Getting There in Kuwait city

Kuwait City is located at the tip of the Gulf of Arabia and is flanked by Iraq to its northwest and Saudi Arabia to its southwest. The Kuwait City getting there guide offers visitors handy information on the most convenient ways to the reach the prosperous Middle East country.

Air Transport

The national air carrier Kuwait Airways connects the Kuwait International Airport with several destinations including London, Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, Geneva, New York City along with several Asian and African cities. The low cost airline Jazeera Airways and the elite Wataniya Airways are good alternatives for travel within regional destinations. For long flights, travelers can book on British Airways, Lufthansa, KLM, Singapore Airlines, Thai Air, Turkish Airlines and for inter-gulf travel, tourists can fly with one of the several gulf-based airlines (Emirates Airlines, Eithad Airlines, Gulf Air, Qatar Airways).

Road Transport

The tension-filled road route to Iraq is best avoided; however, bus services are available to travel to Dammam and other Saudi Arabian cities. There are private bus tour operators like KGL and City Bus along with an efficient and affordable state bus service run by the Kuwait National Public Transport Company. The private buses offer good customer service with in-built CCTV cameras for safety.

Sea Transport

Travelers from Iran can hop into scheduled ferries operated by the Kuwait-Iran Shipping Company that ply between Kuwait City and Iran. The ferries run thrice a week from Bushehr Port in Iran to Ash Shuwayk Port in Kuwait City.

There are several expedient modes of transport that connect Kuwait City to other parts of the gulf region and the world at large.

Contributor : Sameera Kumar