Kenya Events
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-1.311807 36.745748 | 1 Every year hundreds of classic cars and motorcycles take part in the Concours d'Elegance at Nairobi Race Course. Kenyan and overseas competitors flaunt everything from Volvos and Volkswagens… |  |
-1.26163 36.801431 | 2 Nairobi International Book Fair The annual Nairobi International Book Fair takes place in the exhibition hall of Nairobi's Sarit Centre. Discussions, poetry and readings from guest speakers all feature, as well as previews… |  |
-1.335233 36.672706 | 3 Nairobi International Trade Show The Nairobi International Trade Show at Jamhuri Park showcases the best of Kenya's commerce and agriculture. Regional, continental and global exhibitors display and demonstrate their services… | |
-1.2833 36.816601 | 4 The Nairobi Marathon is Kenya's signature athletic event. Thousands of runners from around the country and abroad annually travel to compete in the capital city of Kenya, home to some of the… | |
-1.2833 36.816601 | 5 Kenya International Film Festival The Kenya International Film Festival continues to gain increasing international significance each year with a rich screening schedule featuring African and international productions at… | |
-4.053054 39.672859 | 6 The Mombasa Cultural Carnival sees the city's streets fill with floats and music from every conceivable cultural and religious group in Kenya. There are two main parades which converge onto… | |
-2.273162 40.901866 | 7 Drawing on local heritage and customs, the Lamu Cultural Festival showcases traditional dances, handicraft displays, musical performances and henna painting. Featured competitive events… | |
-1.26163 36.801431 | 8 The annual Crafts of Africa show, at Nairobi's Sarit Centre, offers a huge range of artisans' produce. Items from wood carvings and leather items to glass, gourds, sculpture and paintings are… | |
-1.2833 36.816601 | 9 Jamhuri Day is Kenya's most important holiday, celebrated in Nairobi and throughout the nation. Kenyans commemorate their independence from the United Kingdom since 12 December 1963 with… | |
-1.26163 36.801431 | 10 Kenya Music Week at Nairobi's Sarit Centre presents a full programme of live music and offers the Kenyan music industry an excellent opportunity to market their goods and network. | |
-4.04758 39.710683 | 11 Prosurf Extreme Kitesurf sees professional and amateur kitesurfers compete at Mombasa's idyllic Nyali Beach on Kenya's north coast. Competitors take part in down-wind races and kicker and… | |
-1.2833 36.816601 | 12 The Kijani Festival brings world-famous performers to venues in Nairobi and around the country, including the Carnivore Restaurant, Nairobi Arboretum, Fort Jesus in Mombasa, Hell's Gate in… |  |
-1.2833 36.816601 | 13 The Kijani Festival brings world-famous performers to venues in Nairobi and around the country, including the Carnivore Restaurant, Nairobi Arboretum, Fort Jesus in Mombasa, Hell's Gate in… | |
-1.262907 36.807729 | 14 The annual Nairobi Wine Festival gives connoisseurs the opportunity to taste over 90 wines from around the world. Taking place at the Westlands' Holiday Inn, visitors can enjoy live music and… | |
-0.815364 36.315822 | 15 The Rift Valley Festival presents a mix of local and international musicians and DJs at the Fisherman's Camp on the shore of Lake Naivasha. Established acts perform alongside developing talent… |  |
-1.257018 36.839818 | 16 One hundred and fifty golfers compete in the annual Kenya Open Golf Championship. The tournament, played at the Muthaiga Golf Club in Nairobi, makes up part of the PGA European Challenge Tour. |  |
-1.2833 36.816601 | 17 The Safari Rally Kenya, run in the tough and dusty terrain around Nairobi, is part of the annual FIA African Rally Championship. Competitors follow an 800km route through the Kenyan bush… |  |
0.417476 37.902832 | 18 Rattling through the African bush, a map juddering on your knee, brush crashing around your ears amid the danger of territorial animals... you're on the Rhino Charge, an annual 4WD rally race… |  |
-1.305543 36.743087 | 19 The Safaricom Sevens is Africa's leading seven-a-side rugby tournament. Since the event first took place in 1996, it has grown steadily in strength and prestige. Sevens rugby squads travel… | |
0.323579 37.526378 | 20 The annual Lewa Marathon is run through the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy near Mount Kenya. Around 1000 runners from across the world take part in full and half marathons and 100 children compete… | |
1.097429 36.698417 | 21 The Maralal Camel Derby is held annually in the remote outpost of Maralal in northern Kenya. The event brings colour and activity to the streets of Maralal as the finest camels in the region… |  |
-1.2833 36.816601 | 22 The Kwani Literary Festival presents a variety of interactive events and forums, including creative writing workshops, panel discussions, lectures, book signings and readings taking place at… |  |
-1.529493 35.170874 | 23 Wildebeest Migrate to the Masai Mara Characterising the struggle for survival in the great African plains' harsh environment, around 1.4 million wildebeest migrate clockwise from the Serengeti to the Mara, round and back again in… |  |
-1.273 36.814219 | 24 Reopened in 2008 following extensive modernisation, the Nairobi National Museum at the Museum Hill houses informative displays on Kenya's ethnic groups, natural history and wealth of hominid… |  |
