4 Best Gift Ideas to Buy from Kenya
- Tour The Rift Safaris
- Nov 28, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: Dec 19, 2018
Kenya souvenirs are the best gifts you can get your loved ones if you want them to know you were thinking of them while you were away on a Safari holiday. They are well crafted and the handiwork is exquisite. Your only task will be to make time to go choose and buy the gift. Masai Market in Nairobi City is one of the best places to buy Kenyan souvenirs.
Kenyan souvenirs you can get include:
1. Kenyan Tea and Coffee
Fresh, flavorful, and rich is what you get with a cup of organic Kenyan tea or coffee. These are perfect gifts although they will not last for long because they are to be drunk and enjoyed. There are great brands you can buy your gift from such as Kericho Gold for tea, and Java House for coffee. Some great gift ideas would be Kenya Gold pure black tea and their green tea, and one of Java House gourmet coffees.
From left: 1. Kericho gold pure black tea. 2. Kericho green pure green tea. 3. Java house coffee.
You can also find the tea and coffee online:
Tea: http://shop.kerichogold.com
Coffee: http://www.javacoffee.com
2. Fashion and Style accessories
These are great gifts if you don’t have enough space to pack extra luggage. Make sure to select only the best items, don’t go for poorly beaded jewelry or fake leather items because you will surely be disappointed if you do.
The best accessories to buy include leather belts, leather sandals, Masai shukas, Masai bracelets, Masai necklaces, and Masai earrings.
You can go for framed furnishings, wood carvings such as animal figures, carved stone merchandise, and even hardwood items such as coffee tables, stools, and chairs.
3. Wood and Stone Carvings and Furnishings, Paintings, and Pottery Items
If you the capacity to carry extra weight then these would make great gifts from Kenya. These gifts work out great as furnishings and can be put in your living room, dining area, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, or even in the office. Kenya’s paintings look great in office boardrooms, lobbies or waiting areas. If you own a restaurant or hotel back home, then you definitely need to buy a painting for your walls.
You can also go for framed furnishings, wood carvings such as animal figures, carved stone animal figures, flower pots, and even hardwood items such as coffee tables, stools, and chairs.
If you are buying the furnishing items for your home, be sure to think of where you will stage them and go for a color, size, and quality that will complement other furnishings already in place.
4. House décor and accessories
If you’re looking for gift ideas for home or office accessories then go for unique rugs for house, bathroom or bedroom, lamp shades or lamp stands, throw pillows, and coffee or dining table accessories. There is so much to choose from what you can buy from Kenya as a gift. You are only limited by how much weight you can carry back home, and how much you are willing to spend on the gift item.
Some interesting souvenirs you can buy in Kenya are shown below.
1. Leather sandals. 2. Masai Shukas/blankets. 3. Flower pots.
4. Sheep wool floor rug. 5. House decor vases 6. Wood curved giraffe 7. Elegant Masai Necklace
You can also present these gifts to your loved ones during other occasions such as anniversaries, religious holidays such as Easter, Diwali, Eid Ul Fitr, Christmas, and New Year.
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