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Mombasa

Mombasa with a population of 1.2 million (2019), is the second-largest city in Kenya and its main port city. Wikivoyage

Population 1,208,333 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Kenya

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Kenya

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Mombasa. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Fireworks

    January, December

    The New Year's firework show is arranged by the hotels at Nyali beach

  2. Carnival

    February – March

    Happens in November on the streets of Mvita. It is a colorful parade of around 50 chariots and 3000 dancers from all over Kenya in traditional costumes

  3. The Coast Film Festival

    May – June

    Organized by the Alliance française

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Mombasa); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 4 places to eat

Getting around

Train stations: Changamwe 5.5 km

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