hello it's me and this time i'm back with some more information about kenya so if
you're looking to plan a trip to kenya you will need a little bit of a prep it's not
somewhere you just get up and go one day it is a beautiful beautiful country in eastern africa
and there's a lot to see and do in kenya so let's get right on to the information
and let's start with visas there is an e-visa service that you can get
almost everyone can get that from 2021 it is recommended that you get the visa instead of
on arrival i would highly recommend it because it's very easy very quick
getting to kenya is quite easy it's very well connected there's a lot of international airlines
that flow in and out of kenya there's a lot of in airports internally airstrips and there's
a lot of chartered planes you can catch there's ferries i mean it's quite easy to go to kenya
and inside kenya when it comes to flights and airports you have to be careful though because
they are most of the flights are usually late or there are changes to schedule
usually a short notice so make sure if you're booking connecting flights you
have a little bit of a buffer in between your flights that's gonna really help you
i would not recommend driving in kenya the roads are really bad and i'm talking about some really
touristy places where it is a nightmare to drive especially if you're not a confident driver
it's quite easy actually to get public transport there's daladala
not recommended again because you need the idea of local routes and where they go and
also quite heavily involved in road accidents you can easily get uber or bolt
but the fun thing is you can not only get the cars you can also get the tuk-tuks and
the bikes which i really loved and that was the best way to travel around especially nairobi when
the traffic was really bad one word of advice though do register your account to your local
number and choose the cash option because they don't like it if you're paying by card
i would recommend you get safari com sim card it is the coverage is really good and they also
involve with m-pesa which is used to transfer money throughout the country it's probably
the easiest way which brings me to money so the currency is called shilling it's also called bomb
but a lot of banks charge you quite a lot for transaction fees you can check the link in the
description for some of the banks that i found that do not charge transaction fees
so in bigger cities card payments are quite common but in smaller places you will need cash
so I always recommend you keep at least a little bit of cash on you dollars and shillings both not
just dollars because we'll go to a lot of places where they just won't accept dollars so keep both
so they didn't check the yellow fever but it is recommended that you get that also make sure
you bring some anti-malarial they don't really suit me i start getting these weight nightmares
so i just stuck to the mosquito repellent in all fairness i haven't really seen a lot of mosquitoes
around most of the accommodations do come with mosquito nets so that's quite useful
i love them they are really lively really friendly and really helpful i met so many
people and every single one of them was just absolutely amazing i made so many friends and i
really really liked it racism really isn't a thing here they're really friendly to everyone
especially if you're a foreigner they will make you feel right at home
it is generally quite safe especially when you are in conservancies or national parks and all nairobi
can be quite dangerous though so i would not recommend going around on your own
especially after dark during the day it's not too bad especially if you're a guy
most of the places in kenya don't have any sun beds and beach towels and all so make sure you
bring your own or you just buy some it's quite easily available at the beaches make sure you also
bring some good quality sunblock you will needed but the most important things that are really
regretted now bringing are an underwater camera some snorkeling gear most importantly some lenses
to zoom in for the safari so you can buy these small lenses that you can attach to your phone and
those help you you know zoom in a lot more if you are really looking to enjoy your safari
i would also recommend getting some binoculars because a lot of the times animals are quite far
i didn't really like it in kenya probably the most disappointing part of the entire
three four weeks that i spent in kenya i just couldn't get into it the food just wasn't that
great even at good restaurants and places it just wasn't i tried a lot of niumachoma around
not good the only places i really liked the food was the coastal areas but that's mostly
seafood and it was fresh and it was great on that note you can't drink the tap water
here so make sure you bring yourself a refillable bottle get a big you know
5-10 liter bottle and just refill it for the day a lot of national parks also won't allow
you to take plastic bottles inside so make sure you take the refillable bottles with you
kenya is great for safari there's so many beautiful national parks and they
are excellent you get so much variety in so many places i would recommend you check the other
videos that i did for all pajetta near mount kenya masai mara which is obviously world famous and
there's so many other places you can go to that have excellent amazing opportunities but i would
recommend you book it in advance because and work with small local companies they will give you a
much much better rate compared to the big ones i checked a few companies on google maps in nairobi
central business district and then i called a few told them what my requirements were they all
sent me the codes and fairly good itinerary and then i okayed one and i just went with
them and that worked out much much better the other tours i would recommend when you
get here book it on the ground like if you're going for a day trip to an island or something
then i would recommend booking in on the ground because then you can also negotiate
it's much cheaper much cheaper compared to the online prices that you will see trust me
animal welfare is a huge huge part of safari i've seen people acting absolutely abhorrently throwing
rocks and things at animals so they would react you know they would get some footage
it's disgusting it's beyond disgusting you're there as a spectator i mean
be very careful you're just there to watch this is not you're not coming
to a circus you're not coming to a zoo you're not guaranteed that you will see every animal
they will try their best and they actually do try their best on safaris because you know they want
to make it memorable for you but please please please be very careful do not touch any animals
so some general advice service is quite slow there's a term for it here called pole pulling
polypolar basically in swahili means slowly slowly that really really applies to the service
most of the time so make sure whenever you're going for restaurants etc try to have a lot of
buffer between the time you order and when you want to eat so that when you get the food it's
um yeah you're not sitting there hungry cursing them and on that note be careful there are no
shopping bags allowed inside kenya which is great literally no shopping box you can't
bring any with you google locations are mostly not accurate you have to ask the locals where
you want to go they will generally point you they're very friendly and most of the
time people would just get up and just you know basically go with me to say okay there
that's the place you want to go to so that part is really helpful but don't rely on google alone
that brings us to a really important question i spent about three weeks and there was still a lot
more i could have done here sadly i was limited on time you can spend about a month and still
not get bored and still have a lot of things to do i would recommend at least seven to ten days
if you want a good experience in kenya any less than that you will be basically running around
the whole time in terms of things to do you can do safari here masaimara and if you want that famous
shot of mount kilimanjaro it's quite ironic that you actually get it from kenya despite
kilimanjaro being physically located in tanzania that's amboseli national park there's
so many other national parks small if you want to see rhinos and a lot of beautiful animals
in a small space much more guaranteed all pajetta near mount kenya that conservancy is really
uh great in terms of the coastal areas i visited dayani watamu and lamo i really loved all of
them but if i really had to choose again i would probably choose dany and especially lamu if you
just get two or three days for the coastal areas go to long it's great in terms of lakes there are
three very close to nairobi in terms of spending time in nairobi i would not recommend more than a
day or two to be honest i hope you found all this information really useful do check the link below
it has this and a lot more information all the relevant links about visas vaccinations etc etc
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