Booking a Flight to Tour Kenya

Getting a flight to tour Kenya was the trickier bit.
I came to realize, at least at the time I made my Kenya tour that there were no direct flights to Kenya from the United States, and that to tour Kenya I would have to connect in Europe.
At least, I also came to know that Kenya's flag carrier - an airline called Kenya Airways has fully embraced modernity and actually allows for online booking, to my utmost relief!
Still I found the idea of not having direct flights from the United States to Kenya quite surprising, given that the air traffic between both countries runs into the millions annually, or so an authoritative website claims.
I believe that this lack of direct flights between the two countries hinders many Americans who would otherwise like to tour Kenya, but I was informed that the restriction is due to security concerns or something, I can't quite remember well.
But the most amazing thing I learnt when booking the flight for my Kenya tour was that I could actually go to Kenya - almost half a world away - on less than $1000! - which translates to less than $2000 for the whole Kenya tour - to and from.
The friend of mines who had made a successful Kenya tour further told me that travelling within Kenya was really cheap, and that for example for as little as $40, I could get a flight between Neirobi and Mombasa, Kenya's main cities.

Planning to Tour Kenya

My plan to tour kenya started long before the rise of Obama and the hype it has come with.
I came to like the destination from what I had read about the country, and what I had seen from movies and a TV series shot there.
A couple that is a friend of mines also made a successful Kenya tour and they told me that it was a fantastic destination - thus further whetting my appetite to tour kenya. Although I had for long wanted to tour Kenya, I was initially put-off by the cost, as I came to learn that Kenya is not (really) considered a cheap destination.
Then a friend of mine who had also made a successful tour to Kenya informed that while formal Kenya tour packages can be quite expensive, I could significantly reduce the cost of the Kenya tour by making my own travel and accomodation arrangements. I established from this friend what a typical Kenya tour would cost if I personally made my travel and accomodation arrangements, and from the figure he gave me - which brought the Kenya tour within my reach - I immediately started making real plans to tour Kenya. In planning to tour Kenya, I had to secure a visa to the country - (not really a hassle), book a flight and research on the web for the things I really needed to know before embarking on my Kenya tour.