Experience Kenya Communications Ltd

For travellers aged one year & above and coming from high risk areas (i.e. along the tropics 20 deg N and 10 deg S), a certificate of vaccination against Yellow Fever is the only requirement. Visitors from the rest of the globe are not affected by this requirement.

Before you embark on your trip, remember to consult your local physician for help on any other vaccinations.

In order to reduce the chances of infection with malaria, visitors are advised to:

• Take anti-malarial drugs before, during and after the trip
• Apply mosquito repellent creams
• Wear cover-up clothing during evenings or
• Sleep under treated mosquito nets

Clean drinking water is readily available in most accommodation facilities like hotels and lodges. However, if in doubt, one should only take bottled mineral water which is also available in a majority of hotels and retail stores

We recommend the following institutions for urgent in-patient and out-patient medical services:

                                               
*I. Strictly for emergency cases involving serious illness or injury while on safari out of Nairobi.
 II. Note that special membership for up to one month can be arranged with the Flying Doctors Society but non-members will be obliged to foot the cost of the flight.

For the better part, Kenya’s climatic zones are typical of the tropics with its geographic features contributing significantly to the weather patterns experienced. This is despite the fact that Kenya straddles the equator. The climate is generally monsoonal with the NE & SE monsoons dominating.

The capital rises to an altitude of about 1700 m so the risk of succumbing to tropical disease is somewhat less in comparison to other parts of the country.

There are four distinct seasons:

Season             Period              Temperatures/ Rainfall/ Humidity*

Warm-dry         Jan- Mar           12-25 deg C/ 80 mm per month/ 46%
  
Long-rainy       Mar- Jun           Cool, warm & sunny intervals/ up to 200 mm per month

Cool-dry           Jun- Oct            10-21 deg C, cloudy/ negligible/ low-level moisture

Short-rainy       Oct- Dec           Warm & sunny intervals/ 160 mm per month

*Figures are for Nairobi