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Lake Malawi to Nairobi 4 videos available.
Lilongwe, Salima, Nkhotakota, Kande Beach, and Mzuzu lead to the Songwe crossing and the familiar road through Tanzania back to Nairobi.
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Nairobi
Nairobi County, Kenya
Nairobi is Kenya's capital and the great connecting point for Journeys across the country. It is a Home Base for discovering the city's own neighbourhoods, history, markets, green spaces and local knowledge, but it is also where roads begin toward the central highlands, the Great Rift Valley and the coast. The routes to Nanyuki, Naivasha and Mombasa show how quickly the landscape changes once the city falls behind.
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Nairobi to Cape Town and Back 28 videos available.
A nine-country overland loop shaped by the road actually traveled: south from Nairobi through Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, and Lesotho, then home through Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, and Tanzania.
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Taveta lakes and Tsavo West 2 videos available.
Lake Jipe, Grogan's Castle, Tsavo West, Severin Safari Camp, and Lake Chala lead back through Voi to Nairobi.
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Eastern Kenya Safari Circuit
Follow the eastern road from Nairobi to Meru, enter Meru National Park through Murera Gate, and continue across Adamson's Bridge into Kora's remote Tana River wilderness.
Follow Journey →Mombasa to Kakuma through Turkana 2 videos available.
Liv Kenya's complete 2022 expedition from Mombasa through Voi, the Taita Hills, Taveta, Tsavo West, Nairobi, Eldoret, Kitale, West Pokot, Lodwar, Lake Turkana, Kakuma, and Kalobeyei.
Follow Journey →Mombasa to Kigali and Lake Kivu 2 videos available.
Liv Kenya's complete road loop from Mombasa through Nairobi, Narok, Migori, Mwanza, and Rusumo to Kigali, then north through Musanze to Gisenyi and Lake Kivu before returning through …
Follow Journey →Mombasa to Kigali via Mwanza 3 videos available.
The outward chapter follows the road actually driven: Mombasa, Nairobi, Narok, Migori, Isebania–Sirari, Mwanza, Lusahunga, Rusumo, and Kigali.
Follow Journey →Nairobi to Lodwar through West Pokot 2 videos available.
A long northern road through Eldoret, Kitale, Kapenguria, Kainuk, and Lokichar to Lodwar.
Follow Journey →Nairobi to Lusaka through Tanzania 4 videos available.
The opening chapter follows Namanga, Arusha, Babati, Dodoma, Iringa, Mbeya, Tunduma, Isoka, Chinsali, and Kapiri Mposhi before Lusaka.
Follow Journey →Safari from Nairobi
Nairobi is Kenya's principal long-distance arrival point and a practical starting gateway for Safari roads leading west, north, and south.
Airports, intercity roads, vehicle services, guides, supplies, and overnight options make the city a useful place to prepare before leaving for a multi-stage Safari Circuit.
Departure timing matters throughout the year because city traffic, rain, and road conditions can change the first travel stage.
This circuit leaves the Nairobi–Mombasa road at Athi River and continues through Kajiado and Namanga toward Amboseli's Meshanani Gate.