Bus tickets to Nairobi

30 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

Nairobi skyline from Upperhill

30 places connect to Nairobi by Buses, across 3 countries, run by 0 operators. The cheapest arrival costs None. Origins run from 26 km away to 673 km, with a median of 324 km.

Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Nairobi

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Nairobi, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Mombasa to Nairobi busNoneNone442 km
Dar es Salaam to Nairobi busNoneNone673 km
Kampala to Nairobi busNoneNone503 km
Arusha to Nairobi busNoneNone232 km
Nakuru to Nairobi busNoneNone136 km
Kisumu to Nairobi busNoneNone264 km
Moshi to Nairobi busNoneNone237 km
Kitale to Nairobi busNoneNone325 km
Malindi to Nairobi busNoneNone425 km
Kilifi to Nairobi busNoneNone426 km
Athi River to Nairobi busNoneNone26 km
Bungoma to Nairobi busNoneNone324 km
Narok to Nairobi busNoneNone108 km
Moyale to Nairobi busNoneNone590 km
Siaya to Nairobi busNoneNone318 km
  • 30Places you can arrive from
  • 3Countries
  • 0Operators

12Go fares to Nairobi

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

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The bus gets you into Nairobi. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Nairobi for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Nairobi Terminus and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km620%Athi River, 26 km
200 to 600 km2273%Arusha, 232 km
600 to 1,500 km27%Dar es Salaam, 673 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Kenya2273%
Tanzania620%
Uganda27%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Nairobi

Nairobi

Bus
  • Nairobi
  • City Bus
Leaving

Leaving Nairobi

Common questions about Bus tickets to Nairobi

Where can I travel to Nairobi by Buses from?

30 places connect to Nairobi by Buses on our network, across 3 countries The nearest is 26 km away in a straight line and the furthest 673 km.

Which terminal does the Buses to Nairobi use?

Buses services into Nairobi use 2 named terminals, among them Nairobi, City Bus. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Nairobi

The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Nairobi Terminus

Most of the points near Nairobi Terminus open before the first train and close after the last one.

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