Nairobi - Post Report Question and Answers
Travel time and best routes to this city from Europe or the US:
Too darn long. The KLM flight through Amsterdam is nice if you can swing an overnight there. - Jul 2009
24 hours including time zone shifts (2x 9 hour legs plus lots of sitting for transfers). - Jun 2008
From the U.S., the best connection is through Amsterdam on Northwest/KLM. It’s eight hours from the Midwest/East Coast to Amsterdam, with another eight hours from Amsterdam to Nairobi. It’s a reasonably OK connection – you get into Nairobi in the evening and there’s enough time in Amsterdam between flights for a coffee and sausage roll. However, we have stopped taking that route, going instead on Emirates (Nairobi-Dubai-Toronto) which makes more sense for us. It is a thousand times more pleasant, and avoids snotty KLM staff. Alternatively, one could route through JFK and Dubai with Emirates, although JFK is truly evil. From DC, the Qatar Airways flight via Doha is very pleasant. Their claim of 5-star service, even in economy, holds true. - Feb 2008
