There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Mbale by train, plane, taxi, bus, or car
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Entebbe, taxi, bus
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Entebbe (EBB)plane FRA - EBB
- Take the taxi from Entebbe (EBB) to Kampalataxi
- Take the bus from Kampala to Malababus
- Take the taxi from Malaba to Mbaletaxi
23h 14m$493–1,389Train to Frankfurt, fly to Kisumu International Airport, bus, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kisumu International Airport (KIS)plane FRA - KIS
- Take the bus from Kisumu to Busiabus
- Drive from Busia to Mbalecar
23h 23m$367–1,252Train to Frankfurt, fly to Eldoret International Airport, bus, drive
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Eldoret International Airport (EDL)plane FRA - EDL
- Take the bus from Eldoret to Malababus
- Drive from Malaba to Mbalecar
23h 26m$578–1,167Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Kisumu International Airport, bus, drive
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Kisumu International Airport (KIS)plane HAJ - KIS
- Take the bus from Kisumu to Busiabus
- Drive from Busia to Mbalecar
23h 4mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Nairobi, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Nairobi (NBO)plane FRA - NBO
- Take the bus from Nairobi to Malababus
- Take the taxi from Malaba to Mbaletaxi
24h 39m$397–926
Frankfurt (FRA) to Entebbe (EBB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Mbale is to train and fly and bus and taxi which costs $390 - $950 and takes 24h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Mbale is to train and fly and taxi and bus which takes 23h 14m and costs $490 - $1,400.
The distance between Europe and Mbale is 6510 km.
It takes approximately 23h 14m to get from Europe to Mbale, including transfers.
Mbale is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 9:04 AM in Europe and 10:04 AM in Mbale.
There are 32+ hotels available in Mbale.
What companies run services between Europe and Mbale, Uganda?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Mbale. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Entebbe (EBB), take the taxi to Kampala, take the bus to Malaba, then take the taxi to Mbale. Alternatively, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Eldoret International Airport (EDL), take the taxi to Eldoret, take the bus to Malaba, then drive to Mbale.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Jeddah, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Addis Ababa, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kisumu International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Kisumu International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Kisumu International Airport via Jeddah, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Kisumu International Airport via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- jambojet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Jeddah, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Addis Ababa, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Eldoret International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Kisumu International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Kisumu International Airport via Jeddah, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Kisumu International Airport via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Entebbe via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Entebbe via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Entebbe via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Frankfurt to Kisumu International Airport via Cairo, Entebbe
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Kisumu International Airport via Addis Ababa, Entebbe
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
- Website
- ugandairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Entebbe via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Entebbe via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- flysafarilink.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kisumu International Airport via Cairo, Entebbe
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- 0717073333
- buscareltd@gmail.com
- Website
- bus-car.co.ke
Bus from Kampala to Malaba
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- http://bus-car.co.ke/?fbclid=IwAR0ue-tmedLmaiQ3pC7R6TuzahIO7p698XH5v32MsQRE75qD18nAkNRKeR4#/
- Normal
- $8
- Business/VIP
- $11
Bus from Nairobi to Malaba
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–27
- Website
- http://bus-car.co.ke/?fbclid=IwAR0ue-tmedLmaiQ3pC7R6TuzahIO7p698XH5v32MsQRE75qD18nAkNRKeR4#/
- Normal
- $15–21
- Business/VIP
- $21
- Business / VIP
- $27
- Phone
- +254 724 581902
- Website
- tahmeedexpress.com
Bus from Eldoret to Malaba
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–21
- Schedules at
- tahmeedexpress.com
- Single
- $3–21
Bus from Kisumu to Busia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–21
- Schedules at
- tahmeedexpress.com
- Single
- $3–21
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Estimated price
- $25–55
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