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
15h 55m$435–1,606Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Nairobi
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 Nairobi (NBO)plane MXP - NBO
17h 58m$281–1,167Train 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$482–2,321Train 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$410–914Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Nairobi
- 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 Nairobi (NBO)plane GVA - NBO
16h 12m$481–986Train 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 46m$1,141–4,820
Basel (BSL) to Nairobi (NBO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Nairobi is to train and fly which costs $410 - $950 and takes 13h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Nairobi is to train and fly which takes 13h 45m and costs $410 - $950.
The distance between Basel and Nairobi is 6172 km.
It takes approximately 15h 55m to get from Basel to Nairobi, including transfers.
Nairobi is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 1:32 PM in Basel and 2:32 PM in Nairobi.
There are 10381+ hotels available in Nairobi.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Nairobi, Kenya?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Nairobi (NBO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–480
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Frankfurt, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Rome, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
- Website
- flysafarilink.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Frankfurt, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Rome, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
- Website
- airkenya.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Istanbul, Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport, Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Basel to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- jambojet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nairobi via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- 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
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- 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
- $65–170
- 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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