Crossing the border from Tanzania to Kenya on the coast

From Tanga it took us about two hours to drive to the border along a good gravel road.

The formalities went smoothly on both sides.

As a South African citizen Steve got a one month Kenyan visa for free, while Caro’s (French) 3-month visa cost USD50. These visas, like the Tanzanian’s and the Ugandan’s, are multiple-entry as long as one is only travelling between the above mentioned three countries.

Our only uncertainty was whether or not to buy the Third-party insurance offered us at the border post, as it seemed too expensive (USD50 for a month for Kenya only). We decided to investigate further in Mombasa, where we found a 4-month COMESA insurance for all the remaining countries we were to visit for KSh4000.

From the border it was another 2 hours scenic drive along a tarred road lined with palm trees to our campsite at Twiga Lodge.