There are 5 ways to get from Nairobi to Bulgaria by bus, plane, or shuttle
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Bus, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NBO - SOF
15h 27m$222–752Bus, fly to Istanbul
cheapest- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Istanbul (IST)plane NBO - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Silivri to Burgas Westbus
18h 19m$215–505Bus, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane NBO - VAR
18h 11m$366–931Bus, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane NBO - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
15h 34m$471–781Bus, fly to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport (CND)plane NBO - CND
- Take the bus from Mihail Kogalniceanu Aeroport to Varnabus
21h 40m$491–1,351
Nairobi (NBO) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Bulgaria is to bus and fly which costs $210 - $550 and takes 18h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Bulgaria is to bus and fly which takes 15h 27m and costs $220 - $750.
The distance between Nairobi and Bulgaria is 5137 km.
It takes approximately 15h 27m to get from Nairobi to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 1h behind Nairobi. It is currently 10:36 PM in Nairobi and 9:36 PM in Bulgaria.
There are 2130+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Nairobi to Bulgaria. However, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport, then take the line 4 subway to Sofia Serdica. Alternatively, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to Varna Airport (VAR), walk to Varna Airport, then take the shuttle to Dobrich.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Nairobi to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Varna Airport via Jeddah, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–800
Flights from Nairobi to Varna Airport via Addis Ababa, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Nairobi to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Nairobi to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Nairobi to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Nairobi to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via Jeddah, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from Nairobi to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via Addis Ababa, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Sofia Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Nairobi to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Nairobi to Istanbul via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Nairobi to Varna Airport via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Nairobi to Varna Airport via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Nairobi to Bucharest Otopeni via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–600
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Istanbul via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–700
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Istanbul via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
- Website
- digitalmatatus.com
Bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- digitalmatatus.com
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–9
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Silivri to Burgas West
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $11–15
- Phone
- 0722 265 779
- sudmsc@yahoo.com
- Website
- mercado-sud.ro
Bus from Mihail Kogalniceanu Aeroport to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- mercadosud.autogari.ro
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