Travel to Bahir Dar

Every way to reach Bahir Dar: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Bahir Dar is reachable from 2 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €33.77 and the fastest takes 3h 50m door to door. The nearest origin is 187 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Bahir Dar

Every mode that actually calls at Bahir Dar, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Flight3€33.773h 50m322 km1
  • 2Places you can arrive from
  • 2Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Bahir Dar Bus Station

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km133%Lalibela, 187 km
200 to 600 km267%Addis Ababa, 322 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Bahir Dar that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Ethiopia3100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Bahir Dar

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

Bahir Dar

Bus
  • Bahir Dar Bus Station
  • Adisu Bus station
Air
  • BJR

BJR is not in Bahir Dar, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from BJR into Bahir Dar?

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

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Bahir Dar

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Bahir Dar, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Lalibela to Bahir Dar flight€33.773h 50m187 km
Addis Ababa to Bahir Dar flight€42.624h 4m322 km

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

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Bahir Dar

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

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Popular trips to Bahir Dar

Common questions about Travel to Bahir Dar

How can I get to Bahir Dar?

Bahir Dar is reachable by 1 mode on our network, from 2 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 1 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Bahir Dar?

The cheapest way into Bahir Dar is by flight, from €33.77 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 2 origins we sell into Bahir Dar over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Bahir Dar?

The fastest journey into Bahir Dar is by flight, at 3h 50m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 187 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Bahir Dar have?

Bahir Dar has 3 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are BJR. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Bahir Dar from within 200 km?

1 of the routes we sell into Bahir Dar start within 200 km. The nearest is Lalibela, 187 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Bahir Dar in Ethiopia?

Bahir Dar connects to 2 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 322 km away in a straight line. Ethiopia routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Ethiopia

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Bahir Dar and elsewhere in Ethiopia. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Bahir Dar before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Bahir Dar, with free cancellation on most of it.

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