There are 4 ways to get from Nairobi to Geneva 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 Geneva International Airport
best- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane NBO - GVA
13h 34mCHF 251–421Bus, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane NBO - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
17h 37mCHF 348–680Bus, 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 Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain
18h 53mCHF 337–690Bus, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- 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 Genèvetrain
17h 26mCHF 331–646
Nairobi (NBO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Geneva is to bus and fly which costs SFr 250 - SFr 430 and takes 13h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Geneva is to bus and fly which takes 13h 34m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 430.
The distance between Nairobi and Geneva is 6130 km.
It takes approximately 13h 34m to get from Nairobi to Geneva, including transfers.
Geneva is 2h behind Nairobi. It is currently 1:37 AM in Nairobi and 11:37 PM in Geneva.
There are 1234+ hotels available in Geneva.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Geneva, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Nairobi to Geneva. However, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, then fly to Geneva International Airport (GVA). Alternatively, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), walk to Aéroport Lyon Saint-Exupéry, take the train to Gare Part-Dieu - Villette, walk to Lyon Part Dieu, then take the train to Geneve.
- Website
- klm.com
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 Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–900
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–950
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–850
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
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 Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–900
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 Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–800
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Nairobi to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Nairobi to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–850
Flights from Nairobi to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–900
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–950
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–850
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–850
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 230–800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
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 Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
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 Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–850
Flights from Nairobi to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–750
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
- Website
- saudia.com
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 Zurich Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–550
- Website
- air-austral.com
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 30–40
- 1st Class
- CHF 50–65
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–24
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 8–11
- 2nd Class
- CHF 9–13
- 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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