Travel Tips

You do not need a week off to spend time in the Kenya people travel across the world to see. Five escapes within a few hours of the city, and what each one is actually good for.

Kenya's coast is fringed by reef for most of its length, and much of it sits inside marine parks that have been protected since the 1960s. Where to go, when the water is clearest, and how to snorkel without damaging what you came to see.

The Madaraka Express crosses Tsavo in about five hours, and passengers regularly see elephant and giraffe from the window. What the journey is actually like, and when to take it instead of flying.