How to get fromNairobi to Kochiby plane, bus, or train

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There are 5 ways to get from Nairobi to Kochi by plane, bus, or train

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Fly to Cochin International Airport
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1. Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Cochin International Airport (COK)plane NBO - COK
14h 19m
₹23,182–55,226
Fly to Coimbatore International Airport, bus
1. Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Coimbatore International Airport (CJB)plane NBO - CJB
2. Take the bus from Coimbatore to Aluvabus
17h 21m
₹29,062–72,676
Fly to Calicut International Airport, train
1. Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Calicut International Airport (CCJ)plane NBO - CCJ
2. Take the train from Parpanangadi to Shoranur Jntrain
3. Take the train from Shoranur Jn to Ernakulam Jntrain
17h 11m
₹26,887–63,006
Fly to Bajpe Airport, train
1. Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Bajpe Airport (IXE)plane NBO - IXE
2. Take the train from Mangalore to Ernakulam Jntrain
19h 18m
₹23,677–57,516
Fly to Trivandrum, train
1. Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Trivandrum (TRV)plane NBO - TRV
2. Take the train from Kochuveli to Ernakulam Jntrain
18h 42m
₹26,557–64,006

Nairobi (NBO) to Cochin International Airport (COK) flights

71Weekly Planes

12h 22mAverage Duration

₹23,203Cheapest Price

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Distance: 4,616.4 km
Duration: 14h 19m

What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Kochi, India?

Kenya Airways, Air India Limited, and eight other airlines fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Cochin International Airport (COK) every 3 hours.

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Kochi(opens in a new window), India(opens in a new window)

Kochi, also known by its former name Cochin, is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. The city is also commonly referred to as Ernakulam. As of 2011, the Kochi Municipal Corporation had a population of 677,381 over an area of 94.88 km2, and the larger Kochi urban agglomeration had over 2.1 million inhabitants within an area of 440 km2, making it the largest and the most populous metropolitan area in Kerala. Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin development region and is classified as a Tier-II city by the Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the Kochi Municipal Corporation, which was constituted in the year 1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its development are the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) and the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA).

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