African Flight Routes & Airports | African Holidays

Africa is an enormous continent with numerous international and national airports acting as gateways to wild safari areas, remote islands, iconic African destinations and bustling cities.

Many of the main gateways are international airports in the capital or largest city in a country, for example, to visit the impressive wildlife area of the Masai Mara or the exotic Kenyan beaches you would first have to enter Kenya through the international airport in Nairobi.

Flight schedules change often, but working together with your African Safari Travel Expert, the Go2Africa Flights Team will create a seamless flight plan to suit your African holiday perfectly.

Below are the main international gateways to the top travel areas of each country. After touching down you will either get a road transfer or catch a connecting flight to your next destination.

South Africa

Johannesburg : OR Tambo International (JNB)
24 kilometres / 14 miles north-east of Johannesburg 58 kilometres / 40 miles south of Pretoria

OR Tambo International is a gateway to Johannesburg, Kruger National Park, Sun City, Madikwe and Swaziland. There are also daily flights to KwaZulu Natal (Durban, Richards Bay), Garden Route (George, Port Eizabeth) and Cape Town, Botswana (Maun), Victoria Falls (Livingstone or Victoria Falls), Zambia (Lusaka), Mozambique (Maputo, Vilanculos, Pemba), and connections to Namibia (Windhoek), Malawi (Llilongwe), Mauritius and Seychelles.

Cape Town: Cape Town International (CPT)
22 kilometres / 14 miles east of Cape Town proper.

Cape Town International is a gateway to CapeTown, Whale Coast and Overberg, Cape Winelands and the Garden Route.

Swaziland

Manzini: Matsapha International (MTS)
5 kilometres / 3 miles west of Manzini

Matsapha International is a gateway to the rest of Swaziland.

Lesotho

Maseru: Maseru Moshoeshoe International (MSU)
18 kilometres / 11 miles south of Maseru

Maseru Moshoeshoe International is a gateway to the rest of Lesotho.

Mauritius

Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International (MRU)
48 kilometres / 30 miles south-east of Port Louis.

Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International is a gateway to the rest of the island.

Read more about Mauritius Island Holidays.

Seychelles

Seychelles International (SEZ)
10 kilometres / 5.5 miles south-east of Victoria, Mahe Island.

Seychelles International is a gateway to all the islands of the Seychelles.

Read more about Seychelles Island Holidays.

Namibia

Windhoek: Windhoek International Airport (WDH)
40 kilometres / 25 miles east of Windhoek.

Windhoek International Airport is the gateway to Windhoek, Soussusvlei, Swakopmund, Etosha and the Skeleton Coast.

Read more about Namibia Safari Holidays.

Botswana

Maun: Maun (MUB)

Maun is a gateway to the Okavango Delta and Chobe.

Read more about Botswana Safari Holidays.

Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls: Victoria Falls Airport (VFA)
23 kilometres / 14 miles south of Victoria Falls.

Victoria Falls Airport is a gateway to the Victoria Falls.

Read more about Zimbabwe Safari Holidays.

Zambia

Lusaka: Lusaka International (LUN)
26 kilometres / 16 miles east of Lusaka.

Lusaka International is a gateway to the Lower Zambezi National Park, Kafue National Park and other National Parks of Zambia.

Livingstone: Livingstone Airport (LVI)

Livingstone Airport is a gateway to Victoria Falls.

Malawi

Llinlongwe: Lilongwe Kamuzu International Airport (LLW)
22 kilometres / 13 miles north of Lilongwe.

Lilongwe Kamuzu International Airport is a gateway to Lake Malawi.

Blantyre: Chileka Airport (BLZ)
23 kilometres / 14.4 miles north of Blantyre.

Chileka Airport is a gateway to Lake Malawi.

Mozambique

Pemba: Pemba Airport (POL)

Pemba Airport is a gateway to Pemba and the Quirimbas Archipelago.

Vilanculos: Vilanculos Airport (VNX)

Vilanculos Airport is a gateway to Vilanculos and the Bazaruto Archipilago.

Maputo: Maputo International (MPM)
3 kilometres / 1.8 miles north of Maputo.

Maputo International is a gateway to Maputo and has a few connections to Vilanculos.

Read more about Mozambique Beach Holidays.

Kenya

Nairobi: Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International (NBO)
13 kilometres / 8 miles south-east of Nairobi.

Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International is a gateway to Nairobi, Masai Mara, Amboseli, Mombasa and Kenya's beaches, Zanzibar (ZNZ) and Tanzania (Kilimanjaro). There are also good connections from here to Uganda (Entebbe), Rwanda (Kigali) and the Seychelles.

Tanzania

Dar Es Salaam: Dar Es Salaam International (DAR)
10 kilometres / 6 miles from Dar Es Salaam.

Dar Es Salaam International is a gateway to Selous National Park, Ruaha National Park with connections to Zanzibar Airport and Kilimanjaro International.

Kilimanjaro: Kilimanjaro International (JRO)
50 kilometres / 31 miles from Arusha.

Kilimanjaro International is a gateway to Mount Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park and Lake Manyara.

Zanzibar:Zanzibar Airport (ZNZ)

Zanzibar Airport is a gateway to the rest of Zanzibar and Zanzibar's islands.

Read more about Tanzania Safari Holidays and Zanzibar Island Holidays.