Kenya Travel Tips

WELCOME TO KENYA, The pride of Africa. Uncontested holder on the title Safari Capital of the World, Kenya is unique in the diversity. Boasting 56 national parks and reserves, she offers sanctuary to some of the world’s most ancient and most threatened creatures. Name after Mount Kenya, the second highest Mountain in Africa, she shelters the last of the primordial rainforests while boasting more species of birds than almost anywhere else in the world. Stunning, scenic, steeped in history, Kenya has provided a playground for royalty, millionaires and pleasure seekers for decades past.

GETTING THERE

Kenya has three international airports; Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, is half an hour’s drive from Nairobi’s city centre . Moi International Airport in Mombasa and Moi International Airport in Eldoret.

These airports service numerous international carriers including the national airline Kenya Airways. Kenya has good connections to destinations throughout Europe, the Asia- Pacific region, USA and Africa.

Kenya can be accessed by road from Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia. Immigration should be processed at land border stations. Entry by sea is possible, and immigration should be processed at a port facility.

ENTRY

To enter Kenya, a valid passport, not expiring for at least six months, is required as well as a valid entry visa (obtained on arrival for a fee of $50 or online via website: www.evisa.go.ke.)

INTERNAL AIR TRAVEL

Frequent flights (both scheduled and charter) operate from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport and from Mombasa and Malindi to the main towns and national parks.

HEALTH

A number of vaccinations are recommended. A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required ONLY if you are coming from an infected country. Malaria is endemic in tropical Africa and protection against it is necessary.

CLIMATE

The cost is always hot with an average daytime temperature of 27-31 degrees centigrade whilst the average daytime temperature in Nairobi is 21-26 degrees centigrade. Temperature elsewhere depends on altitude. July and August mark the Kenya winter. Typically, January-February is dry, March-May is wet, June-September is dry, October. December is wet

TIME

GMT +3 all year-round. Kenya maintains an almost constant 12 hours of daylight, sun up and sun-down being at around 6:30 and 18:45, and varying only by 30 minutes during the year.

CURRENCY

Kenya Shilling. ATMs are available countrywide with 24-hour access. All major international cards are accepted.

LANGUAGE

English(official), Kiswahili (national), multiple ethnic languages (Bantu, Cushitic and Nilotic language group)

ELETRICITY

220-240 volts, with standard 13 amp square three- pin plugs.

TELEPHONE

International telephone code: +254

NATIONAL PARKS AND RESERVES

Kenya has 56 national parks and reserves covering 44,359 sq. km.

HISTORICAL SITES

Kenya has over 400 historical sites ranging from Paleolithic remains, 14^th century slave trading settlements, Islamic ruins and the 16^th century Portuguese Fort Jesus.

FAUNA

There are 80 major animal species and around 1,137 species of birds. Spotting over 100 species in a day is not uncommon.