Product Description

Kenya has something to offer all types of travellers, and its long experience with visitors means you can expect the highest quality of services throughout the country. You can gaze upon snow-capped peaks and sun-baked plains. Dive into the warm waters of Kenya's beautiful coastline or drift in a hot-air balloon over the spectacular Masai Mara as the sun rises. This first edition of the Footprint guide will give you information on where to stay from luxury lodges to highland huts as well as the best places to dine. Listen to African beats and Swahili accents or venture on a safari across the Kenyan savannah. Learn about the best places for deep-sea fishing and high-altitude climbing. Abounding with colour maps and an animal spotting guide, Footprint's guide to Kenya captures the spirit of real travel in East Africa's most popular tourist destination.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #291015 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-25
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Synopsis
Kenya has something to offer all types of traveller and its long experience with visitors means you can expect the highest quality of services throughout the country. There is such a diverse range of things to see and do, from diving in the warm waters of its beautiful coastline to drifting in a hot-air balloon over the spectacular Masai Mara as the sun rises. Footprint's first edition to Kenya captures the spirit of real travel in East Africa's most popular tourist destination. Objective recommendations of the best places to stay, from luxury tented camps to coastal hideaways. Fascinating insights into Kenya's history and culture. Everything you need to know on diving and safaris. 32-pages of full colour animal spotting guide. Detailed colour maps and extensive transport information to help you plan your trip

From the Publisher
There is a passion for travel and discovery at Footprint that has been reflected in our publishing since the South American Handbook was first published back in 1924. More than 80 years on, our aim is still simple: to give travellers a refreshingly different view that helps them to follow their own route and have a unique, memorable experience. Over 100 current guides reflect the many ways in which people enjoy independent travel; whether exploring ancient sites, seeking an adrenalin-filled adventure or relaxing on the beach, our authors do all they can to bring our customers the very best of each destination we cover.

Who are Footprint's™ customers?
Footprint books are used by seasoned travellers of all ages and nationalities. What they have in common is a determination to travel independently and to get their own unique experience of the world. Footprint customers love adventure, are resourceful and enjoy getting off the beaten track. They are inquisitive about different cultures and sensitive towards the communities they encounter.

What makes Footprint different?
An ever-increasing number of travellers are discovering Footprint books, taking them on trips, enjoying an approach to travel that is distinctly different from other guides.

These are the features of the books most valued by experienced travellers:
The authors of Footprint guides have a depth of knowledge and passion for the destination, which ensures that the books are always detailed and accurate. They show places to eat, sleep and visit that are away from the tourist haunts and are often known only to the locals.

The books provide a wide range of options for travellers seeking out the very best activities and adventures. This gives travellers the freedom to explore off the beaten track, providing unique, memorable experiences.

About the Author
Originally from London, Lizzie Williams has worked and lived in Africa for 12 years, starting as an expedition leader on trips across the continent on overland trucks, including the Istanbul to Cape Town run. She is now something of an expert on border crossings and African beer and has sat with a gorilla, slept amongst elephants, swam with a hippo, and fed a giraffe. Lizzie has travelled independently to over 20 African countries and could feasibly have driven many hundreds of thousands of kilometres through Africa. She has spent lengthy periods working in Zimbabwe running an overland stop and tour company specialising in Mozambique and in South Africa as a manager of a backpacker's lodge equipped to receive overland trucks. She is the co-author of Footprint South Africa, author of Footprint Kenya, and has updated both Footprint Namibia and the Rough Guide to Turkey. She is also the author of the first country-specific book to Nigeria, the Bradt Guide to Nigeria.!
She has written overlandafrica.com, a leading website on the overland industry in Africa, contributed Africa destination guides to US websites, including iexplore and Yahoo, and written Africa Overland, a souvenir coffee-table book on the Kenya to Cape overland route. Lizzie writes full time and, when not on the road, lives in Cape Town.