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DRINKING
WATER
Drinking water from the tap must be considered risky. Hotels and lodges usually furnish safe water in a thermos flask in guest rooms. Bottled mineral water is available in every hotel and supermarket.
VOLTAGE
Both mains electricity and generated supply in lodges provide 240 volts AC 50 cycles. Most large hotels and some game lodges provide shaving points with 110v 50 cycles. Sockets are normally three pin and of the 'square' variety.
Voltage throughout Africa is 220-240 AC and socket types vary. Bring with you an adaptor for appliances running on 110-120 U.S. Voltage. It is best to bring only battery operated appliances along if possible. Otherwise, an international converter and adaptor set, complete with a set of plugs is essential.
POST
AND TELEPHONES
Keeping in touch by mail and telephone is generally easy. Direct overseas dialing is possible from major centers and increasingly from remote places such as game lodges. Call home bureaus are in plenty in Nairobi as are the Cyber café for e-mail and Internet access.
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