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 25m$395–1,506Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Nairobi
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Nairobi (NBO)plane ZRH - NBO
14h 19m$332–2,320Train 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$391–914Train, 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$479–984Train, 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$429–1,549Train 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$441–1,419
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 - $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 $390 - $950.
The distance between Basel and Nairobi is 6172 km.
It takes approximately 14h 25m to get from Basel to Nairobi, including transfers.
Nairobi is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 12:17 PM in Basel and 1:17 PM in Nairobi.
There are 4600+ 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 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- flysafarilink.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Frankfurt, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Rome, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Milan Malpensa, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,500
- 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
- $400–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Rome, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Milan Malpensa, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,500
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
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
- $300–1,100
- Website
- airkenya.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Istanbul, Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nairobi Wilson Airport via Milan Malpensa, Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- 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 and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nairobi via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- 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
- $25–75
- 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
- $70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- 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
- $22–35
- 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
- $19–35
- 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
- $17–25
- 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
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