There are 8 ways to get from Nairobi to Kariakoo by plane, ferry, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Nairobi Wilson Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)WIL - ZNZ
- Take the ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam
3h 59m$249–533Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Nairobi to Moshi
- Take the train from Moshi to Dar es Salaam
16h 26m$17–31Bus
- Take the bus from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam
15h 13mDrive 821.6 km
- Drive from Nairobi to Kariakoo821.6 km
12h 5m$102–148Bus to Nairobi, fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)NBO - DAR
4h 10m$108–210Fly Nairobi Wilson Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)WIL - DAR
3h 1m$294–421Bus to Nairobi, fly to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, ferry
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)NBO - ZNZ
- Take the ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam
6h 38m$189–389Bus via Dar es Salaam
- Take the bus from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam
16h 12m$21–40
Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Kariakoo is to bus and train which costs $17 - $35 and takes 16h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Kariakoo is to fly which takes 3h 1m and costs $290 - $430.
No, there is no direct bus from Nairobi to Kariakoo. However, there are services departing from Nairobi and arriving at Msimbazi Police via Ubungo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 13m.
The distance between Nairobi and Kariakoo is 695 km. The road distance is 821.6 km.
The best way to get from Nairobi to Kariakoo without a car is to bus which takes 15h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 3h 59m to get from Nairobi to Kariakoo, including transfers.
Nairobi to Kariakoo bus services, operated by Dar Express Co. Ltd, depart from Nairobi station.
The best way to get from Nairobi to Kariakoo is to bus which takes 15h 13m and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $290 - $430 and takes 3h 1m.
Nairobi to Kariakoo bus services, operated by Dar Express Co. Ltd, arrive at Dar es Salaam station.
Yes, the driving distance between Nairobi to Kariakoo is 822 km. It takes approximately 12h 5m to drive from Nairobi to Kariakoo.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Kariakoo, Tanzania?
Dar Express Co. Ltd operates a bus from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam once daily, and the journey takes 15h. Alternatively, FlexFlight ApS, World Ticket, and three other airlines fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) once daily.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–650
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
Flights from Nairobi to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Nairobi to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Arusha
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–490
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–270
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $45–290
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
Flights from Nairobi to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–310
Flights from Nairobi to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–330
- Website
- precisionairtz.com
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–650
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
Flights from Nairobi to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–190
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–190
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–420
Flights from Nairobi to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–240
- Website
- skywardexpress.co.ke
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–290
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $45–290
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
- Website
- flightlink.co.tz
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Arusha
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–490
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–390
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–390
- Website
- flysafarilink.com
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–390
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–390
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–330
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Kilimanjaro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–470
- Website
- jambojet.com
Flights from Nairobi to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–320
- Phone
- +255 800 11 0042
- info@trc.co.tz
- Website
- trc.co.tz
Train from Moshi to Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–18
- Schedules at
- trc.co.tz
- Book at
- eticketing.trc.co.tz
- 3rd Class Sitting
- $7
- 2nd Class Sitting
- $10
- 2nd Class Sleeping
- $17
- 3rd Class (sitting)
- $8
- 2nd Class
- $11
- 2nd Class ( sleeping)
- $18
- Phone
- +255 (22) 2860230
- bjuma48@gmail.com
- Website
- dar-express.com
Bus from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dar-express.com
- Phone
- (+255) 784377027
- info@kidiaone.co.tz
- Website
- kidiaoneexpress.com
Bus from Nairobi to Moshi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8
- Schedules at
- kidiaoneexpress.com
- 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
- 0724 581902
- Website
- tahmeedexpress.com
Bus from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–39
- Schedules at
- tahmeedexpress.com
- Single
- $20–22
- VIP
- $39
- Business
- $31
- Normal
- $31
- Phone
- +255 696112233
- bookings@tripsiri.com
- Website
- zanfastferries.co.tz
Ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–140
- Schedules at
- zanfastferries.co.tz
- Resident
- $14
- East Africans
- $30
- Non - Resident
- $35–45
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