Kenya: getting There & Getting around
Getting There
National Airline is Kenya Airways
The main international airport is Nairobi (NBO) which is about 16 km the city. There are buses every 20 minutes scheduled to the city. Taxis are also available, it is reccommended to agree on a price before departure.
Mombaba (MBA) international airport is 8 km from the city. there is a regular bus service and taxis available to the city.
Zanzibar: Service from Mombasa
Mauritius: Services to / from Mombasa
Seychelles: services to / from Mombasa
Tanzania: services from Kisumu, Kenya to Mwanza, Musoma & Bukoba. serives from Mombabs to Pemba and Zanzibar
Somalia: Services from and to Mombasa.
Kenya Railways operate avrious sevices:
from Mombasa via Nairobi to Uganda
Kenya to Tanzania
From Tanzania: main border posts are Lunga Lunga and Namanga
from Uganda: border points are at Buisa and Malaba
Getting Around
Kenya Airways and Air Kenya offer a wide of range of flights aroud the regio including to Lamu, Malindi, Mombasa, Kilimanjaro, Amboseli, Masai Mara and Samburu.
Ferries run between Mombasa, Malinda and Lamu. Or you can hire a traditional dhow from any of these places.
Kenyan Railways operates services between Mombasa and Nairobi, and Kisumu and Taveta. Services are often overnight, so if you want o get off anywhere between the start and end you will arrive in the middle of the night. The trains are quite modern, and there are usually sleeping compartments and the dining cars are good.
Roads are genrally in a good condition in the southern part of the country, and less good to the north. but there are highways with regular petrol services. Car hire is available but there are usually excess mileage charges, or companies insist on expensive 4 x 4 vehilces.
Buses: run regularly between towns and cities. They can be crowded.