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Table of Contents: Culture and History / Travel to Mombasa, visa requirements Flights to Mombasa, airtickets By train By car Buses to Mombasa By boat / Get around / Mombasa attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Learn / Work / Shopping, Mombasa souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Budget / Mid-range / Splurge / Mombasa nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Budget 2 / Mid-range 2 / Splurge 2 / Contact / Stay safe / Cope / Get out More from Kenya: Amboseli National Park hotels and youth hostels, Central Kenya travel tours, Coastal Kenya travel tours, Eastern Kenya souvenirs, Kisumu travel tours, Lamu culture, Mombasa hotels and youth hostels, Mount Kenya hotels and youth hostels, Nairobi souvenirs, Nairobi National Park travel tours, Northeastern Kenya souvenirs, Nyanza tourist attractions, Rift Valley tourist attractions, Tsavo East National Park culture, Western Kenya culture More from East Africa: Comoros tourist attractions, Djibouti souvenirs, Eritrea hotels and youth hostels, Ethiopia souvenirs, Europa Island culture, Glorioso Islands souvenirs, Juan de Nova Island travel tours, Kenya tourist attractions, Madagascar tourist attractions, Malawi tourist attractions, Mayotte culture, Mozambique tourist attractions, Somalia souvenirs, Tanzania hotels and youth hostels, Uganda culture More from Africa: Central Africa travel tours, East Africa culture, North Africa souvenirs, Saharan Africa tourist attractions, Seychelles travel tours, Southern Africa tourist attractions, West Africa souvenirs More from Travel Tips 24: Africa travel tours, Asia souvenirs, Europe culture, North America souvenirs, Oceania hotels and youth hostels, South America hotels and youth hostels Popular destinations Istanbul (Marmara region ) souvenirs, Barcelona (Catalonia) souvenirs, Rome (Lazio) souvenirs, Singapore (Southeast Asia) hotels and youth hostels, Western Europe (Europe) hotels and youth hostels, South Africa (Southern Africa) culture, United Kingdom (Western Europe) tourist attractions, Europe (Home) culture, Vancouver (Greater Vancouver) hotels and youth hostels, Morocco (North Africa) hotels and youth hostels

Mombasa is Kenya's second largest city and a sea port.

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Culture and History

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Travel to Mombasa, visa requirements

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Flights to Mombasa, airtickets

Several flights a day to Nairobi.

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By train

Three times a week nighttrain to Nairobi. From Nairobi to Mombasa on monday,wednesday and friday First Class sleeper ca 45 dollar incl dinner and breakfast. Mind your valuables at night.

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By car

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Buses to Mombasa

From Nairobi to Mombasa, it cost about Kshs. 1000.

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By boat

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Get around

By taxi from center: to south beaches ; ca 30-35 dollar. To airport:10-12 dollar Matatu (minibus) in city Ksh 50 (0,65)

Travel by the local bus-taxis (Matatus) if you've got the guts for it -they're mini-buses that they shove full of people (literally). They're cheap (ask someone at the hotel what the going rate is) don't let them scam you. They are all over and in huge numbers, and they're licensed (stickers on the windshields). Taxis don't have taxi-signs on the roof, but license papers stuck to the windshields.

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Mombasa attractions and sightseeing

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City tours

Old town. Very nice atmosphere

Diani Beach is the place to head to. A fantastic long white beach with loads of watersports and primates to see. A night at '40 thieves' beach bar is a great place to hang out with a few tuskers (beers). If you want to see one of the six primates species in South Coast Kenya visit the colobus trust for an informative walk to spot one of the many wild primates. http://www.colobustrust.org Colobus trust nature walks and conservation volunteering

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Learn

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Work

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Shopping, Mombasa souvenirs

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Good restaurants and cheap meals

Trekkers restaurant on the north coast shanzu, in ngomongo vlilages. good food, good music, great place. www.trekkersmsa.com

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Budget

Glory Bed and Breakfast on Haile Selassie Road...500 kenyan shillings for a single with shared facilities

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Mid-range

Royal Castle Hotel; on Moi Avenue. Double room from 45-60 dollars Recommended!

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Splurge

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Mombasa nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.

Tusker beer

Don't drink "freshly squeezed" fruit juice -it may be several weeks old, and will give you diarrhea.

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Hotels, youth hostels, lodging

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Budget

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Mid-range

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Splurge

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Contact

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Stay safe

Don't expect to be able to wander alone in the streets -I guess people do, but you'll get bothered by boys selling souvenirs, drugs or prostitutes. I did travel in neighborhoods that made even natives nervous!

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Cope

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Get out

Pirates is the palce to be....It always kicks any day of the week.

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