The Brief

🇰🇪 Kenya

Eastern AfricaCapital NairobiKESEnglish, Swahili
Advisory
Level 2
Exercise increased caution · State Dept ↗
Weather
74°F / 24°C
Mainly clear · H 77° L 60°
Currency
KES
129 per $1
Entry
Requirements
U.S. State Dept ↗
Standing intel: weather, currency & advisory · updated May 28, 2026
UK FCDO advisoryAvoid all travel — parts

FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country

  • Kenya-Somalia border and northern parts of the east coast — Due to the risk of terrorism from groups based in Somalia, FCDO advises against all travel to: Mandera County Tarbaj and Wajir East constituencies in Wajir…
as of Jun 10, 2026Source: UK FCDO ↗

What’s moving in Kenya

71 stories · last 90 days
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Safari & Africa

East Africa: a proposed AFCON visa, and suppliers jockeying for safari share

A joint tourist visa for Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda has been proposed around AFCON 2027 in June–July. It is not operational, and the legal framework, fees and…

Oct 22
Safari & Africa

AFCON 2027 visa and Rwanda's F1 deal: demand signals, not yet bookings

East African ministers back a temporary common visa for Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda during the June to July 2027 AFCON. The legal framework, eligibility and fees…

Oct 21
Tours & Packaged

Trafalgar adds 70-plus trips for 2027, including its first saver Small Group tours

TTC's Trafalgar has announced more than 70 new trips for 2027 across its saver, classic and premium tiers. The most notable change is the first 11 saver-tier…

Oct 21
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This week
Joint AFCON 2027 visa could ease multi-country trips, and strain inventoryOct 19
Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as the regional outbreak spreadsOct 19
East Africa plans an AFCON joint visa and a 10-year strategyOct 18
EAC adopts 10-year tourism plan with a joint visa, tied to AFCON 2027Oct 17
Tanzania and Kenya both add a US$44 compulsory insurance chargeOct 17
EAC strategy points to a joint visa; AFCON 2027 will test inventoryOct 16
Kenya's mandatory US$44 policy draws operator pushbackOct 16
This month
Intrepid adds 80-plus trips and 50 destinations for 2027Oct 15
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania push a common visa ahead of AFCON 2027Oct 15
Kenya now requires health insurance for foreign arrivalsOct 15
Intrepid discounts November and December departuresOct 14
East Africa floats joint visa for AFCON 2027Oct 14
Cruise growth opens a cruise-plus-safari angle, with a Kenya park incentiveOct 13
Kenya's agents out-sell Uganda on gorillas as Barbados courts the marketOct 12
Kenya's mandatory health insurance, and a Tanzania wildfire disruptionOct 11
Uganda's minister says Kenyan sellers outsell Ugandan operators on gorillasOct 11
Kenya adds a mandatory health insurance stepOct 10
Gigiri adds 587 rooms near Nairobi's UN complexOct 9
Kenya: imported Ebola case, and a new insurance requirement on the ETAOct 9
Ebola case in Nairobi and Kilimanjaro fires: two things to tell East Africa clientsOct 8
Arrivals rise while SA Tourism's governance lagsOct 8
Kinara opens in the Maasai MaraOct 8
Kenya's ETA now carries mandatory health insuranceOct 8
Kenya's ETA adds mandatory $44 insurance; Uganda drops yellow fever certificateOct 7
New camps: Ndzhaka in Manyeleti, Kinara in the MaraOct 7
Developments from the last 90 days · Standing intel from REST Countries, Open-Meteo, Exchange Rate API & the U.S. State Department