Comfortable sleeper services exist between Nairobi and Mombasa, and Nairobi and Kisumu. Demand for daytime train services is on the increase, to enhance more scenery and site seeing opportunities. Use of water transport for international arrivals is not preferred due to its slow speed, but special cruise ships operate short distances within the Indian Ocean, to destinations such as Zanzibar, Seychelles, Mauritius, etc. Cruise tourism activities are also practised on small scale in major inland lakes and along the Indian Ocean. Telephone network in Kenya is improving with increased satellite stations, new telephone exchanges and international gateway facilities.
Microwave relays provide direct dialling countrywide.
Direct overseas dialling is possible from most major towns and increasingly in game lodges inside parks and reserves. Areas that do not have direct telephone facilities can be connected by radiotelephone to both the national and international service. Mobile telephones can be hired from different firms during your stay in Kenya. Internet access is available in most parts of the country through pay cyber cafes and major hotels. Kenya has more than 30 monthly, bi-monthly and quarterly magazines and journals published locally.