Kenya

Dates: 7/15/09-7/19/09

Transportation: You will leave paris at 10:25 P.M. and arrive in Nairobi, Kenya at Midnight the next day. This is a 12 hour flight and there is a lay-over, so it will take over 25 hours to get from Paris to Nairobi. When you arrive in Kenya you will have a rented car waiting for you to drive. This costs $412 and you get it for 9 days. The drive from the airport to the hotel should only take about 15 minutes because the airport is in the city and your hotel is in Nairobi National Park. Throughout the rest of your trip in Kenya, you will be able to drive the car where ever you go.

Geography: Nairobi is very urban and is the fourth largest city in Africa. Outside of Nairobi, there are very large plains. Kenya also has many highlands that are disected by the Great Rift Valley. It is home to a few very vast parks that cover much of the country.

Climate: The climate of southern Kenya is very Temperate and dry. Temperatures in July range from 50-69 degrees Fahrenheit.

Stay: Two nights you will stay in Nairobi Safari Club, the resort in Nairobi National Park. This will cost approximately 190$. The other two nights, you will be staying at the Amboseli Sopa Lodge, which is located in the Amboseli National Park. This is about an hour and a half drive from the Nairobi National Park. This will cost $205 for two nights.

Activities: 1. You will see the Nairobi National Park. These are the kinds of grounds Hemingway would have thrived on hunting.
2. You will venture to Amboseli National Park. This will let you see Mount Kilamanjaro from the perspective that Hemingway might have saw it.
3. East of the Amboseli National park, there is the Chyulu Hills. This was Hemingway's favorite African Hunting spot. It is located between Amboseli National Park and Tsovo National Park. This is a 30 minute drive from your second hotel.

Language: Kenya's two national languages are English and Swahili. You may hear both as you go about your adventure in Kenya.

Government: They are a Semi-Presidential Republic. They share basically the same type of government as France.

Currency: Their national currency is the Kenyan Shilling (KES).
74 KES=1 U.S. Dollar

Time Difference: Kenya is eight hours ahead of Oak Park, Illinois.(+8)