Product Description

The Rough Guide to Kenya is the ultimate guide to East Africa's best known destination. From the live music in Nairobi to the Turkana overland safaris, the 24-page, full-colour section introduces all of the country's highlights. The guide includes details for all the best places to stay, eat and drink, to suit every budget, plus the new 'Author's Picks' feature to highlight the very best options. There is plenty of practical advice on getting the most out of Kenya, from the well-known safari parks to the little-known reserves. The guide looks at Kenya's history, politics and culture and comes complete with maps and plans for every region.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #107660 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 704 pages

About the Author
Richard Trillo has been visiting Africa since 1978. He is the co-author of Rough Guides to West Africa and The Gambia and is Director of Communications for Rough Guides in London.

Customer Reviews

Best Kenya guidebook
If you're getting a guide, I recommend this, it has much more useful information than the other two guides I have, plus useful maps and wildlife photos. Fab!

Ample information but lacks photos
This is my first purchase of Rough Guide and I'm already a big fan. Unlike other guidebooks, Rough Guide gives ample information on everything you need to know to organize your trip, be it recommendations on sights, hotels, restaurant, tour ooperators, and even supermarkets. It starts off with 20 Kenyan highlights you can't miss and then detailed description of each region of Kenya. All information is useful. It also takes you to less touristy places and give stright forward opnions on those big touristy wild life reserves. Overall, I'm very happy with this guide book. The only thing they need to improve is to put more colorful visual aids. For now, there're not that many photos, and all of them is in black and white. So if you like lots of photos, Eyewitness is a better choice.

Not bad
The book is good for background info and general orientation, but a bit dated on hotels, restaurants and bars.

For Nairobi, the info on the central district is pretty good but it doesn't really do the suburbs any justice at all.