How to Get to Mombasa

Mombasa is Kenya’s main tourist destination. It is located on the Eastern coastline of Kenya bordering the Indian Ocean which has made it a popular destination for its beaches. Mombasa offers diverse marine life, world-class hotels and a friendly atmosphere and thus attracts most tourists on Holidays, family vacations and individual adventurers, there are different ways on how to get to Mombasa and they include;

Air

Mombasa can be reached by Air the quickest and easiest transport method that can be used on getting to Mombasa, the Moi international airport located in Port Reitz area on the mainland is the only the international airport in Mombasa which features regional as well as intercontinental flights to and from Mombasa, the airport has been newly renovated and has increased the frequency of flights in and out of Mombasa from European cities, Kenya Airways offers the most as far as options for traveling, other airlines such as Turkish Airlines, Ethiopian airline among others also has flights to this coastal city. The regional domestic and charter flights from Nairobi and other parts of the country also use the Moi International Airport to access Mombasa City, however charter flights can use an alternative Bamburi airstrip located in Mombasa County, in the town of Bamburi, in southeastern Kenya, close to the Indian Ocean coast.

By Train

Another way on How To Get to Mombasa is by using the train, the city is also accessible by train from Nairobi, with two departures daily in each direction, there is a modern railway station which is the Mombasa terminus station, a Standard Gauge Railway located in the suburbs called Miritini, there are two passenger trains leave the station every day, an inter-county train that stops at all stations and an express train that goes directly to Nairobi Terminus and this is quicker and takes only 6 hours to link Nairobi.

By Road

Another alternative way on getting there is by using road transportation, there is the main road between Nairobi, Kenya’s capital and largest city and Mombasa, the country’s largest port city and this road is a component of the Northern Corridor connecting different highways to the country regions, and through to Dar es Salaam as well as the northward road link to Malindi and Lamu, which also extends towards the border with Somalia. Tourists can book their ground transportation in a private safari car through tour operators which is always inclusive in the safari package, and driving from Nairobi, you take the southeast direction through different Kenya counties, the total distance is 482 kilometers which take up to 4 to 5 hours depending on your average driving speed. On the other hand, there are public buses that operate daily from Nairobi.