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The Independent Kenya Travel Guide
This website offers independent information. Unlike all to many government and official tourist websites, with their obvious interests, I won't hide the negative things behind the positive. As a professional journalist I'm telling it like I found it. The No. 1 Safari CountryThe scenery is often breath taking - Kenyan wildlife resorts are among the best of Africa. During your safari, you can camp in the parks or stay in luxury lodges or tented camps – right between the wild animals.
Art poster - View at Allposters.com The Best Beaches Of East AfricaThe coast also allows for some world-class diving or sailing in traditional dhow vessels. The fresh sea food at the coast is just delicious. And culturally, the coast has lots to offer too – African, Arab and Indian cultures have mixed for ages here, creating the world famous Swahili culture and language. It’s possible to visit traditional tribes like the Masai or Samburu throughout the country, as well. Even if you don’t know it, you have probably seen pictures before of these proud, tall warriors dressed in red, who are famous for their jump dances. They still live in straw huts, herd cattle and perform their daring rites of passage like their ancestors have been doing for thousands of years. They can tell visitors about their customs and beliefs, and perform dance ceremonies for them.
Visit the photo gallery or the movies page if you’d like to get an idea of what Kenya is all about. Or scroll through the travel story archive – a great place to get excited about your upcoming trip!
Art poster - View at Allposters.com But Make Sure Your Trip Is Well Prepared!A trip to Kenya isn’t your rank-and-file vacation. If you’re coming from North America, Europe or Australia, then Africa is just another planet. You have to be well prepared. Because not everything in Africa is all sunshine. Kenya also has a major problem with corruption and poverty, and you have to be well informed about the famous bargaining (or you'll pay triple the price), about conmen (easy to spot once you know how), food security, which places are safe and which are not, and on... Official websites are not so eager to point this out to you. But don't worry - if you have read this website, you'll be fully prepared and the chances that something unpleasant will happen to you, are really very small. So you can have the vacation of a lifetime! Luckily, the political unrest of the first weeks of 2008 seems to be behind us now. I’m keeping you updated on my travel advice page. All in all, you can find all the information you need to prepare your trip right here.
Kenya art poster - View at Allposters.com There are two ways to get the latest news from Kenya-Advisor.com. The first is through my RSS feed. Just right-click on the RSS/XML button below the main menu on the left. RSS sounds techie but it actually is a very simple way to get automatic notifications of news from this website, in a way that you totally control, and without you having to give out your email address. What's RSS? However, if you prefer email, you can also subscribe to my free e-zine, "Letters From Nairobi". Read the latest in-the-know tips, travel stories from people like you and me, special offers, etc. As a "thank you" for subscribing you’ll receive these three gifts:
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