Travel planning
Kenya Travel Safety Guide
Kenya is Level 2 overall and parts of it are advised against entirely. Which parts, why, and the one exemption that matters to visitors.
Every Echoes of Africa guide and essay filed under Kenya: entry rules, safety, money, transport, packing, food, culture, festivals and heritage.
Travel planning
Getting Around Kenya
Matatus, boda bodas, the Madaraka Express and light aircraft. How Kenya actually moves, and which of it suits a first visit.
Travel planning
Kenya Packing List
Kenya is hot at the coast, cold at altitude and dusty in a vehicle, often in one day. What to put in the bag, and the luggage limit that decides it.
Travel planning
Kenya Currency and Money Guide
Kenya runs on mobile money to a degree that surprises visitors. What that means for a traveler carrying a foreign card and some cash.
Travel planning
Kenya Visa and Entry Requirements
Kenya no longer issues most tourist visas. You apply online for an Electronic Travel Authorisation instead, and it is not the same thing.
Travel Planning
Best Time to Visit Kenya
Kenya has two rainy seasons, two dry ones and a coast that ignores the highlands. A month by month reading of when to go and why.
Destination Guide
What to Know Before Visiting Kenya
Most Kenya coverage is safari marketing. What the seasons actually mean, why "the migration" is not a date, and the country beyond the parks.
Destination
Kenya
The Rift Valley, the Mara migration, Swahili coastal cities, and a conservation model that has been argued over for fifty years.