There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Mombasa by plane, taxi, train, 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 Ukunda, taxi
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ukunda (UKA)plane EDI - UKA
- Take the taxi from Ukunda (UKA) to Mombasataxi
16h 42m$393–1,243Fly 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 30m$329–1,232Train to Newcastle, fly to Mombasa
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Mombasa (MBA)plane NCL - MBA
19h 39m$460–953Train 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$433–831Train 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
17h 45m$463–1,286Fly Edinburgh Airport to Mombasa
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Mombasa (MBA)plane EDI - MBA
14h 53m$373–1,438
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ukunda (UKA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Mombasa is to train and fly which costs $430 - $850 and takes 16h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Mombasa is to fly which takes 14h 53m and costs $370 - $1,500.
The distance between Edinburgh and Mombasa is 7819 km.
It takes approximately 16h 42m to get from Edinburgh to Mombasa, including transfers.
Mombasa is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 5:42 AM in Edinburgh and 7:42 AM in Mombasa.
There are 1250+ hotels available in Mombasa.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Mombasa, Kenya?
Turkish Airlines, easyJet, and Neos fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Mombasa (MBA) 3 times a week.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- 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
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ukunda via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ukunda via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ukunda via London Gatwick, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
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
- jambojet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ukunda via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- 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
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Malindi via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
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 Newcastle to Mombasa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–800
Flights from Newcastle to Mombasa via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–750
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mombasa via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- 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
- $340–1,400
- 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 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- 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
- $60–110
- 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
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- 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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