Do you think Kenya is a safe place for a family holiday ?

[LardLizard]

Thinking for Possibly next year ?

[VladmirsPoutine]

Yes it is. Where exactly are you going? Safari is bloody wonderful! Mombasa is incredibly scenic.

[DullAndOld]

I wouldn't personally.
Also I couldn't take my daughter to a place where FGM is rife.
There are so many lovely places for a family holiday!
but I don't see Kenya as one of them.

[lljkk]

yes I would take DC if I could afford it.

[Amatree]

I wouldn't go there personally, especially with children. Safety varies a lot by area but there are wider issues to think about. Healthcare, police corruption etc. and as a pp said, it's a country that widely practiced FGM. I think there's a responsibility to think ethically where are you happy spending your valuable tourism money and Kenya wouldn't cut it for me.

[emsmum79]

Hotels along the Diani coast are perfect. We've been a couple of times. Combine it with a 3 day safari in Tsavo and you have a perfect holiday!

[Amatree]

I would consider Botswana or Nairobi if looking for a safari type holiday-much more stable and safe but still amazing.

[LardLizard]

What’s fgm got to do with it for a family holiday
Of course I think fgm is horrendous
But I can’t see what that has to do with it as a holiday destination
I don’t think they kidnap tourists and do it to them do they

Well was thinking a week or few days on safari then a week at the beach

Want sure in what the best beach resort is though

[zaalitje]

It's fine.

Avoid the north east near the Somali border but I wouldn't be worried about Nairobi or Mombassa.

[BarbarianMum]

Safety is relative. The two main dangers are malaria (some very nasty celebral varieties in East Africa) and road traffic accidents. I wouldn't take a child under 10 there because of the malaria personally.

[DullAndOld]

I wasn't suggesting it would happen to your child....
I just wouldn't go there myself, knowing what they do to girl children.
In addition, being British I would worry that people there probably hate us.

[VladmirsPoutine]

With regards to the FGM argument, is the assumption that someone will snatch the OP's daughter and go slash off her nethers?

I know anything foreign is often frowned upon on MN but I'd just like to understand the logic behind the FGM argument.

[Strugglingtodomybest]

I would, but then I took mine to Zimbabwe 2 years ago.

[VladmirsPoutine]

@DullAndOld Is just in Kenya then? Or where else do you reckon they might 'hate' the British? Presumably you wouldn't go to France then? Or even say Wales or Scotland then?

[DullAndOld]

no obviously not.
It is just something that I wouldn't choose to support, economically.
I don't suppose my tourist dollars are that important, but that is just what I think.

[TheButterflyOfTheStorms]

I like Uganda more.

[LardLizard]

Barb,why do you think malaria risk is greater in younger children
?
I have a preschooler too

[DullAndOld]

Vladimir have you done any reading on the recent history of Kenya?
btw I live in Wales ..:)

[Grumpbum]

I’ve been offered a week luxury safari for £2400 for myself, H and 2 kids for a business that’s trying to improve their status after recent troubles with herdsman. I’ve said no.

[VladmirsPoutine]

And don't conflate 'the British' with country-specific nationality wrt to the UK. You are being obtuse and offensive.

OP, Mombasa is wonderful.

[DutchPancakes]

Vlad - people from Wales and Scotland are British too...

[LardLizard]

My dd likes the look of sun city in South Africa and I think that area is malaria free
Although far from the coast plus even at the coast there, in South Africa i don’t hunk you can really swim in the sea because of the great white sharks
So Kenya sounds like it fits the bill better

[LilaBlue]

I've been there several times and loved it, but no.

Not now.

[VladmirsPoutine]

@DutchPancakes I didn't say they weren't.

[LardLizard]

What exactly do you man by recent trouble with herdsmen