Family Travel Tips

What To Do In Lamu, with Kids

How to Travel: Boat – Contact Nassir to book boat taxis between Lamu town, Shela village, Manda island & Kizingoni. It shouldn’t be more than Kshs500 to 1,000 per crossing. A donkey in Shela, in Lamu or on the beach – There are no roads on Lamu island, there are streets and the form of …

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The Insider\’s Guide: Nairobi National Museum, Kenya … To visit with Kids, or Not?

Nairobi National Museum The Museum is modelled around nature, culture and history – the three pillars of Kenya’s national heritage. The pillar on nature consists of five exhibitions (geology, human origins, natural diversity, ecology of Kenya and mammalian radiation). Culture includes creativity, cycles of life and cultural dynamism. History has exhibitions on the cycles of …

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For Families…What To Do With Kids, On Diani Beach, Kenya

Other Recommended Restaurants, and why?: On the beach: The Sands at Nomad Beach Bar – A wonderful beach bar, on the white sands of Diani Beach. They have wonderful pizzas, great Japanese, other seafood and non-seafood choices as well as, a great ice-cream bar. This beach bar & restaurant is attached to a nice 4* …

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In Search of a Family-Friendly Hidden Gem, in Egypt

In Search of the perfect Family-Friendly Hidden Gem, in Egypt. Honestly, Egypt has never appealed to me, but with the allure of my sister & her extended family temporarily living in Cairo, off the three of us went, Billy, 6, Zia, 5 and me, ancient!! A blank canvas, an open mind, eyes on stalks and …

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