Every way to travel across East Africa
NaN routes and 76 operators across 19 countries Every figure on this page is counted off our own network or priced by the engine that answers the search box.
We sell NaN routes across East Africa, reaching 166 places in 19 countries through 76 operators 2,494 of them stay inside one country, 424 cross a border inside the region and 940 leave it. On the 16 busiest corridors, priced on October 8, 2026, the cheapest fare is €49.70 and the fastest trip is 3h 11m door to door. The median route runs 386 km.
All modes in East Africa, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 3,858Routes we sell
- 995Corridors
- 166Places served
- 19Countries
- 76Operators
- 2,494Domestic routes
- 424Cross border routes
- 940Routes out of the region
- 386 kmMedian route
- 14,445 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across East Africa
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in East Africa, priced on October 8, 2026 for one passenger.
The corridors that matter in East Africa
Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harare to Lusaka | €49.70 | 4h 6m | 399 km |
| Dodoma to Dar es Salaam | €49.70 | 3h 30m | 397 km |
| Dire Dawa to Addis Ababa | €51.49 | 3h 11m | 348 km |
| Gonder to Addis Ababa | €61.50 | 4h 10m | 421 km |
| Nairobi to Dar es Salaam | €75.66 | 4h 27m | 673 km |
| Lilongwe to Lusaka | €75.66 | 4h 23m | 613 km |
| Bujumbura to Nairobi | €105.16 | 4h 46m | 860 km |
| Ndola to Johannesburg | €158.85 | 5h 31m | 1,474 km |
| Nairobi to Johannesburg | €292.78 | 7h 23m | 2,926 km |
| Yaoundé to Addis Ababa | €326.49 | 7h 47m | 3,062 km |
| Addis Ababa to Kano | €438.51 | 8h | 3,320 km |
| Zanzibar to Dubai | €477.19 | 8h 59m | 3,887 km |
| Nairobi to Istanbul | €477.45 | 10h | 4,770 km |
| Brussels to Addis Ababa | €523.94 | 11h 7m | 5,615 km |
| Addis Ababa to Abidjan | €596.04 | 10h 20m | 4,731 km |
| Arusha to Amsterdam | €756.52 | 12h 43m | 6,880 km |
Countries in East Africa
Every country in East Africa we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 970 | 34 | 29 |
| Kenya | 934 | 68 | 38 |
| Ethiopia | 864 | 48 | 16 |
| Zambia | 546 | 26 | 14 |
| Madagascar | 168 | 23 | 14 |
| Djibouti | 158 | 22 | 10 |
| Mauritius | 104 | 7 | 15 |
| Mozambique | 94 | 13 | 13 |
| Rwanda | 76 | 10 | 7 |
| Uganda | 68 | 9 | 16 |
| Réunion | 64 | 11 | 5 |
| Seychelles | 46 | 4 | 11 |
| Somalia | 42 | 7 | 5 |
| Malawi | 38 | 6 | 5 |
| Mayotte | 36 | 9 | 6 |
| Comoros | 24 | 7 | 6 |
| South Sudan | 20 | 4 | 6 |
| Eritrea | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| Burundi | 14 | 5 | 4 |
When to book in East Africa
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in East Africa.
- €417.863 days
- €380.697 days
- €292.7821 days
- €211.3645 days
- €302.2284 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €211.36.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 49 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €417.86, 3 days out.
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 | 1,086 | 28% | Kakamega, 40 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 1,376 | 36% | Gambēla, 202 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 446 | 12% | Arusha, 603 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 950 | 25% | Kigali, 1509 km |
Who runs it in East Africa
The carriers with the largest networks inside East Africa.
Show all 40 operatorsShow fewer operators
Turkish Airlines
Lufthansa
Air France
Eurowings
Air China
British Airways
Condor Flugdienst
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
TUI fly Belgium
Qatar Airways
Korean Air
Brussels Airlines
Emirates
Austrian Airlines
Swiss International Air Lines
LOT Polish Airlines
TAP Portugal
Flydubai
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad Airways
Neos
Egyptair
Air Serbia
Edelweiss Air
Air Arabia
Nas Air
Israir
Kenya Airways
Kenya Railways
South African Airways
Smartwings Poland
Oman Air
Martinair
HiSky Europe
Corsair
China Railway Group
XL Airways France
Mango
TAAG Angola Airlines
Ameriflight
Where people travel in East Africa
Every way to travel in East Africa
Other regions in Africa
Common questions about Every way to travel across East Africa
How many routes does Orlero sell across East Africa?
NaN routes across 19 countries reaching 166 places through 76 operators 2,494 stay inside one country, 424 cross a border inside East Africa and 940 leave the region altogether.
What is the cheapest way to travel across East Africa?
On the 16 busiest corridors in East Africa, priced on October 8, 2026, the lowest fare we sell is €49.70. By median fare the cheapest mode is flight, at €225.82 on a typical corridor.
Which way to travel is fastest across East Africa?
flight, at a median of 6h 27m door to door on the corridors we priced. Door to door includes reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end, which is why it is the only figure worth comparing across modes.
Which way to travel across East Africa produces least carbon?
train, at 396.2 kg per passenger on a typical corridor in East Africa, against 418.2 kg by Flight.
When should I book travel across East Africa?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 49 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in East Africa?
The median route runs 386 km in a straight line and the shortest is 40 km. The longest we sell is 14,445 km, from Everett to Nairobi.
Which countries are in East Africa?
Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia, Madagascar, Djibouti, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Réunion, Seychelles, Somalia, Malawi, Mayotte, Comoros, South Sudan, Eritrea, Burundi.
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.
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 Fares, Carbon, Distances
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, travel times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.