Does anyone know if e-mail is generaly available at the lodges and camps in Kenya and Tanzania?

I don't know how prevalent e-mail is in general, but from experience, I can tell you that in Tanzania, Kirawira, Ngorongoro Serena, and Gibb's Farm all had e-mail facilities.

Depends on where you'll be visiting. Most lodges have email access available; some camps do. There are a few (the more expensive properties)that may not charge, but don't count on it; all others will charge for the service.

Travelled Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and all hotels had email; Zanzibar insisted that I write message then they put it on internet; all places charged and it was almost always difficult to find available time; once on the net, I often was disconnected so be quick w/your message. Whatever the email availability, the trip is phenomenal, animals and birds unbelievable - so, forget home and email and just enjoy lorious Africa!

I didn't find much emsail availability when in the lodges. But as previous posters have said I wasn't that botheres. Safaricom do a card for laptops to give GPRS connection if you are really fussed. Their coverage is pretty good... especially along the Nairobi/mombasa highway. try www.safaricom.com

Even if they did hv email in the bush, i would'nt think it would be a fast connection.....and would think it would take forever to access any web page.....

So, don't count on getting a lot done.

Hari

Well, some of the connection speeds were pretty good. Kirawira was dial-up speed, but if all you're doing is e-mail and not surfing, it should be fine. The connection at Ngorongoro Serena was terribly slow. In fact, when I signed up for half an hour, the lady gave me an extra 15 minutes on the house because it was so slow. At Gibb's Farm, they had a pretty good connection - not only that, they had WiFi.

I believe I was paying about $5 per 15 minutes for internet connection. It should be noted that I had good cell phone reception at practically every lodge or camp I was at. So, that's another option to communicate with the outside world.

I think every Sopa or Serena I was in had email access.