There are 10 ways to get from Nairobi to Lindi by bus, plane, taxi, car, ferry, shuttle, 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 to Nairobi, fly to Mtwara, taxi
best- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Mtwara (MYW)plane NBO - MYW
- Take the taxi from Mtwara (MYW) to Linditaxi
9h 55m$276–621Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Nairobi to Moshibus
- Take the train from Moshi to Dar es Salaamtrain
- Take the bus from Temeke Mwisho to Lindi Bus Terminalbus
22h 52m$32–45Bus
- Take the bus from Nairobi to Dar es Salaambus
- Take the bus from Temeke Mwisho to Lindi Bus Terminalbus
21h 47mDrive 1,273.9 km
- Drive from Nairobi to Lindicar 1,273.9 km
18h 32m$159–229Fly Nairobi Wilson Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport, bus
- Fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane WIL - DAR
- Take the bus from Temeke Mwisho to Lindi Bus Terminalbus
9h 26m$317–430Fly Nairobi Wilson Airport to Mtwara, taxi
- Fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Mtwara (MYW)plane WIL - MYW
- Take the taxi from Mtwara (MYW) to Linditaxi
7h 41m$124–444Bus to Nairobi, fly to Julius Nyerere International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane NBO - DAR
- Take the bus from Temeke Mwisho to Lindi Bus Terminalbus
10h 35m$163–265Fly Nairobi Wilson Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, ferry, bus
- Fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)plane WIL - ZNZ
- Take the ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaamferry
- Take the bus from Temeke Mwisho to Lindi Bus Terminalbus
10h 33m$351–460Shuttle, taxi to Kilimanjaro International Airport, fly to Mtwara, taxi
- Take a shuttle bus from Nairobi to Arusha
- Take the taxi from Arusha to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)taxi
- Fly from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) to Mtwara (MYW)plane JRO - MYW
- Take the taxi from Mtwara (MYW) to Linditaxi
13h 41m$137–517Bus via Dar es Salaam
- Take the bus from Nairobi to Dar es Salaambus
- Take the bus from Temeke Mwisho to Lindi Bus Terminalbus
22h 46m$41–62
Nairobi (NBO) to Mtwara (MYW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Lindi is to bus and train which costs $30 - $45 and takes 22h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Lindi is to fly and taxi which takes 7h 41m and costs $120 - $450.
The distance between Nairobi and Lindi is 1209 km. The road distance is 1273.9 km.
The best way to get from Nairobi to Lindi without a car is to bus which takes 21h 47m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 55m to get from Nairobi to Lindi, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Nairobi to Lindi is 1274 km. It takes approximately 18h 32m to drive from Nairobi to Lindi.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Lindi, Tanzania?
You can take a bus from Nairobi to Lindi Bus Terminal via Dar es Salaam, Ubungo, Gerezani, and Temeke Mwisho in around 21h 47m.
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from Nairobi to Mtwara via Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
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
- $290–410
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Mtwara via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport, Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Mtwara via Arusha, Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–380
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–240
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–240
Flights from Kilimanjaro International Airport to Mtwara via Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Kilimanjaro International Airport to Mtwara via Arusha, Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–410
- Website
- precisionairtz.com
Flights from Nairobi to Mtwara via Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Kilimanjaro International Airport to Mtwara via Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–500
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–350
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–380
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–400
- Website
- skywardexpress.co.ke
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–370
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–290
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–290
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- flysafarilink.com
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–380
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
- $300–370
- 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
- $50–600
- 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
- $50–600
Flights from Nairobi to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–420
- 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
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7–17
- Schedules at
- trc.co.tz
- Book at
- eticketing.trc.co.tz
- 3rd Class Sitting
- $7
- 2nd Class Sitting
- $10
- 2nd Class Sleeping
- $16
- 3rd Class (sitting)
- $8
- 2nd Class
- $11
- 2nd Class ( sleeping)
- $17
- 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
- +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
- - +255716142929
- butilazunguexpress@gmail.com
- Website
- butilazungu.co.tz
Bus from Temeke Mwisho to Lindi Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16
- Schedules at
- butilazungu.co.tz
- Phone
- +254 203 555 780
- info@marangushuttles.com
- Website
- marangushuttles.com
Shuttle from Nairobi to Arusha
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1–25
- Schedules at
- marangushuttles.com
- Phone
- +254 724 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
- $32
- Normal
- $32
- Phone
- (+255) 784377027
- info@kidiaone.co.tz
- Website
- kidiaoneexpress.com
Bus from Nairobi to Moshi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7
- Schedules at
- kidiaoneexpress.com
- 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
- $33–37
- Schedules at
- zanfastferries.co.tz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Estimated price
- $17–70
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