Transport around Nairobi

Transport around Nairobi

Nairobi is notorious for its traffic jams. We will be driven from the Airport to The Somak Lounge, then later to the Elephant Sanctuary and Giraffe centre and eventually to our hotel.       I will give an overview of the bits of Nairobi we see. There should be no...
The Somak Lounge Nairobi

The Somak Lounge Nairobi

[vr url="wp-content/uploads/2019/07/R0010111_20190623061246.jpg" view=360] From the airport we will be taken to the Somak Lounge to freshen up before our days adventure. I will write more on how this all went once we have completed this part of the journey, including:...
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Our aim is to: Pick up our hold baggage. Clear immigration. Pick up cash from a cash machine. Obtain our Safaricom SIM cards for our Mobile Phones. Top up our SIM cards for phone calls and add a Data plan. (See our section Communications in Kenya) Register our Kenya...
Flying to Kenya

Flying to Kenya

We aim to be at Manchester Airport at 11am with boarding cards we have printed ourselves at home. We will then drop our hold baggage at the baggage drop off point then proceed through security to a Lounge (Lounge pass included as part of our Santander World Elite...
Packing for Kenya

Packing for Kenya

Packing was novel for us as we are used to only taking hand baggage. All of a sudden, our package included 2 x 23kg hold bags each, on top of our cabin baggage. I don’t think I have 46kg of clothing. The good news is that I can put all my cheaper electrical goods...