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Arusha to Zanzibar

2 operators run this water, from 1 h 02.

Getting from Arusha 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.

Precision Air ARK → ZNZ 428 km non-stop AT4 AT7 in the air 2 h 32 est. rate not held 414 km/h average

Ethiopian Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo JRO → ZNZ 391 km non-stop 763 AT4 AT7 in the air 2 h 29 est. rate not held 395 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

Nairobi – Zanzibar 1 h 15 Kenya Airways

Addis Ababa – Zanzibar 2 h 37 Ethiopian Airlines

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 Arusha

Nairobi – Arusha 48 min Fly Air, Kenya Airways

Mombasa – Arusha 52 min Ethiopian Airlines

Dar es Salaam – Arusha 1 h 04 Air France, Precision Air

Mwanza – Arusha 1 h 05 Kenya Airways

Entebbe – Arusha 1 h 18 Northern Dene Airways

Kigali – Arusha 1 h 29 Rwandair Express

Addis Ababa – Arusha 2 h 14 Ethiopian Airlines

Istanbul – Arusha 6 h 48 Turkish Airlines

Amsterdam – Arusha 9 h 08 Air France

Where else these quays go

Also from Arusha

Addis Ababa · Amsterdam · Dar es Salaam · Entebbe · Istanbul · Kigali · Mombasa · Mwanza · Nairobi

Also from Zanzibar

Addis Ababa · 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 Arusha–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.