Route · ZA

Johannesburg to Nairobi

1 operator run this water, from 4 h 08.

Getting from Johannesburg to Nairobi

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Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Kenya Airways, South African Airways JNB → NBO 2912 km non-stop 319 320 738 in the air 5 h 38 est. rate not held 703 km/h average

Other ways to reach Nairobi

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Nairobi without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Gathiuru – Nairobi 41 min Fly Air

Ol Tukai – Nairobi 42 min Flightline

Serena – Nairobi 45 min Flightline

Isiolo West – Nairobi 47 min Fly Air

Arusha – Nairobi 48 min Fly Air, Kenya Airways

Eldoret – Nairobi 50 min Fly540

Kisumu – Nairobi 51 min Fly540

Malindi – Nairobi 1 h 01 Flightline, Fly540

Mombasa – Nairobi 1 h 02 Condor Flugdienst

Ukunda – Nairobi 1 h 04 Flightline

And other ways to reach Johannesburg

Polokwane – Johannesburg 51 min South African Airways

Gaborone – Johannesburg 52 min Air Botswana

Mbombela – Johannesburg 52 min South African Airways

Hoedspruit – Johannesburg 56 min South African Airways

Maseru(Mazenod) – Johannesburg 58 min South African Airways

Bloemfontein – Johannesburg 59 min South African Airways

Maputo – Johannesburg 1 h 02 Air Mozambique

Pietermaritzburg – Johannesburg 1 h 03 South African Airways

Kimberley – Johannesburg 1 h 04 South African Airways

Durban – Johannesburg 1 h 06 British Airways, Comair

Where else these quays go

Also from Johannesburg

Abu Dhabi · Accra · Addis Ababa · Amsterdam · Antananarivo · Atlanta · Beira · Blantyre · Bloemfontein · Brazzaville · Bulawayo · Cairo · Cape Town · Dar es Salaam

Also from Nairobi

Abidjan · Abu Dhabi · Accra · Addis Ababa · Amsterdam · Antananarivo · Arusha · Bangkok · Bujumbura · Cairo · Dar es Salaam · Djibouti City · Doha · Douala

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Johannesburg–Nairobi crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.