Fort Jesus – Mombasa
Today the majestic Fort Jesus is a National Monument, standing high over the Mombasa harbor. Fort Jesus is an interesting place to spend a day exploring the gun turrets, battlements …
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Girraffe Center – Nairobi
The AFEW (African Fund for Endangered Wildlife) Giraffe Centre is located in Langata, just outside Nairobi. The Centre has been ostensibly set up as a breeding Centre for the endangered …
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The Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage is located near Nairobi National Park. This orphanage for Elephant Calves and Rhinos from all over Kenya was founded and still managed by Daphne Sheldrick, the …
ViewNairobi National Museum
The recently renovated Nairobi National Museum is a good place to learn more about Kenya’s history and culture. The construction of the present Museum Hill site began in 1929 after …
ViewKaren Blixen Museum
For anyone with an interest in Karen Blixen’s book Out of Africa or the subsequent film, this museum is a must see. The author lived on a coffee estate in …
ViewHaller Park, Mombasa
Haller Wildlife Park (Lafarge Ecosystems) is a former disused quarry that has been reborn as a small private game sanctuary. A major initiative has been made to “green” the quarry, …
ViewGedi Ruins
Gedi is one of Kenya’s great unknown treasures, a wonderful lost city lying in the depths of the great Arabuko Sokoke forest. It is also a place of great mystery, …
ViewKiunga Marine National Reserve
The reserve incorporates a chain of about 50 calcareous offshore islands and coral reefs in the Lamu Archipelago, running for some 60 km parallel to the coast in northern Kenya …
ViewArabuko Sokoke Forest National Park
Arabuko Sokoke is a few kilometres inland, between the towns of Kilifi and Malindi, 110 km north of Mombasa. It is the largest existing fragment of the tropical forests that …
ViewSouth and Central Island National Park
These remote and wild parks, along with Sibiloi National Park, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The park offers visitors some stunning scenery and excellent bird-watching opportunities with flamingos, pelicans and …
ViewMarsabit National Park
Marsabit National Reserve covers an area of 1,500 square km and consists of a forested mountain that rises like an oasis in the middle of the desert wilderness and is …
ViewMt Elgon National Reserve
Mount Elgon is Kenya’s second highest mountain. It lies 140 km north-east of Lake Victoria and is bisected by the Kenya-Uganda border. An ancient eroded volcano with a huge caldera, …
ViewTana River Primate Reserve
The Tana River National Primate Reserve was gazetted in 1976 to protect the Lower Tana riverine forests and two highly endangered primates, the mangabey and the Tana River red colobus. …
ViewSouth Turkana National Reserve
South Turkana National Reserve is a rugged and very beautiful expanse of land with very few visitors consisting of dense thorn bushes and riverine forests, the landscape has a great …
ViewNasalot National Reserve
Nasolot National Reserve was gazetted in 1979 and consists 9,200 hectares of beautifully rugged land. It is located to the north of Mount Melo at over 3,000 metres. There are …
ViewMalindi National Park and Reserve
Malindi Marine Park and Reserve was the first marine protected area in Kenya, established in 1968 and designated as a Biosphere Reserve under the Man & Biosphere Reserve programme of …
ViewNdere Island National Park
Ndere Island, a newly gazetted park, is an island just off the Northern shore of Lake Victoria and was opened in November 1986. Ndere means ‘meeting place’ in the language …
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