KARIBU KENYA - UNON - the United Nations Office at Nairobi
KARIBU KENYA - UNON - the United Nations Office at Nairobi
KARIBU KENYA - UNON - the United Nations Office at Nairobi
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Travel Agents<br />
The country’s largest air ticketing agency, Bunson Travel, has an office on <strong>the</strong><br />
Upper Concourse <strong>at</strong> Gigiri (624980/5), which usually has a variety of special<br />
offers available to UN staffers.Village Market also houses offices of Bunson<br />
and <strong>the</strong> excellent safari company, Gamew<strong>at</strong>chers (523129), which offers<br />
tailor-made itineraries to Tsavo and <strong>the</strong> Maasai Mara, with comfortable<br />
mobile camps and excellent hosts. There is also <strong>the</strong> efficient office of<br />
Muthaiga Travel just up <strong>the</strong> road <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> Muthaiga Shopping Centre.<br />
Major travel agents and ticketing agencies in <strong>Nairobi</strong> include:<br />
Bunson Travel 221992 info@bunsontravel.co.ke<br />
Express Travel 334722-7 info@etg.expresskenya.com<br />
Going Places 4442312/3 info@goingplaces.co.ke<br />
Let’s Go Travel 4441030/7151 info@letsgosafari.com<br />
Muthaiga Travel 3750034-6 tours@muthaiga.co.ke<br />
Rickshaw Travels 211861 info@rickshawtravels.com<br />
While Bunson is focused on air tickets and travel outside Kenya, <strong>Nairobi</strong><br />
still touts itself as Africa’s ‘safari capital’ and <strong>the</strong>re is no shortage of travel agents<br />
and consultants to arrange safaris within Kenya, as well as camp offices and<br />
<strong>the</strong> headquarters of <strong>the</strong> major hotel groups for direct bookings.While safaris<br />
can be expensive in Kenya, having resident st<strong>at</strong>us enables UN employees to<br />
apply for <strong>the</strong> much reduced ‘resident r<strong>at</strong>es’ <strong>at</strong> local lodges and safari camps.<br />
For safaris to <strong>the</strong> major game parks, you will also need to visit <strong>the</strong> Kenya<br />
Wildlife Service headquarters to buy and add credit to a KWS Smartcard.<br />
Domestic Airlines<br />
Kenya Airways (32822000) and Regional Air (604588/605150) both oper<strong>at</strong>e<br />
3-4 flights daily to Mombasa. Kenya Airways also oper<strong>at</strong>es scheduled services<br />
to <strong>the</strong> towns of Kisumu, Malindi, Lamu and Lokichoggio. Flights are easily<br />
booked over <strong>the</strong> telephone <strong>at</strong> any of <strong>the</strong> travel agencies listed in <strong>the</strong> previous<br />
section.<br />
There are also a large number of domestic and charter airlines offering<br />
flights to <strong>the</strong> main game parks and tourist destin<strong>at</strong>ions.The most reliable of<br />
<strong>the</strong>se are Airkenya and SafariLink, which offer daily scheduled flights to <strong>the</strong><br />
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