Route · ET

Addis Ababa to Zanzibar

1 operator run this water, from 2 h 37.

Getting from Addis Ababa to Zanzibar

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Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Ethiopian Airlines ADD → ZNZ 1691 km non-stop 73W in the air 4 h 07 est. rate not held 647 km/h average

Other ways to reach Zanzibar

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Zanzibar without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Dar es Salaam – Zanzibar 35 min Azam Marine, Ethiopian Airlines

Mombasa – Zanzibar 48 min Azam Marine, Condor Flugdienst

Arusha – Zanzibar 59 min Ethiopian Airlines, Precision Air

Nairobi – Zanzibar 1 h 15 Kenya Airways

Johannesburg – Zanzibar 3 h 38 Mango

Muscat/Seeb – Zanzibar 5 h 23 Oman Air

Frankfurt am Main – Zanzibar 9 h 09 Condor Flugdienst

Mkoani – Zanzibar not held Zan Fast Ferries

Pemba Island – Zanzibar not held Azam Marine

Tanga – Zanzibar not held Azam Marine

And other ways to reach Addis Ababa

Jimma – Addis Ababa 50 min Ethiopian Airlines

Bahir Dar – Addis Ababa 55 min Ethiopian Airlines

Girany Amba – Addis Ababa 55 min Ethiopian Airlines

Arba Minch – Addis Ababa 56 min Ethiopian Airlines

Dire Dawa – Addis Ababa 56 min Ethiopian Airlines

Azezo – Addis Ababa 1 h 02 Ethiopian Airlines

Jijiga – Addis Ababa 1 h 04 Ethiopian Airlines

Asosa – Addis Ababa 1 h 06 Ethiopian Airlines

Gambela – Addis Ababa 1 h 06 Ethiopian Airlines

Mekele – Addis Ababa 1 h 08 Ethiopian Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Addis Ababa

Abuja · Accra · Ad Dammam · Arba Minch · Arusha · Asosa · Axum · Azezo · Bahir Dar · Bamako · Bangkok · Beijing · Beirut · Blantyre

Also from Zanzibar

Arusha · Dar es Salaam · Frankfurt am Main · Johannesburg · Mkoani · Mombasa · Muscat/Seeb · Nairobi · Pemba Island · Tanga

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Addis Ababa–Zanzibar crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.