There are 4 ways to get from Nairobi to Ottawa by plane, train, or bus
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Fly to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
best- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)plane NBO - YOW
23h 26m$755–2,606Fly to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)plane NBO - YUL
- Take the train from Dorval to Ottawatrain
23h 11m$940–1,646Fly to Syracuse Hancock International Airport, bus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR)plane NBO - SYR
- Take the bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Ottawabus
27h 8m$1,645–4,312Fly to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)plane NBO - YQB
- Take the train from Sainte-Foy to Ottawatrain
27h 23m$805–2,826
Nairobi (NBO) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Ottawa is to fly and train which costs $900 - $1,700 and takes 23h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Ottawa is to fly and train which takes 23h 11m and costs $900 - $1,700.
The distance between Nairobi and Ottawa is 11909 km.
It takes approximately 23h 26m to get from Nairobi to Ottawa, including transfers.
Ottawa is 7h behind Nairobi. It is currently 1:24 AM in Nairobi and 6:24 PM in Ottawa.
There are 315+ hotels available in Ottawa.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Ottawa, ON, Canada?
Air France, Kenya Airways, and five other airlines fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Brussels, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Frankfurt, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via New York JFK, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via Brussels, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via Frankfurt, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via London Heathrow, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Brussels, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Frankfurt, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via Brussels, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via Frankfurt, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via London Heathrow, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Brussels, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Frankfurt, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via Brussels, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via Frankfurt, Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Nairobi to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Nairobi to Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,200
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Dorval to Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $35–120
- Business
- $85–220
- Business Plus
- $100–240
- Economy
- $40–130
- Economy Plus
- $45–140
Train from Sainte-Foy to Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $100–240
- Business
- $150–300
- Business Plus
- $160–320
- Economy
- $110–250
- Economy Plus
- $120–260
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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