There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Mombasa by plane, train, taxi, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Mombasa
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Mombasa (MBA)plane EDI - MBA
16h 8m$403–788Fly Edinburgh Airport to Malindi, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Malindi (MYD)plane EDI - MYD
- Take the bus from Malindi to Mombasabus
19h 35m$329–1,232Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Mombasa
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Mombasa (MBA)plane GLA - MBA
16h 56m$421–830Train to Newcastle, fly to Mombasa
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Mombasa (MBA)plane NCL - MBA
18h 24m$455–947Fly Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda, taxi
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ukunda (UKA)plane EDI - UKA
- Take the taxi from Ukunda (UKA) to Mombasataxi
18h 42m$393–1,243Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Ukunda, taxi
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Ukunda (UKA)plane GLA - UKA
- Take the taxi from Ukunda (UKA) to Mombasataxi
19h 5m$391–1,285
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Mombasa (MBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Mombasa is to fly which costs $400 - $800 and takes 16h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Mombasa is to fly which takes 16h 8m and costs $400 - $800.
The distance between Edinburgh and Mombasa is 7747 km.
It takes approximately 16h 8m to get from Edinburgh to Mombasa, including transfers.
Mombasa is 3h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:11 PM in Edinburgh and 7:11 PM in Mombasa.
There are 2133+ hotels available in Mombasa.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Mombasa, Kenya?
Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, and Airbus France fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Mombasa (MBA) once daily.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Newcastle to Mombasa via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Newcastle to Mombasa via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ukunda via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ukunda via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ukunda via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ukunda via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mombasa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–750
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–750
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
Flights from Newcastle to Mombasa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–800
- Website
- jambojet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ukunda via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ukunda via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Newcastle to Mombasa via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Newcastle to Mombasa via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Newcastle to Mombasa via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ukunda via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mombasa via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 0799 933 310
- Website
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Malindi to Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Broadafrica Tours & Safaris
- Phone
- +254 722429225
- Website
- broadafrica.com
Broadafrica Tours & Safaris
- Phone
- +254 722429225
- Website
- broadafrica.com
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