it is recommended that you buy a guidebook so you have on hand all the necesary information you will need when travelling through Kenya. A hugely popular choice is the Lonely Planet series. An excellent online resource is The Africa Guide.

Documents
Please contact your country's Kenyan Embassy or High Comission for details. Click here for international Missions details.

Vaccines
Please your local travel doctor for up to date vaccination information.

Getting Here
Malindi is in the North Coast of Kenya approximately 150 Kms from Mombasa. You can reach Malindi by Air,with several airlinse serving Malindi regularly from Nairobi including Kenya Airways and Air Kenya. You can also come by road to Malindi using a personal car or by bus. Once in Malindi it is easy to find Seaview Resort.

Climate
See Malindi Climate for climatic details.

Clothing
The Malindi dress style is casual. Obviously with the warm climate light loose summer wear is most comfortable. On the beach swimwear is fine, but once off the beach it helps to keep in mind cultural differences by covering up a little... strutting through town in your bikini top and short saronge won't make you any friends and may subject you to harmless heckling, or akward comeons by locals. The same goes for men. You can buy gorgeous local beach wear like sarongs, swimmers, beach tops and loose pants once you get here if you like.

Language
Nearly all locals speak Swahilli, and English skills ranging from broken to fluent. These days you will get by on English, but it certainly helps, especially when shopping and bargaining, to speak at least a little Swhalli. Also with the large influx of Italians that arrived in the late 80's you will also find locals that speak some Italian (many locals assume those of white skin to speak italian which can get confusing!), and certainly many of the resorts owners being of Italian decent.

Time Difference
Kenya is 3 hours ahead of Greenwhich Mean Time (GMT).

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Emergencies
In a case of emergencies there is a hospital 500m down the road from Seaview Resort.