There are 7 ways to get from Nairobi to Basel by bus, plane, car, 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.
Bus, fly to Basel
best- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Basel (BSL)NBO - BSL
15h 4mCHF 293–505Bus, fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Frankfurt (FRA)NBO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
15h 26mCHF 269–616Drive 8,732.7 km
- Drive from Nairobi to Basel8,732.7 km
4d 15hCHF 1,416–2,045Bus, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)NBO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
15h 3mCHF 274–509Bus, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)NBO - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
17h 39mCHF 297–1,132Bus, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)NBO - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
18h 11mCHF 279–761Bus, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)NBO - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBB
19h 13mCHF 284–658
Nairobi (NBO) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Basel is to bus and fly and train which costs SFr 270 - SFr 550 and takes 15h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Basel is to bus and fly and train which takes 15h 3m and costs SFr 270 - SFr 550.
The distance between Nairobi and Basel is 6190 km. The road distance is 8732.7 km.
It takes approximately 15h 4m to get from Nairobi to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 2h behind Nairobi. It is currently 10:12 PM in Nairobi and 8:12 PM in Basel.
Yes, the driving distance between Nairobi to Basel is 8733 km. It takes approximately 4 days 15h to drive from Nairobi to Basel.
There are 1272+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Basel, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Nairobi to Basel. However, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to Basel (BSL), walk to Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft, then take the line 50 bus to Basel, Kannenfeldplatz. Alternatively, you can drive from Nairobi to Basel in around 4d 15h.
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- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–950
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–950
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–950
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–950
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–950
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–900
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–800
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–800
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–650
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–650
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–650
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
- Website
- air-austral.com
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,300
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,100
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–900
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,100
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–75
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–24
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- digitalmatatus.com
Bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 1
- Schedules at
- digitalmatatus.com
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