-1.351021 36.712789 | 25 Set in the leafy suburb of Karen, the Karen Blixen Museum was the residence of the celebrated Danish author of Out of Africa from 1917 to 1931. Furnished in period style, it's an unusually… |  |
-1.334846 36.77845 | 26 Safari favourites such as lion, rhino, buffalo and hippo roam this untamed tract of savannah in Langata. Despite its suburban location, Nairobi National Park has an unfenced southern boundary… |  |
-1.341239 36.76815 | 27 Boma is a Swahili word meaning house, and Bomas of Kenya in Langata includes life-size examples of 11 different traditional construction styles from around the country. Daily dance… |  |
-1.375476 36.745319 | 28 Founded in 1979, the AFEW Giraffe Centre in Langata exists primarily as a breeding centre for western Kenya's endangered Rothschild's giraffes. Visitors can look tame giraffes in the eye from… |  |
-1.334289 36.780381 | 29 David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Founded in 1977 by Dr Dame Daphne Sheldrick, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, 12km south of central Nairobi, undertakes projects protecting wildlife in Kenya, specifically Tsavo National… |  |
-1.327531 36.801431 | 30 One of East Africa's most famous eateries, The Carnivore in Langata is renowned for its all-you-can-eat buffet featuring several barbecued meats and chicken dishes, and a generous salad… |  |
1.7563 37.6369 | 31 The Aberdares, Kenya's third-highest mountain range, is home to lush forests, fertile meadows, cascading waterfalls and abundant wildlife. From the high plains and moorlands, there are… |  |
-1.264451 36.802428 | 32 Nairobi is justifiably known for its plethora of quality Indian restaurants, and the Haandi Restaurant in Westlands' The Mall is arguably the pick of them. Vegetarians are well catered for… | |
-1.285721 36.82203 | 33 A central Nairobi institution since the 1980s, the family-run Trattoria Ristorante & Pizzeria has a varied menu of seafood, steaks, fresh pasta and the inevitable pizzas. Long hours, sensible… | |
34 Lake Nakuru and its surrounding national park has spectacular big game and a strongly alkaline soda lake that attracts thousands of water birds. It's here that flamingos flock in vast numbers… |  | |
-1.294988 36.796903 | 35 Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant For those who enjoy spicy food, the Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant in Hurlingham is a great place to try Africa's fieriest cuisine, which consists of various wat stews accompanied by… | |
-1.285592 36.823157 | 36 The brightly decorated downtown branch of the popular Java chain is a convenient place to break for a daytime meal or snack in central Nairobi. Aromatic coffees and a variety of sweets and… |  |
-1.286547 36.826 | 37 With a predominantly local clientele supplemented by a smattering of adventurous tourists, Zanze Bar provides an unthreatening introduction to central Nairobi's earthy nightlife. Cocktails and… | |
-1.277677 36.815335 | 38 Established in 1904, Lord Delamere Terrace and Bar in Fairmont the Norfolk hotel was a popular colonial-era gathering place. It's still among the pleasantest watering holes in central Nairobi… | |
-1.329698 36.800293 | 39 An annexe to The Carnivore in Langata, the Simba Saloon is perennially popular with locals and visitors alike. The nightclub (Wed-Sun) plays varied contemporary African and international… |  |
-1.287051 36.826204 | 40 Not for the faint-hearted (or single foreign women), the Florida 2000 - or F2 as locals know it - is one of the busiest nightspots in central Nairobi. Pounding disco beats pack the floor of… | |
-1.273719 36.812685 | 41 The International Casino, near the National Museum is Nairobi's oldest casino, and the most central and popular with tourists. In addition to slot machines and gaming tables, it hosts a… | |
-1.283394 36.823264 | 42 Named after an acacia tree that's served as a travellers' message board since 1959, the Thorn Tree Café, in central Nairobi, is a good place to start the evening with cocktails, snacks and… |  |
1.7563 37.6369 | 43 The life-giving Uaso Nyiro River snakes its way through Samburu National Reserve's otherwise dry landscape of giant acacias, scrubland and thorn trees. Thirsty land animals are drawn to the… |  |
-1.287008 36.823682 | 44 Started by Maasai women who wanted to sell directly to visitors, Nairobi's "Maasai Markets" have blossomed. This one takes place at weekends in the car park of the Law Courts. Bargain hard for… | |
1.7563 37.6369 | 45 Wasini Island and Kisite Marine Park Wash away the dust of the safari and see wildlife of a different kind when you take a day trip to Wasini Island and snorkel in the coral garden of Kisite Marine Park. |  |
-1.26163 36.801431 | 46 The multi-storey Sarit Centre in affluent Westlands provides a hassle-free alternative to shopping in the chaotic city centre. Eighty shops under one roof range from booksellers and jewellers… |  |
-1.290478 36.790493 | 47 Community-conscious Woodley Weavers has taught 400-plus single mothers from the Kibera slums to hand-weave rugs and other items using locally sourced fabrics and eco-friendly plant dyes. The… |  |
-1.290183 36.824423 | 48 The award-winning Tamarind restaurant in central Nairobi specialises in shellfish, oysters and other fresh seafood, flown up daily from its sister restaurant in Mombasa. Meat eaters are… |  |
1.7563 37.6369 | 49 Wherever you are in Amboseli National Park, it's impossible to escape the magnificent sight of Mount Kilimanjaro's snow-capped peak, rising high above the plains. Although the mountain lies… |  |
