Kenya is a safe Destination for Self drive Adventures, Explore the Breaches at the Coast with a Self drive Car Hire Rental from any Local Self Drive Car Rental Company at very discounted price . Small SUVs costs around USD 60 Per day on a Self drive and without Fuel.
Kenya is also another country worthy visiting on yourself drive vacation in East Africa near to the coast and Uganda ,Tanzania are the Immediate friends . It more developed and unlike Uganda, it has a sea route to the western world and most of the large vessels dock here for the region’s merchandises to be offloaded and loaded as well. It has well developed infrastructures especially the road network is really very amusing and totally good for self driving.
Kenya drives on the left hand side of the road and this means you will have to keep right when on yourself driving escapade. Main roads are generally in fairly good condition but minor roads will be poorly maintained. During the rainy season some roads will become impassable
After South Africa, Kenya might be the next country where the crime rate has been on the rise since time immemorial. Incidents of armed car-hijackings are more prevalent in Nairobi and Mombasa but can occur in any area of the country. So you should always put your life first by always avoiding going to areas that are infested with criminals in Nairobi such as Kibera, Mathare, Huruma, Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Mukuru Kwa Reuben, Korogocho, Kariobangi Kangemi, Mwiki and Kawangware.
It’s not advisable to move on the streets of Nairobi at night but when you must, especially when you are coming from the airport, always be vigilant. You should use the Mombasa road between Jomo Kenyatta Airport (JKIA) and Nairobi city as there have been incidents of car-jacking on the old airport road (Airport South Road) and Jogoo Road.
It’s advisable always to book a car in advance if at all you intend to drive yourself on your trip to Kenya. However, you should always labour to give a detailed account of the places you would like to visit such that they can reserve you a befitting vehicle that can manage the road terrain of the particular places you are going to.
Yes the motive is to go on a self drive vacation right, but in certain national parks like Masai Mara it is more gainful for you to hire a local Masai guide to go with you especially on game drives such that with him you are assured of more animals since they are always aware of the routes where you can find numerous animals. They have an uncanny knack of spotting wildlife that you would otherwise have driven right past.
Though Kenya has numerous local car hiring companies, the most outstanding ones are the foreign international companies which have branches in this country and they include; Europcar, Avis, Budget, Sixt .
Among the various local car hiring companies is Self drive Kenya, 4x4selfdrivekenya, safari drive, roving rovers, Victoria safaris
Kenyan car hiring companies are also usually enlisted on Car rental broker sites such as Argus Car Rental and Web discount sites such as ebookers.com.
Cars will generally be allowed to be driven into Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. They may also be allowed to be driven in the COMESA countries of Southern and Eastern Africa but there is likely to be an additional charge for that. If you intend to drive the car outside Kenya you should advise the rental company at the time you make the reservation such that you are given the vehicle’s necessary documents.
