KISUMU

KISUMU

This pleasant, sleepy town on the shores of the lake is the main town in the Western Highlands and the third biggest town in the country. In 1901 it became the administration centre of the area with the completion of the railway line from Mombasa. For decades it was...
NAIROBI CITY

NAIROBI CITY

Nairobi city is the financial and administrative capital province of Kenya, located in Eastern Africa 100 degrees North, 38 degrees East. It was founded in the late 1890s when the Kenya-Uganda railway reached a point at which the indigenous Maasai people called Uaso...
MALINDI

MALINDI

Malindi is the second largest coastal town of Kenya. Malindi Municipality has today a population of about 145,000 inhabitants (in the year 1999) with the two most important townships namely Malindi (app. 81,000 inhabitants) and Watamu (app. 17,000 inhabitants). It is...
MOMBASA CITY

MOMBASA CITY

By the 15th century this important port was a thriving, sophisticated city with established trade routes to China, Persia, and India. Today Mombasa city continues to be the largest port on the East African coast serving the countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and...
LAMU ISLAND

LAMU ISLAND

The Exotic Island of Lamu Cast into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya, the island and town of Lamu is heir to a distinctive tradition over a thousand years old. The Swahili culture and style of Lamu are a mix of East African, Omani, Yemeni, Indian, and some...