The KCB Safari Rally happens this weekend and will basically clog up much of the route between Nairobi and Namanga in Kenya– ie the northern part of the road between Nairobi and Arusha in Tanzania.
If you’re heading for Amboseli, take the new road, which entails carrying on down the Mombasa highway to Emali and then turning south to Oloitokitok.
If you’re going by public transport (ie one of the big “shuttle” buses/coaches) from Nairobi to Arusha this weekend, or from Arusha to Nairobi, then check that your bus company has made provision for the various possible road blocks and delays that may occur en route.
If you’re doing any of these trips under your own steam, three words: set off early!
Safari njema!
First-Time Africa: know before you go 
Hi! Whats the status of the road via athi river, and by the way which is the better way to get to amboseli generaly, the namanga road or the emali one ?
Ash, the Emali road is fast and good, and currently the best route from Nairobi, though you obviously end up at the east end of the park.
The Namanga route is still not finished, and the onward route through Meshanani gate very rough.
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