Route · KE

Nairobi to Zanzibar

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 15.

Getting from Nairobi to Zanzibar

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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, Precision Air NBO → ZNZ 602 km non-stop AT7 in the air 2 h 45 est. rate not held 481 km/h average

Other ways to reach Zanzibar

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

Dar es Salaam – Zanzibar 35 min Azam Marine, Ethiopian Airlines

Mombasa – Zanzibar 48 min Azam Marine, Condor Flugdienst

Arusha – Zanzibar 59 min Ethiopian Airlines, Precision Air

Addis Ababa – Zanzibar 2 h 37 Ethiopian Airlines

Johannesburg – Zanzibar 3 h 38 Mango

Muscat/Seeb – Zanzibar 5 h 23 Oman Air

Frankfurt am Main – Zanzibar 9 h 09 Condor Flugdienst

Mkoani – Zanzibar not held Zan Fast Ferries

Pemba Island – Zanzibar not held Azam Marine

Tanga – Zanzibar not held Azam Marine

And other ways to reach Nairobi

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

Where else these quays go

Also from Nairobi

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

Also from Zanzibar

Addis Ababa · Arusha · Dar es Salaam · Frankfurt am Main · Johannesburg · Mkoani · Mombasa · Muscat/Seeb · Pemba Island · Tanga

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Nairobi–Zanzibar 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.