Kenya travel guide
Before you go to Kenya
- Currency
- KES KSh
- Emergency number
- 999 / 999
- Plug type
- G
- Tap water
- bottled
- Tipping
- appreciated
- Bargaining
- Common
- eSIM
- Available
- Card networks
- Visa, Mastercard
- ATM fees
- KES 400-600 per withdrawal for foreign cards, plus your home-bank fee
Cities in Kenya
- Nairobi Kenya's capital and safari gateway — a national park on the city edge, elephant and giraffe sanctuaries, museums and a lively food scene.
- Mombasa Kenya's historic Indian Ocean port — UNESCO-listed Fort Jesus, a Swahili Old Town, and the palm-lined beaches of Nyali, Bamburi and Shanzu.
- Diani Beach A palm-fringed white-sand beach on the south coast near Ukunda, known for kitesurfing, coral reefs and the Colobus monkeys of Diani forest.
- Maasai Mara Kenya's flagship safari destination — big-cat country and the stage for the Great Migration river crossings between July and October.
- Amboseli Elephant country beneath Mount Kilimanjaro — Amboseli National Park offers Kenya's classic big-tusker and snow-capped-mountain backdrops.
- Malindi Historic Swahili and Portuguese-heritage coastal town on Kenya's north coast, with its own marine national park, old-town waterfront and…
- Nakuru Rift Valley town beside Lake Nakuru National Park — flamingos, rhino sanctuary, the vast Menengai Crater and prehistoric Hyrax Hill.
- Watamu Small coastal town on Kenya's north coast, about 17 km south of Malindi, built around its own UNESCO-listed Watamu Marine National Park,…