There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Kampala by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Entebbe (EBB)plane ZRH - EBB
18h 34m$519–998Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Entebbe (EBB)plane MXP - EBB
19h 39m$244–702Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Entebbe (EBB)plane GVA - EBB
18h 32m$487–752Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Entebbe (EBB)plane FRA - EBB
16h 55m$510–1,037Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Entebbe (EBB)plane BSL - EBB
18h 19m$318–1,119
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Entebbe (EBB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kampala is to train and fly which costs $240 - $700 and takes 19h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kampala is to train and fly which takes 16h 55m and costs $500 - $1,100.
The distance between Basel and Kampala is 5896 km.
It takes approximately 18h 34m to get from Basel to Kampala, including transfers.
Kampala is 2h ahead of Basel. It is currently 5:50 PM in Basel and 7:50 PM in Kampala.
There are 1840+ hotels available in Kampala.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kampala, Uganda?
Turkish Airlines flies from Basel (BSL) to Entebbe (EBB) twice a week.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Entebbe via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Entebbe via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Entebbe via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Entebbe via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Entebbe via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Entebbe via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Entebbe via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Basel to Entebbe via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Entebbe via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Entebbe via Milano Malpensa Airport, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Entebbe via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Entebbe via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Entebbe via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Entebbe via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Entebbe via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,000
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Entebbe via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $320–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Entebbe via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $260–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Entebbe via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Entebbe via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Entebbe via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–550
- Website
- ugandairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Entebbe via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Entebbe via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–29
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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