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The Chyulu hills are considered to be some of the youngest volcanic mountains in the world, born out of the earth only 500 years ago. They are situated 190 km …

Watamu National Park is part of a complex of marine and tidal habitats on Kenya’s north coast stretching from Malindi town to beyond the entrance to Mida creek. It is …

Kakamega Forest was established to protect Kenya’s only mid-altitude tropical rainforest – as the forest contains many species found nowhere else in the country. The forest lies in the Lake …

The Isiolo District lies at the northern foot of Mt Kenya rising above the expansive range lands of northern Kenya. The arid and semi-arid zones district sits as a divide …

Sibiloi National Park covers 1,570 square km of wilderness scenic landscape on the shores of Lake Turkana. The park was partially established through the initiative of National Museums of Kenya …

Bisanadi National Reserve acts as a wildlife dispersal area for Meru National Park. It is a part of the Meru, Kora, Mwingi and Bisanadi conservation area, adjacent to northeast boundary …

Mwingi National Reserve is one of four protected and contiguous areas that comprise the 4,400 square km Meru Conversational Area (MCA). The other three are Meru National Park, Bisanadi National …

The reserve was gazetted in 1976 covering an area north-west of Kamburu Dam at the confluence of Tana and Thiba rivers. Two islands within Kamburu dam (constructed in 1976) are …

Meru is a savanna National Park, 35 km east of Maua town in the north eastern lowlands below the Nyambeni hills. Meru is part of a complex of protected areas …

The Kora National Park was gazetted in 1973 as a reserve and gazetted as a park in 1990. It comprises of an area of a little over 1,700 square km. …

Ruma national park was established mainly to protect the Roan antelope, common only to this park. Ruma national park was established mainly to protect the Roan antelope, common only to …

Saiwa is the smallest park in Kenya, only 3 square km. It was established to protect the semi-aquatic sitatunga antelope and encloses the swamp fed by the Saiwa river together …

Mount Kenya, Africa’s second highest peak is regarded as the realm of Ngai, god of the local Kikuyu people. Traditionally, all Kikuyu home were built to face this sacred peak. …

A rugged, hump-backed outcrop of ancient rock jutting high above the Athi Plains and hazily visible from Nairobi, Ol Donyo Sabuk is a densely forested mountain known to the local …

Both the park and reserve are the most highly utilised among marine protected areas. Their coastline is heavily developed with tourist facilities. There are various agents who offer boats for …

When the East African Railway reached Kisumu early in the last century, the area must have been teeming with plains game. Over the passage of time hunting for food, ecosystem …

The Aberdares is an isolated volcanic range that forms the eastern wall of the rift valley, running roughly 100 km north-south between Nairobi and Thomson’s Falls. Soils are red and …