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
Our favourite Kenya Blogs (beta)
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Better Together
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 18 June 2009
Joel Carlman – Kisumu, Kenya – KF8 Hello from Kisumu, Kenya! After 36 hours of flying and several very sound nights of sleep, I’m writing you from the offices of Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (K-MET), our Kiva field partner! I say our because I have the privilege of working alongside my wife, Alison [...]
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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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Annan acts on Kenya poll suspects
9 July 2009 5:26PM
Mediator Kofi Annan hands names of suspects involved in Kenya's post-election violence to the International Criminal Court.
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Family robbed at Kenyan hospital
9 July 2009 12:38PM
The children of a woman injured in Kenya while working for a charity have been robbed while in hospital with their mother.
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African view: Shipshape for Obama?
9 July 2009 6:50AM
In our series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, Elizabeth Ohene, a former minister in Ghana, looks forward to US President Barack Obama's visit to Africa.
