There are 5 ways to get from Nairobi to Crete by plane, bus, subway, or car ferry
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Fly Nairobi Wilson Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane WIL - HER
17h 41m€222–466Bus to Nairobi, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane NBO - HER
13h 40m€242–902Bus to Nairobi, fly to Chania International Airport
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane NBO - CHQ
15h 59m€283–1,041Bus to Nairobi, fly to Sitia Airport
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane NBO - JSH
14h 14m€381–1,301Bus to Nairobi, fly to Athens International Airport, subway, car ferry
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NBO - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Peiraiassubway
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymnocarferry
20h 11m€470–1,100
Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Crete is to fly which costs €220 - €470 and takes 17h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Crete is to bus and fly which takes 13h 40m and costs €240 - €900.
The distance between Nairobi and Crete is 4253 km.
It takes approximately 17h 41m to get from Nairobi to Crete, including transfers.
There are 443+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Crete, Greece?
FlexFlight ApS, Israir, and two other airlines fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) 3 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Cairo, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Chania International Airport via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Chania International Airport via Cairo, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Nairobi to Chania International Airport via Jeddah, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Nairobi to Sitia Airport via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Sitia Airport via Cairo, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Sitia Airport via Doha, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Nairobi to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Addis Ababa, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,300
Flights from Nairobi to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Jeddah, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Nairobi to Chania International Airport via Cairo, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Sitia Airport via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Sitia Airport via Cairo, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Sitia Airport via Doha, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zanzibar, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €220–470
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Arusha, Zanzibar, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €220–470
- Website
- bluedartaviation.com
Flights from Nairobi to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Chania International Airport via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,300
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Athens International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Athens International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–800
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zanzibar, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €220–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Chania International Airport via Istanbul, Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Athens International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,100
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Nairobi to Athens International Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Athens International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Athens International Airport via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €190–480
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Nairobi to Athens International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–360
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- oasa@oasa.gr
- Website
- oasa.gr
Subway from Athens Airport to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.oasa.gr/en/
- Website
- digitalmatatus.com
Bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €1
- Schedules at
- digitalmatatus.com
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Rethymno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–390
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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