Mombasa Mombasa is straightforward and the majority of the roads are tarmacked. Main roads include Jomo Kenyatta Avenue, Digo Road, Nyerere Road, Nkurumah Road, Moi Avenue, Mama Ngina Drive, Barack Obama Road, Nairobi Highway and Nyali Road. Highways connect Mombasa to Nairobi, Dar es Salaam while northward road link to Malindi and Lamu, which also extends towards the border with Somalia. Within Mombasa, most local people use "matatus" (mini-buses) which are extremely common in Kenya, to move around the city and its suburbs. The "tuk-tuk"—a motor vehicle with three wheels—is widely used as transport around the city and its suburbs. No
Mombasa tribes. The ferry was the target of the Likoni Riots of 1997. Diani Beach: a beach resort area situated over the Likoni Ferry on the south coast of Mombasa. It is located some 36 km (22 miles) south of Mombasa city on the mainland coast and is a prime resort for many local and international tourists. Diani Beach has an airport at Ukunda town to cater for tourists who fly there directly from Nairobi Wilson or any other airports and airfields in the country. Magongo: is an outlying township 20 minutes driving distance northwest of Mombasa Island, situated on the