About Us

The Go Places Magazine is your complete Entertainment, Restaurant & Travel Guide and has grown over the years to become the premier travel guide to East Africa. With this guide we have been able to explore many hidden places and destinations in East Africa. This has increased local, domestic and international tourists visiting and exploring these exquisite destinations thus increasing the awareness and exposing the beauty of the countries within the East African Region. The Go Places Magazine also promotes exclusive destinations around the world by partnering with several international airlines & stakeholders thus giving opportunity for outbound travel.
Go Places magazine has been in the market for the last 13 years and has become an authoritative guide to Travel, Eating Out and Entertainment. The readers fall across the A, B and C1 socio-economic groups. Go Places readership currently lies at 200,000 per issue (bi-monthly)
The publisher of the Go Places Magazine; Leisure & Travel Guides EA Ltd is a winner of the International Quality Crown Award in the Gold Category for outstanding commitment to Quality & Excellence. The award was presented in London on 4th December 2006
Celebrating 13 years, being the premier guide in East Africa
- Magazine launched October 1996
- Published by Leisure & Travel Guides East Africa Ltd
- Bi-monthly print run: 35,000 copies
- Readership: 200,000+
- Distributed in East Africa and has a worldwide reach through Trade Fares, Exhibitions and subscribers.
- Available in-flight on Fly 540, a well established airline that fly's domestically within Kenya.
MAIN OBJECTIVE
- To provide reliable guides to East Africa's Travel, Eating Out and Entertainment experience in East Africa
- To provide enjoyable reading articles on Travel & Lifestyle
- To encourage and promote local, regional and international tourism.
- To make a connection between our partners and readers to derive benefits for both.
OUR READERS
These are target group of individuals with medium and senior positions in companies and organizations with ability and willingness to spend. The age groups of these readers are from 25 to 60 years. They have the following lifestyles and personalities:
- Cosmopolitan with international scope and interests
- Have a good income and have a regular habit of spending a considerable part of this income on entertainment, shopping and travel.
DISTRIBUTION PROFILE
- Ratio Subscription/Retail: 60%/40%
- Subscribers: East Africa 80%, rest of the world 20%
- Airlines sales offices (Fly 540, British Airways, Kenya Airways, East African Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Air Mauritius, Air Malawi & Air India)
- Leading Hotels (Serena, Windsor, Holiday Inn, Hilton, Sarova, Fairview, Safari Park and Nairobi Safari Club).
- Trade Fairs: through KTB, KWS and other major stake holders.
- KWS members: distributed through the park gates
- Airports - JKIA & Moi International Airport
- Embassies, United Nations, Diplomatic Missions, Consulates & NGO's
- Shopping Malls
- Business and corporate clients
Our Other Products
Having Fun Magazine (HFM)
The Having Fun Magazine features the latest in Business, Fashion, shopping, Music, Health, Sports and Entertainment in Kenya. HFM also explores the great potential in our local artists and musicians and aims to promote our art and culture.
The HFM is the official in-flight magazine for Airkenya Express Ltd; which is one of the largest domestic airlines within Kenya, hence targets both the local and international traveler.
The publishers of the Having Fun Magazine; Leisure & Travel Guides EA Ltd is a winner of the International Quality Crown Award in the Gold Category for outstanding commitment to Quality & Excellence. The award was presented in London on 4th December 2006
In the stressful lives that we lead today, we need to break off sometimes and indulge in some Having Fun!
Go Places Restaurant Guide

This guide is published annually and is on its eighth edition. It features over two hundred and fifty of the most exclusive and finest Hotels & Restaurants in East Africa.
This easy to use guide includes restaurants categorized according to region and are indexed by the type of cuisine the restaurants offer. It also includes opening times ambience and various other facilities and menu available.
The guide has become a must have for many of our subscribers for holiday bookings and an eating out experience and is always in demand.
The guide is distributed through Hotels who provide it as an added value to their residence by having a copy in each of the hotel rooms as a complimentary take away copy. Other places of distribution are Airlines, Airports, Embassies, Diplomatic Missions, Consulates, NGO?s, Business and Corporate clients.
The publishers of the Go Places Restaurant & Hotel Guide; Leisure & Travel Guides EA Ltd is a proud winner of the International Quality Crown Award in the Gold Category for outstanding commitment to Quality & Excellence. The award was presented in London on 4th December 2006
Being published annually it is value for money as it has a shelf life of over 365 days.
Go Places Privilege Card
Go Places Privilege Card is a discount card and it is accepted in over 300 establishments throughout East Africa. Card holders are just required to present the card at any of these establishments to receive the applicable discount.
Our partners include airlines, hotels, lodges, restaurants, boutiques, salons, chemists, etc. and the list keeps on growing everyday!
The discounts vary from partner to partner and range from 5% to 30% on different products and services (conditions apply). Anyone over the age of 18 years can apply for the card... [Read More]
Go Movies Cinema Guide

Go Movies Guide, Kenya's premier movies information resource, is printed and distributed every Friday.
The A5 size - pull out is distributed in all cinema theatres, popular restaurants, coffee houses, night clubs and major shopping malls countrywide.
15,000 copies of the guide are printed every week to reach an estimated readership of 60,000.















