Long-Distance Moving

Long Distance Moving From Nairobi — One Crew, All the Way.

Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Eldoret or upcountry. The same crew that packs your house loads it, drives it and unloads it at the other end. Your things are never transferred between vehicles, never left in someone else’s depot overnight, and never handled by a crew who did not pack them.

One truckNo transfers en route One crewThey pack, they unpack One priceAgreed before we load
A truck packed to the roof with boxes ready for a long-distance move from Nairobi The highway corridor out of Nairobi used on long-distance moves Loaded once, opened once
Where We Go

Out of Nairobi, and Properly Out

If the road goes there, we go there. These are the runs we make most.

Nairobi – MombasaThe full Mombasa Road run, coast-side delivery
Nairobi – NakuruUp the escarpment and across the Rift
Nairobi – KisumuWestern Kenya, lakeside estates included
Nairobi – EldoretAnd on into the North Rift

Also Nyeri, Meru, Embu, Machakos, Kericho, Kakamega and most upcountry homes. Tell us the town and we will price the run.

One Truck, End to End

Your load is not tipped into a bigger lorry at a depot in Athi River and picked up by another team in the morning. It goes onto one vehicle in Nairobi and comes off that same vehicle at your new door.

The Same Crew Both Ends

The people who wrapped your dining table are the people who unwrap it. They know what is in which box, what came apart, and where the fittings are taped. Nothing is lost in a handover, because there is no handover.

Packed for the Whole Road

Cross-town packing has to survive twenty minutes. A Mombasa run has to survive eight hours of it. So boxes are filled solid, double-taped, and stacked in strapped tiers — the standard goes up with the distance.

A Schedule Built Round the Drive

We work backwards from arrival. Load in the afternoon, run early, arrive with daylight left to unload. You get an arrival window you can plan a day around, not a vague promise of "sometime tomorrow".

Inventory at Both Ends

Everything is listed before it goes on and checked as it comes off. On a long run, an inventory is not paperwork — it is the only honest way to know that what left Nairobi arrived in Kisumu.

Set Up on Arrival

We do not unload onto the lawn and drive off. Boxes go into the rooms they are labelled for, beds and wardrobes are rebuilt, and you sleep in a made bed on your first night in the new town.

A Nyati Movers crew member holding a box marked fragile before a long-distance run
The Real Problem

Cheap Upcountry Moves Are Cheap for a Reason.

The low quote for Nairobi to Kisumu usually means your things are being consolidated — loaded with three other households, transferred at a yard, sat for a night, then delivered by strangers who have no idea what was in which box.

Every transfer is another chance for something to be dropped, crushed under someone else’s wardrobe, or simply not to arrive. We do not work that way. Your load goes on one truck with one crew, and the doors do not open again until they open at your new house.

  • No consolidation with other people’s households.
  • No overnight depot stops where nobody is responsible for your things.
  • One price, agreed up front — fuel and the road time are in the quote, not added later.
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How It Works

Nairobi to There, Step by Step

A long run is a scheduling job as much as a lifting job.

01

Survey and Fixed Quote

We survey the house properly — volume, access, destination town — and give you one written price covering the crew, the truck and the road.

02

Pack to Road Standard

Boxes filled solid and double-taped, furniture wrapped and padded, everything listed on an inventory before it leaves the house.

03

Load and Strap for the Distance

Loaded in tiers and strapped tight, because eight hours of highway will find every gap. Then the doors close and stay closed.

04

Arrive, Check In, Set Up

We arrive inside the agreed window, check the inventory off as we unload, place boxes by room and rebuild the beds and wardrobes.

Questions

Long-Distance Moving, Answered

What people ask before sending everything they own down a highway.

No. Your load goes onto one truck with one crew and comes off that same truck at your destination. We do not consolidate your household with other people’s, and we do not hand your things over to a partner company at a depot. Every extra handover is an extra chance for something to be damaged or lost, so we removed them.

The drive is the predictable part; loading and access at both ends are what really set the timing. We usually pack and load one day and run the road the next, so we arrive with enough daylight to unload properly rather than fumbling boxes into a dark house. You get an agreed arrival window at the time of booking.

Yes, and this is the thing people underestimate. A box that will happily survive a twenty-minute run to Kilimani can shake itself apart over eight hours to the coast. On long-distance moves we fill every void, double-tape the seams, keep box weights sensible, and strap each tier of the load. It is the same materials, done to a higher standard, because the road is longer.

See our packing services for what that involves.

We do. Boxes go into the rooms they are labelled for, beds and wardrobes are reassembled, and furniture is placed where you want it. It is the same crew that dismantled everything in Nairobi, so nothing has to be worked out from scratch. We check the inventory with you as it comes off the truck.

No. Most people fly, drive or take the train and meet us at the new house. All we need is someone with access at the destination inside the arrival window, and a phone number that will be answered. Tell us at the survey how you plan to travel and we will schedule the run around your arrival, not ours.

Also Useful

What Long-Distance Moves Usually Include

Most people take at least one of these with the run.

Long-distance moves start from Nairobi, Ruiru, Thika Road and the Mombasa Road corridor. See every service we offer.

Leaving Nairobi

Tell Us the Town. We Will Quote the Whole Road.

One crew, one truck, one price — Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Eldoret or wherever you are headed.