Great Rift Valley

229 flight routes pass within 75 miles of Great Rift Valley.

Great Rift Valley
🌍 Desert · Kenya / Ethiopia / Tanzania

Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The tectonic rift stretching from Lebanon to Mozambique is visible as a dramatic gash across East Africa, dotted with lakes and volcanoes. Visible on many routes through East Africa.
229Flight Routes
1 miClosest Pass
🌍 DesertType

Routes that pass it229

ADD → HLA Addis Ababa to Johannesburg · 1 mi Both Sides HLA → ADD Johannesburg to Addis Ababa · 1 mi Both Sides ADD → HRE Addis Ababa to Harare · 1 mi Both Sides ADD → JNB Addis Ababa to Johannesburg · 1 mi Both Sides ADD → VFA Addis Ababa to Victoria Falls · 1 mi Left JNB → ADD Johannesburg to Addis Ababa · 1 mi Both Sides NBO → VLC Nairobi to Valencia · 1 mi Right VFA → ADD Victoria Falls to Addis Ababa · 1 mi Right VLC → NBO Valencia to Nairobi · 1 mi Left AUH → JNB Abu Dhabi to Johannesburg · 2 mi Right DXB → GCJ Dubai to Johannesburg · 2 mi Left GCJ → DXB Johannesburg to Dubai · 2 mi Right JNB → AUH Johannesburg to Abu Dhabi · 2 mi Left DAR → LHR Dar Es Salaam to London · 4 mi Right HLA → ZNZ Johannesburg to Zanzibar · 4 mi Left LHR → DAR London to Dar Es Salaam · 4 mi Left ZNZ → HLA Zanzibar to Johannesburg · 4 mi Right GBE → ADD Gaberone to Addis Ababa · 4 mi Both Sides IST → JRO Istanbul to Kilimanjaro · 5 mi Right JRO → IST Kilimanjaro to Istanbul · 5 mi Left JNB → NBO Johannesburg to Nairobi · 6 mi Both Sides NBO → JNB Nairobi to Johannesburg · 6 mi Both Sides ADD → DXB Addis Ababa to Dubai · 6 mi Left DXB → ADD Dubai to Addis Ababa · 6 mi Right DXB → JNB Dubai to Johannesburg · 6 mi Right JNB → DXB Johannesburg to Dubai · 6 mi Left GRU → HKG Sao Paulo to Hong Kong · 7 mi Left HKG → GRU Hong Kong to Sao Paulo · 7 mi Right ADD → CPT Addis Ababa to Cape Town · 7 mi Both Sides ADD → WIL Addis Ababa to Nairobi · 7 mi Right CPT → ADD Cape Town to Addis Ababa · 7 mi Both Sides WIL → ADD Nairobi to Addis Ababa · 7 mi Left ADD → NBO Addis Ababa to Nairobi · 8 mi Right BOM → EZE Bombay to Buenos Aires · 8 mi Left EZE → BOM Buenos Aires to Bombay · 8 mi Right NBO → ADD Nairobi to Addis Ababa · 8 mi Left CAI → WIL Cairo to Nairobi · 9 mi Right JRO → SAW Kilimanjaro to Pendik, Istanbul · 9 mi Left WIL → CAI Nairobi to Cairo · 9 mi Left CPT → DOH Cape Town to Doha · 10 mi Both Sides DOH → CPT Doha to Cape Town · 10 mi Both Sides NBO → HLA Nairobi to Johannesburg · 11 mi Both Sides ADD → JRO Addis Ababa to Kilimanjaro · 11 mi Right CDG → TNR Paris to Antananarivo · 11 mi Right CDG → WIL Paris to Nairobi · 11 mi Right JRO → ADD Kilimanjaro to Addis Ababa · 11 mi Left LGW → WIL London to Nairobi · 11 mi Right TNR → CDG Antananarivo to Paris · 11 mi Left WIL → CDG Nairobi to Paris · 11 mi Left WIL → LGW Nairobi to London · 11 mi Left DOH → LUN Doha to Lusaka · 12 mi Both Sides JNB → WIL Johannesburg to Nairobi · 12 mi Both Sides LHR → WIL London to Nairobi · 12 mi Right LUN → DOH Lusaka to Doha · 12 mi Both Sides WIL → JNB Nairobi