There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Nairobi by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Basel to Nairobi
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Nairobi (NBO)plane BSL - NBO
14h 24m$315–1,406Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Nairobi
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Nairobi (NBO)plane ZRH - NBO
14h 19m$329–2,013Train to Frankfurt, fly to Nairobi
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Nairobi (NBO)plane FRA - NBO
13h 45m$370–902Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Nairobi
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Nairobi (NBO)plane STR - NBO
17h 25m$371–1,539Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Nairobi
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Nairobi (NBO)plane MXP - NBO
17h 58m$331–848Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Nairobi Wilson Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL)plane ZRH - WIL
17h 21m$788–4,812
Basel (BSL) to Nairobi (NBO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Nairobi is to train and fly which costs $330 - $850 and takes 17h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Nairobi is to train and fly which takes 13h 45m and costs $370 - $900.
The distance between Basel and Nairobi is 6178 km.
It takes approximately 14h 24m to get from Basel to Nairobi, including transfers.
Nairobi is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 2:55 AM in Basel and 3:55 AM in Nairobi.
There are 4399+ hotels available in Nairobi.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Nairobi, Kenya?
Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Nairobi (NBO) twice daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–950
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Frankfurt, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Rome, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- flysafarilink.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Istanbul, Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport, Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- 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
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- 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
- $65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $21–35
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- 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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