Travel + Leisure

December 22, 2020
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What It's Like to Travel to Kenya Right Now, According to a Travel Advisor Who Just Went

I’d never been away from Africa for as long as I had over these past 10 tedious months. So, as I watched the blood-orange sunrise from my plane window as we descended into Nairobi recently, I couldn’t hold back the tears. The emotional exhaustion of this year all seemed to release with my arrival home in Africa, this big-sky country, which never fails to grip my soul. I felt a newfound humility — and the thrill of simply being alive.

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