There are 5 ways to get from Nairobi to Bern by bus, plane, 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 Zurich Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NBO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
15h 4mCHF 306–611Bus, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane NBO - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
16h 39mCHF 271–421Bus, fly to Basel, train
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Basel (BSL)plane NBO - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
16h 52mCHF 348–601Bus, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane NBO - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
17h 36mCHF 306–634Bus, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NBO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
17h 11mCHF 340–861
Nairobi (NBO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Bern is to bus and fly and train which costs SFr 270 - SFr 430 and takes 16h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Bern is to bus and fly and train which takes 15h 4m and costs SFr 300 - SFr 650.
The distance between Nairobi and Bern is 6252 km.
It takes approximately 15h 4m to get from Nairobi to Bern, including transfers.
Bern is 2h behind Nairobi. It is currently 4:02 PM in Nairobi and 2:02 PM in Bern.
There are 342+ hotels available in Bern.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Bern, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Nairobi to Bern. However, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, then take the train to Bern. Alternatively, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to Basel (BSL), walk to Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft, take the line 50 bus to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, walk to Basel SBB, then take the train to Bern.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–850
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–950
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–900
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–850
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–850
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–950
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–850
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–900
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 250–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–650
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–650
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–600
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–600
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–490
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- 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 240–900
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- 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 290–850
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–950
- Website
- air-austral.com
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–130
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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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