NBO / Nairobi Airport - Connections, Facilities, Layovers, etc.
Feb 16, 2024, 12:45 am
#406
Join Date: May 2006
Location: NBO, MEL
Programs: QR Platinum, TK Elite
Posts: 1,357
If there is checked in luggage, you will need to collect it fairly quickly, and then clear customs. You are then landside.
Safaricom for SIM is outside T1A, as is Paul Cafe to the right (50m walk).
Feb 18, 2024, 8:46 am
#407
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 95
Is the Safaricom open 24 hours?
Feb 18, 2024, 12:14 pm
#408
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 787
I'm arriving at 12:55pm from Canada via ADD, which was originally to land a few hours earlier. I am supposed to be catching a 4pm flight to Masai Mara from Wilson on the same day.
Is 3hrs enough time to clear customs, collect baggage, and arrive at Wilson in time for a flight? Unfortunately there are no options that get in earlier unless I can depart Canada a day earlier. TIA
Is 3hrs enough time to clear customs, collect baggage, and arrive at Wilson in time for a flight? Unfortunately there are no options that get in earlier unless I can depart Canada a day earlier. TIA
Mar 9, 2024, 4:47 am
#410
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 11
Early arrival
Arriving at NBO at midnight and not flying out of Wilson until 730am. Seems like nothing is open at airport, anywhere to go and wait comfortably for a few hours rather than getting a hotel?
Mar 10, 2024, 3:03 am
#411
Join Date: May 2006
Location: NBO, MEL
Programs: QR Platinum, TK Elite
Posts: 1,357
At JKIA, there are several cafe's open 24hrs. Pauls Cafe outside T1A, Costa Coffee outside T1E & Java outside T1B. You can wait there till 6am when you can grab a cab to Wilson airport.
Apr 2, 2024, 12:26 pm
#412
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 32
I am planning to purchase an eSIM package from Airalo before our travels in March. The global eSim option notes it works in both Kenya and our final destination in Seychelles as well as USA where we will transit through on our way from/to Canada. Anyone have any experience with Airalo? The local eSim from them appears to use Nakuru Mobile so I assume the global eSim uses same carrier. We are thinking of just data as our contacts in Kenya for our day safari during our return leg stopover uses WhatsApp so just need data.
Apr 23, 2024, 9:50 pm
#413
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: YVR
Posts: 166
I will be flying out of Terminal 1A on Precision Air to Arusha.
Am I able to access either:
1. Turkish Airlines Star Alliance Lounge (Terminal 1E), or
2. Plaza Premium Lounge (Terminal 1D), or
3. Aspire Lounge (Terminal 1B)?
If yes, how long would it take me to walk to my gate in 1A?
Thank you.
Am I able to access either:
1. Turkish Airlines Star Alliance Lounge (Terminal 1E), or
2. Plaza Premium Lounge (Terminal 1D), or
3. Aspire Lounge (Terminal 1B)?
If yes, how long would it take me to walk to my gate in 1A?
Thank you.
Apr 23, 2024, 9:53 pm
#414
Join Date: May 2006
Location: NBO, MEL
Programs: QR Platinum, TK Elite
Posts: 1,357
You will be able to access both lounges. The walk can take between 10-12 min.
Apr 23, 2024, 10:06 pm
#415
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: YVR
Posts: 166
I am going to guess that the newer Plaza Premium lounge is the best of the three?