Kenya
Our Top Picks For Kenya
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1 Amboseli National Park
Elephants and Kilimanjaro, Kenya's most famous picture-postcard views
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2 Lake Nakuru National Park
Fluorescent flamingo-fringed shores, ragged cliffs and more wildlife than you can shake a stick at
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3 Hell's Gate National Park
Gorgeous gorges, steaming hills and the chance to mingle with the wonderful wildlife on foot
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4 Tsavo National Park
Kenya's largest national park, famed for its wild, wild wildlife
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5 Mombasa Old Town
The coast's focal port, with an earthy old quarter and the mighty Fort Jesus
Fast Facts about Kenya
- Time
GMT/UTC +3
- Population
31.6 million
- Borders
- Seasons
Rainy (March to May, October to December), dry (January to February, June to September)
- Telephone
Country code 254; international code 00
- Budget
About US$75 a day, although one quality safari could blow it sky-high.
- Capital
- Visa
All visitors need a visa
- Languages
Kiswahili, English, tribal languages
- Area
583, 000 sq km
- Money
Kenya Shilling (KSh);US$1 = KSh70
Related Groups
Our favourite Kenya Blogs (beta)
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Call Us Indiana Jones and, ummm, Mrs. Jones
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 24 september 2009
9/13/09: Naiberi Resort in Eldoret, Kenya There are no detours in Kenya. We must have driven one road for over three hours without ever seeing a crossing road. That by itself is not a big problem, but when you add road construction to the mix things get interesting. Guess where they route you when the road [...]
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Morning Gymnastics
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 23 september 2009
9/12/09-9/13/09: Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya I think maybe with the whole claustrophobia thing that Kevin wrote about in his last post that it might have been a good idea for us to go camping once or twice before we ventured on this 6-week camping trip. I mean, I figured there would be bugs and we [...]
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Gorilla Warfare?
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 21 september 2009
9/12/09: Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya Don’t you hate it when those darn baboons run off with your lunch? Today we set up our table for sandwiches in Lake Nakuru National Park fully expecting an onslaught of vicious baboons trying to grab any morsel they could get their hands on. Fortunately our driver was prepared with [...]
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Introducing Kenya
Travel Alert: Criminal activity is a problem in parts of Kenya, see the Dangers & Annoyances section for details.
For a country of its size, Kenya sure packs a lot in: mountains and deserts, colourful tribal culture, beaches and coral reefs, and some of Africa’s best wildlife attractions. In fact, to say Kenya is Africa in microcosm would not be stretching the point. There are a million different reasons to come here, and picking just one is nigh impossible. Stunning landscapes set the scene, from Kakamega’s rainforests to Indian Ocean beaches by way of Mt Kenya National Park; the rolling grasslands of the Masai Mara to searing deserts on the shores of the Jade Sea; with The Rift Valley, home to Hell's Gate National Park, cleaving a massive gash through it all.
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Latest headlines for Kenya
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Payout after hotel electric shock
29 september 2009 4:10PM
A teenager electrocuted in a shower at a hotel in Kenya will receive compensation from holiday firm First Choice.
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Euro-goals Africa: 26-27 Sept
29 september 2009 12:25PM
BBC Fast Track's weekly rundown of the African scorers in the major leagues of Europe.
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Oxfam launches East Africa appeal
29 september 2009 7:11AM
Oxfam launches an emergency appeal for £9.5m ($15m) to reach millions threatened by hunger in Ethiopia and other East African countries.
