Currency: Kenya Shillings (KSh)
For latest KSh exchange rates see Today’s Exchange Rate.
All the major credit cards are widely accepted in the city hotels, city restaurants and city shops but this may not be the case in the rural areas. A commission charge is normally added to any transactions using a credit card.
The smaller safari lodges and camps or rural hotels may not all accept credit cards and where they do, they may give an unfavourable exchange rate or add a surcharge, so it is recommended that you have USD cash that you can exchange if required to into local currency which you may need on safari.
Please note that due to the number of fake notes in circulation, no US Dollar bills printed before 2017 are accepted in Kenya.
