There are 7 ways to get from Boston to Nairobi by ferry, plane, bus, train, taxi, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Nairobi
best- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Nairobi (NBO)plane BOS - NBO
22h 3m$475–1,311Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Nairobi
cheapest- Take the train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Nairobi (NBO)plane JFK - NBO
21h 31m$379–1,484Bus to Portland, fly to Nairobi
- Take the bus from Boston, MA - South Station to Portland, MEbus
- Fly from Portland (PWM) to Nairobi (NBO)plane PWM - NBO
27h 17m$626–2,252Train to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, fly to Nairobi
- Take the train from South Station to TF Green Airporttrain
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Nairobi (NBO)plane PVD - NBO
25h 39m$511–1,817Bus to Barnstable Municipal Airport, fly to Nairobi
- Take the bus from Boston to Barnstable Airportbus
- Fly from Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA) to Nairobi (NBO)plane HYA - NBO
22h 42m$515–1,425Ferry to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport, taxi, shuttle
- Take the ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)plane BOS - JRO
- Take the taxi from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Arushataxi
- Take a shuttle bus from Arusha to Nairobi
27h 41m$573–2,157Bus to Bradley International Airport, fly to Nairobi
- Take the bus from Boston to Hartfordbus
- Fly from Bradley International Airport (BDL) to Nairobi (NBO)plane BDL - NBO
25h 16m$522–1,540
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Nairobi (NBO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Boston to Nairobi is to ferry and fly which costs $470 - $1,400 and takes 22h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Boston to Nairobi is to train and fly which takes 21h 31m and costs $370 - $1,500.
The distance between Boston and Nairobi is 11600 km.
It takes approximately 22h 3m to get from Boston to Nairobi, including transfers.
Nairobi is 7h ahead of Boston. It is currently 7:14 AM in Boston and 2:14 PM in Nairobi.
There are 11607+ hotels available in Nairobi.
What companies run services between Boston, MA, USA and Nairobi, Kenya?
There is no direct connection from Boston to Nairobi. However, you can take the ferry to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal, walk to Boston-Airport-BOS airport, fly to Nairobi (NBO), walk to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, then take the bus to Kencom/Ambassadeur. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Portland, ME, take the line 1 bus to Congress St + Maine Med, take the line 7 bus to Portland Jetport, walk to Portland (PWM) airport, fly to Nairobi (NBO), walk to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, then take the bus to Kencom/Ambassadeur.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Portland to Nairobi via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Nairobi via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Nairobi via Philadelphia, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Nairobi via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Nairobi via Boston Logan Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Nairobi via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Portland to Nairobi via Philadelphia, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Nairobi via Philadelphia, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Nairobi via Philadelphia, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Nairobi via Philadelphia, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Portland to Nairobi via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Portland to Nairobi via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Nairobi via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Nairobi via Philadelphia, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Nairobi via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Nairobi via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Nairobi via Boston Logan Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Nairobi via Boston Logan Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Portland to Nairobi via Philadelphia, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Nairobi via Philadelphia, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Portland to Nairobi via Newark, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Nairobi via Dublin, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Nairobi via Boston Logan Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Nairobi via Dublin, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Nairobi via Washington Dulles, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Portland to Nairobi via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Nairobi via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Nairobi via Washington Dulles, Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 36m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Nairobi via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Nairobi via Washington Dulles, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Nairobi via Dublin, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Nairobi via Washington Dulles, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from South Station to TF Green Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $9–16
- Phone
- +1 800 639 3317
- info@concordcoachlines.com
- Website
- Concord Coach Lines
Bus from Boston, MA - South Station to Portland, ME
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Concord Coach Lines
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Boston, MA - South Station to Portland, ME
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- Amtrak
- Adult
- $21–45
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Boston to Barnstable Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–25
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Boston to Hartford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Peter Pan
- Phone
- +254 203 555 780
- info@marangushuttles.com
- Website
- marangushuttles.com
Shuttle from Arusha to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1–25
- Schedules at
- marangushuttles.com
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–10
Ferry from Long Wharf to Logan Airport Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–10
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Estimated price
- $18–22
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