

Bus
  • Tawakal Malindi
Air
  • MYD

Lamu

Bus
  • Tawakal Bus
  • Tawakal Bus Hindi Office
Air
  • LAU

Landing at LAU after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Lamu

Settled in advance, so the ride into Lamu costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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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
Fly540€31.413h 46m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
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 2026-09-13, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€19.0060%
Taxes€3.4211%
Supplier fees€7.0022%
Our service fee€1.996%
Total you pay€31.41100%

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Tawakal Bus

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Malindi to Lamu

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 Malindi to Lamu?

The fastest journey from Malindi to Lamu takes 3h 46m door to door, of which 37m is spent moving, on the Flight. 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 Malindi to Lamu?

The cheapest fare from Malindi to Lamu is €31.41, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.41. 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 Malindi to Lamu?

The cheapest way from Malindi to Lamu is by Flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on September 13, 2026. That journey takes 3h 47m 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 Malindi to Lamu?

Fares from Malindi to Lamu bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 23 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 Malindi to Lamu?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Malindi to Lamu, at €31.41. 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 Malindi to Lamu?

September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Malindi to Lamu, at €31.41 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 Malindi to Lamu?

1 operators sell services from Malindi to Lamu across 1 modes: Fly540. 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 Malindi to Lamu?

Every service we sell from Malindi to Lamu is direct, with around 1 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 46m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Malindi to Lamu use?

Services from Malindi to Lamu by Flight leave from Malindi MYD and arrive at Lamu LAU. 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 Malindi to Lamu?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Malindi to Lamu 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 Malindi to Lamu on September 10, 2026: 141 km of route against 137 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 46m 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 Lamu is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Lamu

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