Travel to Pemba

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

Pemba is reachable from 4 places across 3 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 3 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €43.21 and the fastest takes 3h 58m door to door. The nearest origin is 274 km away.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Pemba

Every mode that actually calls at Pemba, 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
Flight7€43.213h 58m1,965 km3
  • 4Places you can arrive from
  • 4Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 3Operators

The flight gets you into Pemba. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Pemba

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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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
200 to 600 km229%Nampula, 274 km
600 to 1,500 km229%Nairobi, 1362 km
Over 1,500 km343%Maputo, 1666 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Pemba 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
Mozambique457%
Kenya229%
South Africa114%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Pemba

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

Pemba

Air
  • POL

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

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from POL into Pemba?

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 Pemba

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Pemba, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Nampula to Pemba flight€43.213h 58m274 km
Maputo to Pemba flight€178.915h 59m1,666 km
Nairobi to Pemba flight€180.095h 39m1,362 km
Johannesburg to Pemba flight€208.416h 14m1,965 km

Check-in is at three and you will be in Pemba well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Pemba?

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 Pemba

Common questions about Travel to Pemba

How can I get to Pemba?

Pemba is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 4 places, across 3 countries, on services run by 3 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 Pemba?

The cheapest way into Pemba is by Flight, from €43.21 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 4 origins we sell into Pemba over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Pemba?

The fastest journey into Pemba is by Flight, at 3h 58m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 274 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Pemba have?

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

Where else can I go from Pemba in Mozambique?

Pemba connects to 4 places on our network across 3 countries, the furthest of them 1,965 km away in a straight line. Mozambique 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 Mozambique

The wider region

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Pemba are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Pemba and across Mozambique

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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