4 Food & Drink Tours in Kenya Worth Booking

1.Watamu Marine Park & Sudi Island Mangrove Forest Canoe Ride.With sea food lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 31 reviews · from $101Our pick

Travel from Mombasa to Watamu for a glass-boat ride, seasonal dolphin sightings, snorkeling, and a guided canoe trip through Sudi Island’s mangroves. You’ll have a seafood barbecue, drinks, equipment, and hotel transfers included. Guides such as Derrick, Jim, and driver Eric are named in the tour experience.

“Excellent excursion with African Tours and transfers. Good driver Eric. We saw Dolphins, good snorkeling, Canoe trip into mangroves followed by a delicious seafood lunch bbq on the beach.”

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2.Street food Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 14 reviews · 2h 30m · from $37

Walk through Mombasa Old Town with an English or Swahili speaking guide, stopping for beef or chicken mshikaki, sugarcane juice, Swahili coffee, tea, potatoes, seafood, and cassava chips. Joan and Nicole have led this experience. Come hungry, report allergies early, and expect a relaxed food walk rather than a formal restaurant meal.

“Paní průvodkyně byla moc milá. Dozvěděli jsme se spoustu zajímavých informací nejen o jídle, ale i o životě místních lidí a také o historii města.”

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3.Market and Street Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 6 reviews · 1h 30m · from $30Best value

Meet guide Tina at Tsunami Garden Cafe for a small-group walk through Diani’s Ibiza Market. You’ll sample Swahili porridge, chapati, coconut rice, beans, ugali, sukumawiki, Viazi Karai, and palm wine, with stops at a tailoring shop and local bar. Expect a hot, very local experience rather than a polished restaurant outing.

“We really enjoyed the tour with Tina. She is great at explaining and we had the opportunity to see the beautiful market and taste some of the tipical dishes and beverage. it was really a great time spent together! :) We do recommend the visit!”

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4.1 Hour Gastronomic and Street Food tour of Nairobi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 1 hour · from $37Top rated

Join Ishmael Nzioka for a one-hour walk from International House through Nairobi’s central food streets. You’ll visit a market, sample Kenyan snacks, chapati, nyama choma, ugali, fruit, sweets and drinks, and hear how food connects to local culture. Bring at least $20 in cash for food beyond the tour fee.

“The tour was fantastic. Ishmael is knowledgeable and a good companion to explore the streets of Nairobi. He patiently answered all my questions. We tried a bunch of different varieties including snacks, sweets, BBQ, fruits. I had fun knowing about local cuisine, history and culture. I also got good tips about local food and restaurants to try.”

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