2. Getting there
How to get there: Fly from Dublin to Dubai and then
on to Kenya with Emirates.
Dublin Airport (DUB) 7hr 35min
Dubai International Airport (DXB)
Dubai International Airport (DXB) 5hr 00min
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)
Cost of Flights(Return):€862.26
It is better to go during the dry season which falls
from January-March and July-October.

3. Recommended Vaccinations
 Routine shots: if not up to date-measles mumps and
rubella vaccination, diphtheria/ pertussis/tetanus vaccine
and poliovirus vaccine.
 Hepatitis A: Recommended for all unvaccinated people
travelling to the country.
 Typhoid: Recommended for all those travelling to east
Africa.
 Yellow fever: Recommended if travelling to some parts
of Kenya but not if travelling to Nairobi or Mombasa.
 Rabies: Recommended for travellers spending a lot of
time outdoors. Children are considered at higher risk
because they may receive bites and not report them.
They might also play in long grass or play with animals
that are carrying the disease

4. Places to Visit
 Nairobi, capital of Kenya, is situated in the
highlands of the southern part of the country.
Nairobi is Kenya's principal economic,
administrative, and cultural centre and is one of
the largest and fastest growing cities in Africa.
Manufactures include processed food, textiles,
clothing, building materials, and communications
and transportation equipment. The city also has a
large tourist industry. Hotels at €33 per night.
 Malindi is the second largest coastal town in
Kenya. The town is on Malindi Bay at the mouth of
the Galana River, lying on the Indian Ocean coast
of Kenya. Hotels from €15 per night.
 Mombasa is the second largest city in kenya.
Situated on the east coast of Kenya, Mombasa's
bordering the India Ocean made it a historical
trading centre. Hotels at €30 per night.

5. Top attractions
Samburu National Malindi provides an Hell’s Gate National Park
Reserve is a very introduction to the coastal is a small park which was
peaceful national tourist attractions in once a tributary of a
park in Northern Kenya with its extensive prehistoric lake. It is unique
Kenya. It attracts coral reefs and beaches. among Kenya’s wildlife
wildlife because of There are surfing, parks, as you are allowed to
the Uaso Nyiro River snorkelling, deep-sea walk or cycle without a
that runs through it fishing and other water guide. There’s lots scenery,
and because of the sports. The Malindi with steep cliffs, and basalt
mixture of forest and Marine National Park is columns. The national park
grassland vegetation. protected and has fine is home to a wide variety of
beaches clear water and wildlife.
very colourful fish.

6. Top attractions
The Maasai Mara National Adventures Aloft flies Mount Kenya remains
is a large game reserve in daily in the Masai Mara Africa’s second tallest
south-western Kenya. It is game reserve. Flights peak and is often
famous for its population of take off at 6.30 each considered a more
lions, leopards and cheetahs, morning in time with the challenging climb than
game, and the annual sunrise. It is quite mount Kilimanjaro in
migration of zebra, expensive, at €340 per Tanzania. The scenery is
Thomson's gazelle, and person, however it is marked by incredible
wildebeest to and from the worth it as you get to see views of Kenya and even
Serengeti every year from everything from a birds great glimpses of Mount
July to October, known as the eye view as the sun rises. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Great Migration

7. Greeting Customs
The most common greeting is ‘Jambo?’ which
means ‘how are you?’. It is said before a
handshake.
When greeting an elder or someone of higher
status, grasp the right wrist with the left hand
while shaking hands to demonstrate respect.
Women over the age of 21 are often
addressed as “Mama” and men over the age of
35 are often addressed as “Mzee”. Children
generally refer to adults as Aunt or Uncle,
even if they are not related.

8. Kenyan Cuisine
 Traditional Kenyan foods reflect the many different
lifestyles of the various groups in the country.
 Staple foods consist mainly of corn, maize, potatoes,
and beans.
 Ugali and meat are typically eaten inland, while the
coastal peoples eat a more varied diet.
 The foods that are eaten universally in Kenya are Ugali,
Sukuma wiki and nyama choma.
 Some snacks include samosas and maandazi.