Kenya travel guide




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Our Kenya Holidays
Serengeti Trail, Kenya & Tanzania safari
Overland truck safari
Family cycling holiday in Kenya & Tanzania
Family Biking and camping adventure in Kenya and Tanzania
Gorilla Safari & the Masai Mara
Superb safari and trip to see gorillas
Mount Kenya climbing holiday, Kenya
Mount Kenya high altitude walking trip in Eastern foothills
The Masai Heartlands safari
An amazing and great value 2 week truck safari
Gorillas and big game, Nairobi to Kigali tour
See classic African game and gorillas
Kenya wildlife camping safari
Game watching morning, afternoon and night
Kenya luxury safari, including Giraffe Manor
Combine Giraffe Manor with a luxury big 5 safari
Kenya safari and Diani beach holiday
9 days bush and beach safari
Kenya migration safari holiday
Experience the Migration Season in Maasai Mara and Naboisho
Masai Mara luxury camp holiday, Kenya
5 Days Safari to Leopard Hill and Mara Naboisho
Family Kenya safari & beach holiday, tailormade
Luxury tailormade safari and beach holidays in Kenya
Complete Kenya safari
Tailor-made safari in Kenya's best wildlife-watching regions
Best of Africa holiday, Nairobi to Cape Town
Experience the ultimate overland Africa adventure
Family safari in Kenya with the Maasai
Wild Family Safari
Kenya national parks safari holiday
Incredible wildlife at Amboseli, Hells Gate and the Masai Mara
Masai Mara luxury camping safari in Kenya
6 Days Safari to Leopard Hill and Mara Naboisho Conservancy
Kenya family safari holiday, wildlife & beaches
12-day family safari staying in private family safari houses
East Africa and Zanzibar holiday
The perfect contrast of Safari and Beach
Family safari and beach holidays in Kenya
A life enriching family safari and beach trip
Birding holiday in Kenya
Classic Kenya - 9 day birding holiday
Kenya walking safari in the Masai Mara
Walk and experience Maasai culture and spectacular wildlife
Kenya & Uganda small group holiday
Magnificent Lakes and Wildlife parks of Kenya
Uganda and Kenya overland truck tour
Overland adventure in East Africa
Kenya, Uganda & Rwanda overland tour
Overland tour of East African National Parks
Kenya lion safari, tailor made
An experience of a lifetime with the African lions
Wildebeest migration safari in Kenya
Experience the great wildebeest migration in Masai Mara
Masai Mara safari & volunteering holiday in Kenya
Volunteer in rural Maasai communities in Kenya
Rwanda, Kenya & Uganda wildlife holiday, on a shoestring
Journey from Kigali to Nairobi in 11 days
Masai Mara fly in safari, Kenya
Short on time? Fly in Kenya for maximum adventure!
What we rate & what we don't
Rift Valley
Conservancies
Two wheels good
The Centre & North
Game drives
The Masai Mara
Maasai culture
The coast
Carnivore Restaurant
Volunteering with vulnerable children
Haller Park
All-inclusive resorts
Food, shopping & people
Eating & Drinking
The ubiquitous ugali is rarely a traveller favourite. The local staple is a tasteless paste of maize flour and water.Corn on the cob is roasted on roadside grills – a tasty snack when travelling. It’s extra good with lime and chilli.
Indian influences include spiced biryani, chapatis and sweet, milky chai.
Non-alcoholic Stoney Tangawizi is a super refreshing, and tongue-tingly gingery beer!


Our top Kenya Holiday
Family cycling holiday in Kenya & Tanzania
Family Biking and camping adventure in Kenya and Tanzania
2020: 4 Jul
People & language
Gifts & Shopping
You may love the idea of having your own baby elephant – so how about fostering one through the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust? Saves you having to figure out how to squeeze it in your suitcase…Bombolulu in Mombasa works with over 100 craftspeople – many of whom have disabilities. Their gorgeous products include bags, jewellery and wood carvings.
Buy a kanga – a colourful wraparound with Swahiki sayings printed on them. Useful as a towel, sarong, scarf, cover-up – and a lovely, authentic souvenir.
Never purchase items made from endangered species – including ivory, coral or turtle shell.


How much does it cost?
Corn on the cob on the street - 14p
Bottle of Tusker beer - £1.30
Entry to Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage - £3.50
A Shilling is known locally as a “bob”
– after the old UK shilling coins.