There are 7 ways to get from Nairobi to Tawa by plane, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Nairobi to Wellington
best- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Wellington (WLG)plane NBO - WLG
30h 18m$1,415–4,425Fly Nairobi to Paraparaumu
cheapest- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Paraparaumu (PPQ)plane NBO - PPQ
37h 4m$1,311–3,321Fly Nairobi Wilson Airport to Wellington
- Fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Wellington (WLG)plane WIL - WLG
33h 19m$1,346–4,103Fly Nairobi to Palmerston, bus, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Palmerston (PMR)plane NBO - PMR
- Take the bus from Palmerston North to Waikanaebus
- Take the train from Waikanae Station to Tawa Stationtrain
37h 21mFly Nairobi to Wanganui Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Wanganui Airport (WAG)plane NBO - WAG
- Take the bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Waikanaebus
- Take the train from Waikanae Station to Tawa Stationtrain
38h 55m$1,345–3,305Fly Nairobi to New Plymouth Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to New Plymouth Airport (NPL)plane NBO - NPL
- Take the bus from New Plymouth to Whanganui / Wanganuibus
- Take the bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Waikanaebus
- Take the train from Waikanae Station to Tawa Stationtrain
43h 49m$1,400–3,397Fly Nairobi to Auckland, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Auckland (AKL)plane NBO - AKL
- Take the train from Papakura to Paraparaumutrain
40h 14m$1,549–2,608
Nairobi (NBO) to Wellington (WLG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Tawa is to fly and train which costs $1,500 - $2,700 and takes 40h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Tawa is to fly which takes 30h 18m and costs $1,400 - $4,500.
The distance between Nairobi and Tawa is 13714 km.
It takes approximately 30h 18m to get from Nairobi to Tawa, including transfers.
Tawa is 9h ahead of Nairobi. It is currently 6:11 PM in Nairobi and 3:11 AM in Tawa.
There are 541+ hotels available in Tawa.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Tawa, New Zealand?
Kenya Airways, Qantas, and two other airlines fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Wellington (WLG) twice daily.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Nairobi to Wellington via Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,400
Flights from Nairobi to Wellington via Mauritius, Perth, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,300
Flights from Nairobi to Wellington via Mauritius, Perth, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,400
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Wellington via Mombasa, Zanzibar, Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,100
Flights from Nairobi to Palmerston via Johannesburg, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Nairobi to New Plymouth Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Nairobi to New Plymouth Airport via Johannesburg, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Nairobi to New Plymouth Airport via Johannesburg, Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Nairobi to Auckland via Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,400
Flights from Nairobi to Auckland via Johannesburg, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Nairobi to Auckland via Mauritius, Perth, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,400
Flights from Nairobi to Auckland via Mauritius, Perth, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,400
- Website
- airchathams.co.nz
Flights from Nairobi to Paraparaumu via Johannesburg, Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,600
Flights from Nairobi to Paraparaumu via Mauritius, Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,500
Flights from Nairobi to Paraparaumu via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 16m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Nairobi to Paraparaumu via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 16m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,700
Flights from Nairobi to Paraparaumu via Johannesburg, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Nairobi to Wanganui Airport via Johannesburg, Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,600
Flights from Nairobi to Wanganui Airport via Mauritius, Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,500
Flights from Nairobi to Wanganui Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 1m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,600
Flights from Nairobi to Wanganui Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Nairobi to Wanganui Airport via Johannesburg, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Nairobi to Wellington via Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,400
Flights from Nairobi to Wellington via Mauritius, Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,500
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Wellington via Mombasa, Zanzibar, Johannesburg, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,100
Flights from Nairobi to Palmerston via Mauritius, Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,500
Flights from Nairobi to Palmerston via Johannesburg, Sydney, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Nairobi to New Plymouth Airport via Mauritius, Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,500
Flights from Nairobi to New Plymouth Airport via Johannesburg, Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Nairobi to Auckland via Mauritius, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,400
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Auckland via Johannesburg, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,300
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- Metlink
Train from Waikanae Station to Tawa Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- Metlink
Train from Waikanae Station to Tawa Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- Metlink
Train from Waikanae Station to Tawa Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- Metlink
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- [email protected]
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Papakura to Paraparaumu
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $230–280
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- [email protected]
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Palmerston North to Waikanae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Waikanae
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–65
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from New Plymouth to Whanganui / Wanganui
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Waikanae
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–65
- Website
- InterCity
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