Product Description

Jambo! Welcome to Kenya, home of lion prides, nomadic tribes and city-smart nightclubbers, realm of equatorial glaciers, ochre-red deserts and tranquil Indian Ocean coves. Whether you want to watch wildlife, set out into the great unknown or chill on a beach, Lonely Planet helps you plan the African adventure of a lifetime.

Set Out On Safari - get the lowdown on choosing, planning and booking safaris for every budget.

Embrace The Outdoors - whether it's cruising the coast, ballooning over the Mara or trekking up Mt Kenya, we give you the when, where and how.

The Big Five - our 16-page color wildlife guide is your essential animal-spotting companion.

Rest Easy - accommodation options to suit all tastes, from back-to-nature bandas to luxury ecolodges.

Make Your Own Way - up-to-the-minute information on how to get around, be it by buzzing matatu or graceful dhow.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30006 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Review
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Language Notes
Text: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish

From the Publisher
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What We Believe
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Customer Reviews

Great guide - however...
I've used many of the Lonely Planet Guides on many of our travels, and this book is no exception to their other high quality books; the book provides background, advice and everything else you would expect from an LPG. Recent improvements have included better maps, more colour photos and a list of possible routes and top things to see. Very helpful for people that aren't planning to stay more that a couple of weeks.
The major problem with this book - and its really a problem with books in general, rather than the LPG, is that the prices in it are completely out of date; with the boom in oil prices, the fall in the dollar and the recent troubles in the country the amounts quoted for many things are very inaccurate. Overall a great book for a trip to Kenya, but use the internet before hand to get better pricing information.

Part of my travel kit
Although I am an experienced traveller, I always ensure that I bring along a copy of the Lonely Planet guide. Not only does it give me a flavour for the country I am to visit, but the guides are packed full of excellent tips from those who know the area. A Lonely Planet guide pays for itself - it is one of the essentials in my travel kit.

Comprehensive, but not the best out there.
This book was somewhat helpful when I recently spent two months in Kenya, but I found that some of the information was out of date (despite this being an updated edition) and there were many things that should have been mentioned that were not. Although it gives a great overview, for those who are going to be spending a substantial amount of time in Kenya, I would probably opt for the Rough Guide to Kenya, which was more thorough and much more accurate.