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fiogf49gjkf0d THE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION IN KENYA HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED INTO THE FOLLOWING:- TOWN HOTELS, VACATION HOTELS, LODGES AND TENTED CAMPS. HOTELS AND LODGES ARE CLASSIFIED FROM ONE TO FIVE STAR RATING. TENTED CAMPS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO A AND B. ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES OF LARGE SAFARI TENTS WITH A PRIVATE SHOWER AND TOILET FACILITIES BEHIND EACH TENT. IN THE CAPITAL NAIROBI THERE ARE A VARIETY OF HOTELS RANGING FROM 5 TO 2 STAR. MANY OF THE LARGE INTERNATIONAL CHAINS ARE REPRESENTED. HOTELS EXIST ALSO AT THE FOLLOWING:- NORO MORU, KERICHO, KISUMU, HOMA BAY, MTITO ANDEI, MOMBASA, LIKONI, NAIVASHA, NYERI DIANI, KAKAMEGA, ELDORET, ISIOLO, LAKE TURKANA, SHIMONI, BAMBURI, SHANZU, KIKAMBALA, WATAMU, MALINDI, LAMU AND NYALI.
THE NATIONAL PARKS ACCOMMODATION: --------------------------------- ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK THERE ARE SEVERAL HOTELS. AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK THERE ARE 3 LODGES. MERU NATIONAL PARK THERE IS 1 LODGE. LAKE BOGORIA NATIONAL PARK THERE IS A CAMP AND CLUB. MARALAL GAME SANCTURAY THERE IS 1 SAFARI LODGE. MARSABIT THERE IS A LODGE. MASAI MARA NATIONAL PARK THERE IS A CAMP AND 3 LODGES. LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK THERE ARE 2 LODGES. MOUNT ELGON NATIONAL PARK THERE IS A LODGE. MOUNT KENYA THERE IS A MOUNTAIN LODGE. SAMBURA/SHABA BUFFALO SPRINGS NATIONAL RESERVES THERE ARE THREE LODGES. TSAVO WEST NATIONAL PARK THERE ARE FOUR SAFARI LODGES. TSAVO EAST THERE IS ONE SAFARI LODGE. CAMPING ------- CAMPSITES ARE AVAILABLE IN ALL THE RESERVES AND PARKS AS WELL AS IN NAIROBI AND AT THE COAST. SOME OF THE SITES ARE AS FOLLOWS:- ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK/NYANDARUA MOUNTAINS THERE ARE SITES WITHOUT FACILITIES AT MAGURA, GACHAGE, MWATHE, KIGURU, CHANIA, HONI AND WANDARI. AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK THERE ARE SEVERAL SITES NOT FAR FROM AMBOSELI LODGE. LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK SITES ARE AVAILABLE AT NJORO RIVER MAGADI AND MAKALIA. MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE SEVERAL SITES ARE AVAILABLE. RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE THROUGH THE GAME DEPARTMENT NEAR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN NAIROBI. MERU NATIONAL PARK SEVERAL SITES AVAILABLE AT BISANDI, KAMPI YA NYATI, KANJOO, KINANI, MUGUNGA AND ROJEWERO.
MOUNT ELGON NATIONAL PARK APPLY AT THE ENTRANCE FOR ONE OF THE SITES. THE SITES ARE AT RONGAI, ENDEBESS, KASAWAI, SAITO DAM AND KIPTOGOT. MOUNT KENYA NATIONAL PARK CAMPING IS PERMITTED AT WILL ON THE MOUNTAIN ITSELF. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL MOUNTAIN HUTS. THESE MUST BE RESERVED WITH NARO MORU RIVER LODGE, PO BOX 18 NARO MORU SAMBURU AND BUFFALO SPRINGS GAME RESERVE SEVERAL SITES ALONG CHAMPAGNE RIDGE - THERE ARE NO FACILITIES. FEES MUST BE PAID AT THE RESERVE ENTRANCE. SHIMBA HILLS NATIONAL PARK THERE ARE TWO SITES AND SOME UNFURNISHED COTTAGES. TSAVO NATIONAL PARK EAST SITES NEAR VOI ENTRANCE AND ARUBA SELF SERVICE LODGE.
TSAVO NATIONAL PARK WEST SITES AT TSAVO RIVER GATE, MTITO ANDEI GATE WITH FACILITIES. ALSO CHYULU GATE WHERE THERE ARE THATCHED TENT SHELTERS. NAIVASHA SITES AT THE MARINA, THE SAFARILAND CLUB ALL FACILITIES. NARO MORU THIS IS THE USUAL BASE FOR CLIMBING AND WALKING ON MOUNT KENYA. THERE IS A LARGE CAMPING AREA WITH ALL FACILITIES. THE KENYA COAST CAMPING SITES ----------------------------- MALINDI - NORTH COAST. SILVERSANDS ALL FACILITIES. KIKAMBALA - NORTH COAST. 15MILES NORTH OF MOMBASA. ALL FACILITIES. TIWI - SOUTH COAST ALL FACILITIES.
DIANI - SOUTH COAST. THERE IS A SITE AT THE TRADE WINDS HOTEL. YOUTH HOSTELS ------------- THERE ARE YOUTH HOSTELS IN ALL MAJOR TOWNS.
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