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- <text id=93CT1747>
- <title>
- Kenya--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Southern Africa
- Kenya
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Climate and clothing: Light- and medium-weight clothing is
- worn most of the year. Sweaters and light raincoats are needed
- during the rainy seasons.
- </p>
- <p> Customs: US citizens entering Kenya need a passport and visa.
- </p>
- <p> Health: No special precautions are required in Nairobi, and
- adequate hospital and outpatient treatment is available in the
- city. Outside the capital, avoid tapwater and unwashed fruits
- and vegetables. If possible, take antimalarial tablets. Yellow
- fever, polio, typhoid, and hepatitis immunizations are
- recommended for travelers to remote areas.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Many international airlines serve Nairobi.
- Most major towns are linked by Kenya Airways flights, good
- passenger train services, and intercity bus services. Places of
- special tourist interest are served by local light-aircraft
- companies. Taxis are abundant in Nairobi. Direct travel between
- Kenya and Tanzania may be impossible--check ahead.
- Nonessential travel by Americans into Uganda is discouraged.
- </p>
- <p> Kenya is seven time zones ahead of eastern standard time and
- does not observe daylight-saving time.
- </p>
- <p> Tourist attractions: Masai Mara game reserve, Amboseli
- National Park, Tsavo National Park, Aberdare National Park,
- Lake Nakuru (flamingo sanctuary), Mombasa (beach and ocean
- sports), Nairobi National Park, National Museum of Kenya.
- </p>
- <p> National holidays: The US Embassy is closed on the following
- Kenyan national holidays; shops and businesses are also closed.
- </p>
- <p> New Year's Day, January 1; Good Friday*; Easter Monday*;
- Labor Day, May 1; Madaraka Day, June 1; Id-ul-Fitr*; Kenyatta Day,
- October 20; Independence Day, December 12; Christmas Day, December 25;
- Boxing Day, December 26.
- </p>
- <p>
- *Date varies.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- January 1988.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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