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 22m$425–756Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Nairobi
cheapest- 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 31m$355–1,201Train 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
15h 3m$391–757Train 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 40m$397–946Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Nairobi
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Nairobi (NBO)plane GVA - NBO
17h 33m$393–604Train 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
19h 25m$780–1,156
Basel (BSL) to Nairobi (NBO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Nairobi is to train and fly which costs $390 - $800 and takes 15h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Nairobi is to train and fly which takes 13h 40m and costs $390 - $950.
The distance between Basel and Nairobi is 6177 km.
It takes approximately 14h 22m to get from Basel to Nairobi, including transfers.
Nairobi is 2h ahead of Basel. It is currently 2:35 PM in Basel and 4:35 PM in Nairobi.
There are 8073+ hotels available in Nairobi.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Nairobi, Kenya?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Nairobi (NBO) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
- Website
- flysafarilink.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Istanbul, Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Milan Malpensa, Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Frankfurt, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Rome, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–850
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Kilimanjaro, Arusha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- 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
- $35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $17–21
- 1st Class Ticket
- $22–35
- 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
- $8–40
- 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
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
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