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The average price of a 7-day trip to Zanzibar is $2,386 for a solo traveler, $4,285 for a couple, and $8,034 for a family of 4. Zanzibar hotels range from $38 to $217 per night with an average of $64, while most vacation rentals will cost $20 to $400 per night for the entire home.

Abeid Amani Karume International Airport formerly known as Zanzibar International Airport and Kisauni Airport is located 5 kilometers south of the city of Zanzibar.

The total flight duration time from Los Angeles (LAX) to Zanzibar (ZNZ) is typically 21 hours 20 minutes. This is the average non-stop flight time based upon historical flights for this route. During this period travelers can expect to fly about 10,240 miles, or 16,480 kilometers.

Flight time from Chicago, Il to Zanzibar is 20 hours 11 minutes.

The airport serves Kenya Airways, Mango and Precision Air. Popular domestic flights to Zanzibar depart from Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. Flight duration from Johannesburg to Zanzibar is approximately 3 hours, 35 minutes.

The sea in Zanzibar is always warm enough for swimming: the water temperature ranges from 25.5 °C (78 °F) in August and September to 28.5/29.5 °C (83/85 °F) between December and April.

Domestic flights to Zanzibar

From Dar es Salaam, airlines that operate direct flights are Air Excel, Air Tanzania, Auric Air, Coastal Aviation, Flydubai, KLM (SkyTeam), Oman Air, Precision Air, Regional Air, Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance), Utair Express and Zanair.

Entry and Exit Requirements

The test must be a Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test or Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) collected at a nationally accredited/approved laboratory, with the sample collected within 96 hours of departure to Tanzania.Sep 21, 2020

If you’re staying deep in the Serengeti like Seronera, you can take direct flights to Zanzibar. If you are traveling through Tanzania and on a tight budget (or just want to take a ferry on the high seas), there are regular ferry services from Dar Es Salaam to Zanzibar.

If you are traveling through Tanzania and on a tight budget (or just want to take a ferry on the high seas), there are regular ferry services from Dar Es Salaam to Zanzibar. This is a popular way to get to the island as it’s fast and cheaper than a flight. While flights will be roughly $60-80 one way, the ferry is half the cost.

Zanzibar International Airport is a very basic small terminal, with half a dozen check in counters in one tiny hall. Due to the lack of travellers in comparison to usual, they were coping absolutely fine. One major wall we hit was when trying to book onto new flights, as the wifi was non-existent.

Zanzibar is one of the very few places in the world that currently does not have a mandatory quarantine period. It may seem like the perfect place to escape, particularly if you want to try and get away for some peaceful rest and relaxation.