There are 7 ways to get from Nairobi to Scotland by bus, plane, or train
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Bus, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NBO - EDI
14h 50mBus, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane NBO - GLA
14h 44mBus, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane NBO - ABZ
15h 57mBus, fly to Dundee Riverside Airport
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane NBO - DND
16h 53mBus, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane NBO - INV
16h 42mBus, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Newcastle (NCL)plane NBO - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 9mBus, fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane NBO - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 38m
Nairobi (NBO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Nairobi and Scotland is 4616 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 50m to get from Nairobi to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 2h behind Nairobi. It is currently 6:06 AM in Nairobi and 4:06 AM in Scotland.
There are 1475+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Nairobi to Scotland. However, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport (EDI), walk to Edinburgh Airport, then take the vehicle to Edinburgh Princes Street. Alternatively, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to Glasgow Airport (GLA), walk to Terminal Building, then take the line 500 bus to Dundas Street.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–2,100
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Cairo, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,200
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Istanbul, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–2,100
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Jeddah, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Dundee Riverside Airport via Frankfurt, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,300
Flights from Nairobi to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,900
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Cairo, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,200
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Istanbul, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–2,100
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Jeddah, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–850
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,100
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Jeddah, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Jeddah, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Nairobi to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Dundee Riverside Airport via Frankfurt, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
- Website
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- sleeper.scot
- Website
- digitalmatatus.com
Bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Schedules at
- digitalmatatus.com
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