to Johannesburg · 12 mi Both Sides WIL → LHR Nairobi to London · 12 mi Left QRA → WIL Johannesburg to Nairobi · 12 mi Both Sides SIN → THE Singapore to Teresina · 12 mi Right THE → SIN Teresina to Singapore · 12 mi Left WIL → QRA Nairobi to Johannesburg · 12 mi Both Sides ADD → MUB Addis Ababa to Maun · 13 mi Left MUB → ADD Maun to Addis Ababa · 13 mi Right CDG → ZNZ Paris to Zanzibar · 14 mi Right DXB → HLA Dubai to Johannesburg · 14 mi Left ZNZ → CDG Zanzibar to Paris · 14 mi Left LGW → ZNZ London to Zanzibar · 15 mi Both Sides ZNZ → LGW Zanzibar to London · 15 mi Both Sides BRU → WIL Brussels to Nairobi · 16 mi Both Sides LHR → ZNZ London to Zanzibar · 16 mi Both Sides VFA → WIL Victoria Falls to Nairobi · 16 mi Left WIL → BRU Nairobi to Brussels · 16 mi Both Sides WIL → VFA Nairobi to Victoria Falls · 16 mi Right ZNZ → LHR Zanzibar to London · 16 mi Both Sides CAI → NBO Cairo to Nairobi · 16 mi Right NBO → CAI Nairobi to Cairo · 16 mi Left NBO → YYZ Nairobi to Toronto · 16 mi Right YYZ → NBO Toronto to Nairobi · 16 mi Left AMS → WIL Amsterdam to Nairobi · 18 mi Both Sides CDG → NBO Paris to Nairobi · 18 mi Both Sides NBO → CDG Nairobi to Paris · 18 mi Both Sides WIL → AMS Nairobi to Amsterdam · 18 mi Both Sides AMS → JRO Amsterdam to Kilimanjaro · 19 mi Left JRO → AMS Kilimanjaro to Amsterdam · 19 mi Right LHR → NBO London to Nairobi · 19 mi Both Sides NBO → LHR Nairobi to London · 19 mi Both Sides FRA → WIL Frankfurt to Nairobi · 19 mi Both Sides NBO → LCY Nairobi to London · 19 mi Both Sides NBO → SAW Nairobi to Pendik, Istanbul · 19 mi Left SAW → NBO Pendik, Istanbul to Nairobi · 19 mi Right WIL → FRA Nairobi to Frankfurt · 19 mi Both Sides LVI → NBO Livingstone to Nairobi · 20 mi Left NBO → LVI Nairobi to Livingstone · 20 mi Right ADD → ERS Addis Ababa to Windhoek · 21 mi Left ERS → ADD Windhoek to Addis Ababa · 21 mi Right LHR → TNR London to Antananarivo · 21 mi Right TNR → LHR Antananarivo to London · 21 mi Left ADD → DAR Addis Ababa to Dar Es Salaam · 22 mi Right ADD → ZNZ Addis Ababa to Zanzibar · 22 mi Right DAR → ADD Dar Es Salaam to Addis Ababa · 22 mi Left ZNZ → ADD Zanzibar to Addis Ababa · 22 mi Left ADD → EBB Addis Ababa to Entebbe · 23 mi Left BRU → NBO Brussels to Nairobi · 23 mi Both Sides EBB → ADD Entebbe to Addis Ababa · 23 mi Right JRO → ZRH Kilimanjaro to Zurich · 23 mi Right NBO → BRU Nairobi to Brussels · 23 mi Both Sides ZRH → JRO Zurich to Kilimanjaro · 23 mi Left VIE → ARK Vienna to Arusha · 24 mi Both Sides DOH → EBB Doha to Entebbe · 24 mi Left EBB → DOH Entebbe to Doha · 24 mi Right JFK → NBO New York to Nairobi · 24 mi Left NBO → JFK Nairobi to New York · 24 mi Right EZE → KTM Buenos Aires to Kathmandu · 25 mi Left KTM → EZE Kathmandu to Buenos Aires · 25 mi Right AMS → NBO Amsterdam to Nairobi · 25 mi Both Sides NBO → AMS Nairobi to Amsterdam · 25 mi Both Sides ADD → KGL Addis Ababa to Kigali · 26 mi Left AMS → DAR Amsterdam to Dar Es Salaam · 26 mi Both Sides DAR → AMS Dar Es Salaam to Amsterdam · 26 mi Both Sides FRA → MRU