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Recreation and Travel : Kenya

Includes tourism, sports, food and drink, links to embassies, U.S. State Department advisories

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Clubs, Discos and Casinos in Mombasa (http://www.nationaudio.com/whatson/Entertainment/clubsm.html)
Names, addresses and telephone numbers of these types of entertainments in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa.

Information Kenya Channel (http://www.travelite.com/)
Offers a wide range of information from recipes for a “traditional” Kenyan meal to where to shop in Kenya, to information about the national economy.

Kenya Airways (http://www.kenya-airways.com/)
The site of the official national airline of Kenya.

Kenya Birds (http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/)
According to the site, there are more than 1100 species of birds in Kenya. Information about the species as well as advice on where best to observe them is offered.

Kenya Cricket Association (http://www-usa.cricket.org/link%5Fto%5Fdatabase/NATIONAL/ICC%5FMEMBERS/KENYA/)
Has sports information.

Kenya Golf Union (http://www.kgu.or.ke/)
Has information. about golf courses and events.

Kenya Wildlife Service (http://www.kws.org/)
Its mission is “to work with others to sustainably conserve, protect and manage Kenya's invaluable biodiversity for the benefit of the people of Kenya and as a world heritage.”

KenyaTourism.com (http://www.kenyatourism.com/)
“This is a collaborative site for providing information on Kenyan travel and tourism.” Visitors to the site are requested to send in reports about their experiences in Kenya. Also provides a number of links to sites offering a broader scope of information.

Kenyaweb (http://www.kenyaweb.com/index.php)
Arranges web links by broad subject and is also searchable by key word. In particular, the section on history is an excellent resource.

Lonely Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and environment. of that location.

MagicalKenya.com (http://www.magicalkenya.com/default.nsf/)
Offers a wealth of information for the traveler including visual tours of points of interest.

National Parks and Reserves: Kenya (http://www.kilimanjaro.com/kenya/parkke.htm)
Organizes information about 55 parks and reserves into four regions: Central Kenya Highlands & Great Rift Valley; Western Kenya; Southern Kenya; and Kenya Coast.

Travel Document Systems (http://www.traveldocs.com/)
A source for information about the documents required for travel to a particular country. The forms themselves are offered in PDF format as well as basic travel information.

U.S. Department of State (http://state.gov/)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the State Department’s official site by searching under a particular country’s name.

Welcome to Kenya Hakuna Matata! (http://www.kenya.de/menue.html)
Searchable by specific location in Kenya, offers pictures and descriptive essays of locales often visited by tourists.

World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/)
The official site of the WHO offers text in English, French or Spanish on its mission and health initiatives, programs and warnings world wide.

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