Finding Hotels in Kenya

Everyone loves to travel to different cities and countries, to visit new places, explore the world and all its beauty. To make your travel more cozy you must plan your next vacation in advance. Booking a Hotel where you will fully enjoy the high quality leisure time is a necessity and should be done well.

One of the most attractive tourist country is Kenya. All hotels in Kenya offer an excellent service, as well as tools for active sports. The country has many hotels, however, you better to book hotel rooms in advance, so as to rest lived in this magical country myriad. If you are going to rest in Kenya, you will need to stock up enough cash, as some hotels do not accept credit cards.
All Hotels in Kenya have their level of service, which depends on the category and each category in turn meets certain requirements. 5-star hotels should have a reception (served around the clock), having several rooms, as well as room for lunch. All rooms are soundproof, furniture and equipment meet the highest standards. At least 10% of rooms must be apartments. Service and rooms available 24 hours a day. Also available is a porter. In one room rates they have one person staff. The 4-star hotel reception service operates only during the day, furniture is cheaper than 5-star hotels. In the rooms there are telephone, TV and radio. In two rooms they have one person staff, and the food is offered 16 hours a day. In the 3-star hotel only half of the rooms have toilets and showers. 1 person staff accounted for 6 rooms. 2-star Hotels offer only the basic service, and bathroom.

Mombasa is one of the most attractive destination for a vacation is Kenya. In terms of hotels in mombasa is one of the leading places in the world, but the cost of rooms in hotels is much higher. The level of hotel services in vary with the costs.

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The Nyali Beach Hotel

Nyali Beach Hotel is set amid 20 acres of flamboyant tropical gardens and has been extensively refurbished and modernized while retaining its cultural charm. The hotel, which is one of the first beach hotels to be established in Mombasa, is rated as a 5 star accommodation.

It displays an impression of cool, whitewashed walls and tiled floors. There are ceiling fans, potted palms, cool marble and wicker furniture.The atmosphere is laid back and comfortable. There is a wide variety of accommodations from luxury suites to mature cottages. The main building has spacious older rooms while the Garden Wing rooms are more modern and spiral through the tropical gardens.The Garden Wing has a total of 122 twin rooms. The luxury Palm Wing has 52 rooms close to the sea, most with ocean views. These are spacious rooms with wood floors, satellite TV, radio and mini-bar. All rooms have modern bathrooms, air-conditioning, telephones and 24 hour room service.

HOTEL FACILITIES:
Bistro Mchana- Is a popular restaurant on the ground floor of the main building serves a la carte meals and a daily specialty which includes children’s menu.Mvita Grill- Located right on the beachfront this attractive thatched a la carte grill specializes in seafood. Our resident jazz trio is extremely popular with all guests.

Pool Terrace- Is an open- air terrace with a custom built barbeque area. It gives you a chance to dine as you get entertained by a 5- piece band.

Pizza Place - Beneath the pool terrace and alongside the pool edge is a pasta restaurant and ice cream parlor. A selection of pastas, pizzas and salad bars are served daily.

Parrots Terrace - Situated near the beach, this casual open plan thatched restaurant enables diners the opportunity to enjoy the cool sea breezes and watch the beaches many activities. This restaurant specializes in barbecued seafood.

L’Orangerie - This attractive split level dining room in the main building, serves breakfast and
sumptuous carvery dinners.

Harry’s Bar This air conditioned English style ‘pub’ is open daily from 5.00pm until midnight and from 1.00pm on weekends.

Fountain Lounge: The atmosphere of this attractive open plan lounge is enhanced by views over the pool terrace and serves a variety of drinks including Coffee, Cappuccino etc.

Noon’s Night Club: A modern disco where the resident DJ plays the latest hits as well as the best golden oldies.

Pool Bar: Share a drink with friends and have fun at the happy hour bar which is located by the main pool.

Lanes Bar: You can also choose to have your drink at the beach front, 20 meters away from the sea.

Beach getaway

By Wambui Thimba

When you go for a beach holiday, the last thing you want is to tug around bags of clothes. Travel light when you go anywhere warm by choosing pieces that work for day and night.

For an effortless beach look, wear light comfortable clothing like a sundress, flip flops, shorts, skirts and wrap-arounds such as kikoys and lesos.

Wear key accessories for a look that is chic yet functional. Don’t forget to carry a beach bag and a pair of sunglasses.

Take very little make-up. A moisturiser and waterproof mascara will be enough. Add sunscreen, some face powder and lip balm and you are ready for a fun and stylish holiday.

The weather in Kenyan beaches is mostly hot and sunny, you therefore do not want to wear any heavy clothing that will leave you feeling very uncomfortable.

Hotels in Zanzibar Must now seek insurance locally

All hotels in Zanzibar will now be required to insure locally. This is after resarch showed a significant number are insured with foreing firms said the Tanzania isurance Supervisory department. Zanzibar has four registered insurance firms in additin to other recognised and legal agents. Hotels taking out insurance with foreign firms are denying the government revenue which is going to other countries where the hotels are insured. This will now apply to all investments in the hotel industry including fishin, air charter and any other related business that is locally registered. Zanzibar is known to have the some of the best hotels in the East African Coast.

PS: To book your Mombasa Hotel online see www.intokenya.com

Mombasa your tropical holiday destination

Mombasa at the beginning of twentieth century, Mombasa was seat of the government and capital of Kenya, mainly because there was no other town the railway was built. Mombasa is an island linked to the mainland by a causeway, a bridge and a ferry. It is the main port and railway terminal. The conglomeration of buildings above the deep blue sea make up old Mombasa and include the old docks where some dhows still berth after arriving from middle east early in the year
-A drive down Moi Avenue towards the docks and the administrative offices, takes you under two huge pairs of tasks. This is a well-known and remembered landmark of
Mombasa Island .The information bureau is nearby.
-stalls containing a large variety of wood carvings bracelets, drums, stools, beaded necklaces, batiks and other Africans crafts. These are places for goods hearted bargaining.
Prices may come down to less than half the original demand and you will certainly get a
fair deal as there as there is so much competition.
- A walk round old Mombasa takes you into another world. Cars are allowed, but in some places cannot pass each other because the streets are narrow. You are welcomed inside ancient building. You can pick up goods and bargain, everything look old and genuine At certain times Ivory rooms are open you may have to get permission to get inside. You will see Arab selling their very strong coffee from old copper pots.
- There are many mosques which you can enter after removing you shoes. Fort
- Jesus was built by Portuguese mariners route to India from Turk and Dutch
A wide moat round three sides made the fort almost impregnable heavy guns were placed outside facing the sea Between 1696 and 1698,there was a siege by Arabs of Oman and the fort was captured. Arab occupation to fort Jesus continued until 1895, when it was bombarded by the Swaminarayan All are welcome inside as long as you remove your shoes.
- This is fine example of Mombasa’ many Hindu temples; their most important festival is diwali, which is cerebration of the return of the God, Rama, and his wife after 14 years of exile in the forest this is Hindu new year it might be October or November according to Indian calendar. The Jains are most prosperous Hindu community in Mombasa. They are strict vegetarians
--A visit to the Kenya coast is a tropical dream and a wonderful way to begin or end your holiday coconut palms fridge the sea shores and give shade to the gardens of most beach hotels. Africans cut steps up the trunks of palm trees and shin up in no time at all. Coconut juice makes a refreshing drink and can be extracted when the nut is green.

The glory of a tropical sunset on a palm – fringed shore is a memory you will treasure forever.

Mombasa Hotels