Frankfurt to Plaisance · 26 mi Left KGL → ADD Kigali to Addis Ababa · 26 mi Right MRU → FRA Plaisance to Frankfurt · 26 mi Right FRA → NBO Frankfurt to Nairobi · 27 mi Both Sides NBO → FRA Nairobi to Frankfurt · 27 mi Both Sides JRO → MXP Kilimanjaro to Milano · 28 mi Right MXP → JRO Milano to Kilimanjaro · 28 mi Left JFK → WIL New York to Nairobi · 30 mi Left WIL → JFK Nairobi to New York · 30 mi Right DUS → ZNZ Duesseldorf to Zanzibar · 30 mi Both Sides DXB → EBB Dubai to Entebbe · 30 mi Both Sides EBB → DXB Entebbe to Dubai · 30 mi Both Sides ZNZ → DUS Zanzibar to Duesseldorf · 30 mi Both Sides NBO → FCN Nairobi to Wurster Nordseeküste · 31 mi Both Sides CPT → WIL Cape Town to Nairobi · 32 mi Both Sides WIL → CPT Nairobi to Cape Town · 32 mi Both Sides DAR → JFK Dar Es Salaam to New York · 32 mi Right JFK → DAR New York to Dar Es Salaam · 32 mi Left JRO → LHR Kilimanjaro to London · 33 mi Right LHR → JRO London to Kilimanjaro · 33 mi Left CDG → JRO Paris to Kilimanjaro · 34 mi Left JRO → CDG Kilimanjaro to Paris · 34 mi Right CPT → NBO Cape Town to Nairobi · 35 mi Both Sides NBO → CPT Nairobi to Cape Town · 35 mi Both Sides AMS → ZNZ Amsterdam to Zanzibar · 35 mi Both Sides SAW → ADD Pendik, Istanbul to Addis Ababa · 35 mi Right ZNZ → AMS Zanzibar to Amsterdam · 35 mi Both Sides DEL → EZE Delhi to Buenos Aires · 37 mi Both Sides EZE → DEL Buenos Aires to Delhi · 37 mi Both Sides NBO → SCL Nairobi to Santiago · 39 mi Left SCL → NBO Santiago to Nairobi · 39 mi Right CAI → ADD Cairo to Addis Ababa · 40 mi Right KGL → MCT Kigali to Muscat · 41 mi Right MCT → KGL Muscat to Kigali · 41 mi Left CPT → ZNZ Cape Town to Zanzibar · 42 mi Right ZNZ → CPT Zanzibar to Cape Town · 42 mi Left ADD → DMM Addis Ababa to Dammam · 44 mi Right VIE → ADD Vienna to Addis Ababa · 44 mi Right ATH → ADD Athens to Addis Ababa · 45 mi Right DEL → ADD Delhi to Addis Ababa · 45 mi Both Sides FRA → MBA Frankfurt to Mombasa · 45 mi Right MBA → FRA Mombasa to Frankfurt · 45 mi Left JFK → MRU New York to Plaisance · 46 mi Right MRU → JFK Plaisance to New York · 46 mi Left FRA → ADD Frankfurt to Addis Ababa · 48 mi Right KIS → NBO Kisumu to Nairobi · 48 mi Left NBO → KIS Nairobi to Kisumu · 48 mi Right IAD → JRO Washington to Kilimanjaro · 48 mi Right JRO → IAD Kilimanjaro to Washington · 48 mi Left ADD → FIH Addis Ababa to Kinshasa · 49 mi Left BRU → ADD Brussels to Addis Ababa · 49 mi Right FIH → ADD Kinshasa to Addis Ababa · 49 mi Right ZRH → ADD Zurich to Addis Ababa · 50 mi Right ADD → ICN Addis Ababa to Seoul · 50 mi Left JFK → JRO New York to Kilimanjaro · 50 mi Right JRO → JFK Kilimanjaro to New York · 50 mi Left DOH → KGL Doha to Kigali · 51 mi Left KGL → DOH Kigali to Doha · 51 mi Right LGW → ADD London to Addis Ababa · 51 mi Right LHR → ADD London to Addis Ababa · 51 mi Right TLV → ZNZ Tel Aviv to Zanzibar · 51 mi Left ZNZ → TLV Zanzibar to Tel Aviv · 51 mi Right CDG → ADD Paris to Addis Ababa · 52 mi Right MXP → ADD Milano to Addis Ababa · 52 mi Right CIA → ADD Rome to Addis Ababa · 52 mi Right FCO → ADD Rome to Addis Ababa · 52 mi Right GVA → ADD Geneva to Addis Ababa · 52 mi Right BOS → JRO Boston to Kilimanjaro · 53 mi Right DOH → JNB Doha to Johannesburg · 53 mi Left JNB → DOH Johannesburg to Doha · 53 mi Right JRO → BOS Kilimanjaro to Boston · 53 mi Left ADD → GRU Addis Ababa to Sao Paulo · 53 mi Left GRU → ADD Sao Paulo to Addis Ababa · 53 mi Right IAD → WMN Washington to Maroantsetra · 55 mi Left WMN → IAD Maroantsetra to Washington · 55 mi Right AKL → HUE Auckland to Akwi · 55 mi Right HUE → AKL Akwi to Auckland · 55 mi Left BOM → ADD Bombay to Addis Ababa · 56 mi Left HKG → ADD Hong Kong to Addis Ababa · 56 mi Left JFK → SEZ New York to Mahe · 57 mi Left SEZ → JFK Mahe to New York · 57 mi Right GRU → ZNZ Sao Paulo to Zanzibar · 58 mi Right ORD → ADD Chicago to Addis Ababa · 58 mi Right ZNZ → GRU Zanzibar to Sao Paulo · 58 mi Left YYZ → ADD Toronto to Addis Ababa · 60 mi Right DOH → GCJ Doha to Johannesburg · 62 mi Left GCJ → DOH Johannesburg to Doha · 62 mi Right ADD → DEL Addis Ababa to Delhi · 62 mi Left BKK → ADD Bangkok to Addis Ababa · 63 mi Left IAD → ADD Washington to Addis Ababa · 63 mi Right JFK → ADD New York to Addis Ababa · 63 mi Right ATL → ADD Atlanta to Addis Ababa · 64 mi Right ADD → SEZ Addis Ababa to Mahe · 65 mi Right ANM → CDG Antalaha to Paris · 65 mi Right CDG → ANM Paris to Antalaha · 65 mi Left SEZ → ADD Mahe to Addis Ababa · 65 mi Left AMB → LGW Ambilobe to London · 66 mi Right LGW → AMB London to Ambilobe · 66 mi Left ADD → LFW Addis Ababa to Lome · 67 mi Left LFW → ADD Lome to Addis Ababa · 67 mi Right NBO → GRU Nairobi to Sao Paulo · 67 mi Left ADD → FNA Addis Ababa to Freetown · 69 mi Left FNA → ADD Freetown to Addis Ababa · 69 mi Right GRU → JRO Sao Paulo to Kilimanjaro · 70 mi Left JRO → GRU Kilimanjaro to Sao Paulo · 70 mi Right ADD → NIM Addis Ababa to Niamey · 70 mi Left EBB → WIL Entebbe to Nairobi · 70 mi Left NIM → ADD Niamey to Addis Ababa · 70 mi Right WIL → EBB Nairobi to Entebbe · 70 mi Right DOH → HLA Doha to Johannesburg · 73 mi Left HLA → DOH Johannesburg to Doha · 73 mi Right
Tip: Visibility depends on cloud cover, time of day, and how close the flight path comes. Sit on the listed side for the best chance of a view. Morning and evening flights often offer the best lighting.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you see Great Rift Valley from a plane?

Yes — 229 flight routes pass within 75 miles of Great Rift Valley. The closest routes include Addis Ababa to Johannesburg, Johannesburg to Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa to Harare. The landmark is visible from both sides, with the landmark passing about 1 miles away.

Which side of the plane is best for viewing Great Rift Valley?

The best side varies by route. For the most common routes near Great Rift Valley: on a Addis Ababa to Johannesburg flight, visible from both sides; on a Johannesburg to Addis Ababa flight, visible from both sides; on a Addis Ababa to Harare flight, visible from both sides.