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Mombasa is a major trade centre and home to Kenya’s only large seaport, the Kilindini Harbour. Kilindini is an old Swahili term that means “deep”. The port is so called because the channel is naturally very deep.
Moi International Airport
The airport was originally known as “Port Reitz Airport”. It was built during the Second World War by the Engineer Corps of the South African Army. During that war it was used by the Fleet Air Arm for the defence of the British Eastern Fleet which was based at nearby Kilindini Harbour from 1942,
Mombasa has a railway station and Kenya Railways runs overnight passenger trains from Mombasa to Nairobi, though the service is less extensive than it used to be.
Highways connect Mombasa to capital Nairobi, former Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam while northward road link to Malindi and Lamu. Within Mombasa, most local people use Matatus (minibuses) to move between villages and Mombasa Island. Mombasa port is the largest in Kenya but there is little or no scheduled passenger service.
International cruise ships frequent the port, thus giving Mombasa a “Natural Harbour.”