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A great experience and much safer and more convenient than the busses. In the price included is a dinner and a breakfast. Once you travel between Nairobi and Mombasa better take the train as there a too many road accidents....ok, you will need some more hours, but you will arrive safe and relaxed.
Unless you already live in Africa then flying is your best bet, in and out. A fun way to get around Kenya is by safari truck or landrovers, particularly when outside of the main cities. The taxi's in Nairobi are relatively cheap and will take you pretty much where you want to go, they are also friendly as well.If you want to get to Mombassa then there are several trains that leave Nairobi, there is also a bus. If you do want to get there slightly quicker, then there are several flights a day, though it is quite expensive, it is worth it for those extra few hours on the beach...
If you go to Kenya you should do this an overnight trip between the two cities. Its really cool as you get to go through the game parks and see the scenery. Also the train is pretty old with the rolling stock remnants of the British Empire. When I went you still got silver service for your meals, which was cool.Its not that expensive if you are tourist and its probably worth going 1st class or if there is a party of you 2nd class. A little rough and ready at times especially the toilets. But a great experience.
The sad good bye of my good friends:MACHARIA in the back. Thats JAMES KIPTOOin the front! My LAND-ROVER! I miss that also! Hope to see them sooner than later!Getting dropped off at MACUSHLA HOUSEjust outside NAIROBI. In 2004, my LAND-ROVER. Has just about it had. Will be using another truck in June.9/2002
I the Masai Mara we felt we had the best vehicle in the entire reserve! With open sides for optimum viewing and a roof to keep the sun off our pale bodies, tiered seating for additional visability, 4WD for difficult terrain, a great suspension for those bumpy tracks and just eight of us in a 13 seater vehicle, we were happy little bunnies!When booking a safari, it is worth checking the type of vehicle they offer, and whether or not they guarantee you a window seat.
It does work out rather more expensive to fly from one park to the next, but you can save many hours in the process. Most roads in Kenya are in a bad state, and you could easily spend the entire day travelling a distance which would take an hour to fly.
Most safaris take place is purpose built safari vehicles such as this one, where the roof lifts off to allow for better viewing. Some companies offer Guaranteed Window Seat, whereas others cram the bus completely full. Check that out before you book!
In the north of Kenya we travelled again with our own truck, hired in Arusha this time, after we had to leave our first truck in N'Djamena in Chad. Because of the problems in Darfur in Sudan, we couldn't travel overland and had to fly from Chad to Ethiopia. In the south of Ethiopia this truck from Tanzania came to pick us up and to bring us to Dar es Salam at the end of our trip. The Tanzanian driver of the truck from Arusha couldn't enter Ethiopia without visa. So a Kenyan driver from Nairobi, who didn't need a visa, was needed to cross the Ethiopian border to pick us up in Turmi in South Ethiopia with the Tanzanian truck.In Samburu National Reserve we had to say goodbye to this nice guy, because we should made a detour to the west and at this point he travelled straight to Nairobi, only 250 KM from here
In 2004 we entered Kenya by road, coming from Ethiopia. From the bordertown Moyale to our next stop Marsabit was a long drive of ten hours, because the road was in a rather bad condition. En route the landscape was dry and dusty. the wind was feeling like a hair-dryer. We saw many camels along the road. From Moyale to Marsabit and from Marsabit to the Samburu National Reserve all the vehicles mostly travel in convoy to minimise the danger of attacks. Travelling in convoy means you have to leave very early or wait for hours. We decided to hire a ''man with a gun'' ourselves in Moyale.
We didn't reach the Samburu National Reserve at the easy way from Nairobi from the south along mainly tarred roads. We came from the north from Marsabit and the Ethiopian border.From Marsabit it was a long and rough ride of about 10 hours, though it was only 260 KMs. En route it was extremely hot and dusty. Most of the time the area was rather flat and we hardly saw any traffic. Only a few hours before we reached Archers Post, we saw scenic rocks and mountains at the background
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