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Africa Travel Guide - Kenya
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Top 10 reasons to visit Kenya in Africa
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Tell us about your African experience - write a Kenya travel story or review
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Kenya - Attractions
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Kenya has a variety of attractions that appeals to all visitors. Some of them include:
• Wildlife national parks, game reserves, private wildlife sanctuaries and conservation areas - more details.
• Exotic white sandy beaches - with turquoise blue waters - more details.
• Indian Ocean Islands - Kiwayu, Lamu, Manda, Mombasa, Chale
• Mountains, Hills & Plateau - which includes Mount Kenya, awarded status of World Heritage Site.
• Treetops Hotel - The lodge Queen Elizabeth stayed at, the day she become Queen of England.
• Authentic Eco-tourism - staying at accommodations, which have struck a balance by operating in an environmentally conscientious manner but not missing out on the conveniences provided by modernity.
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• Kenya has a long list of famous personalities that include movie stars, explorers, and writers who have visited the country to film on location or to fulfill their African experience. The famous visitors and locations in Kenya include:
Karen Blixen House filmed in the movie Out of Africa.
2. Explorer Joseph Thomson, an explorer who published his experience in Kenya in a book called "Through Maasai Land" in 1885.
3. Ernest Hemingway wrote a book called "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" in 1933 that later became a film.
4. Shaba National Reserve visited by artists who designed the hilltop animation for the Lion King.
5. Mount Kenya and Nairobi region for the film No Where in Africa.
6. Angelina Jolie starred as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life filmed at Hell's Gate National Park.
7. The famous Tsavo Man Eaters filmed in Tsavo National Park for the movie The Ghost and the Darkness that stared Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas.
8. CBS Survivor Africa series filmed on location at Shaba and Samburu National Reserve.
9. The Lewa Downs Wildlife Conservation Area frequented by Prince William of England.
10. Born Free movie which was adaptation of the late Joy Adamson's book about Elsa the lioness, who was raised as a pet by two Kenya game wardens filmed at Shaba National Reserve and Elsamere.
11. Kim Basinger staring in the movie I Dreamed of Africa about Kuki Gallman's life on Laikipia ranch house now called Makutan Retreat.
12. Dinah Sheridan and Anthony Steel star in a movie called Where No Vultures Fly based on the real-life memoirs of Mervyn Cowie, who had made a reputation as a conservationist.
13. The movie King Solomon's Mines staring Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr was filmed on location at Hell's Gate and Amboseli National Park.
14. Born to be Wild Program shot on location in 2002 at Kigio Conservancy.
• Jane Goodall Chimpanzee Sanctuary at Sweetwaters Sanctuary is safe haven for orphaned and previously caged or captured chimps.
• Tea Plantations at Kiambethu Estate in Limuru displays life of European settlers on Kenyan farms and ranches.
• Tamarind Dhow is a spectacular way to spend an afternoon or evening cruising on the Indian Ocean in a traditional Arabic dhow, with the opportunity to view the whole of old town Mombasa from a distance.
• Kenya's Forests occupy about 2-3% of Kenya's land area and yet, they are reservoirs of biological diversity which includes genes, species and ecosystems.
• Deserts of Northern Kenya.
• Museums of Kenya include Fort Jesus, Karen Blixen, Kenya National and Lamu.
• Carnivore Restaurant, which introduces visitors to savor their tastes in game meat such as gazelles and antelopes.
• Mamba Village Visit - Largest crocodile sanctuary farm in Africa.
• Historic, Religious and Fraternal sites and monuments, which includes Hindu Temples, Churches, Mosques, and Free Masonic Lodges.
• Marine Parks & Reserves on Kenyan coast, a chance for an underwater diving safari.
• Deep Sea Fishing site beyond the reef locations, a haven for big bill fishes of Kenya
• Masaai, Kikuyu, Luo & Samburu Village display sample of authentic African culture.
• Visit Lamu, World Heritage Site, to learn about Swahili Culture and their ways of life.
• Animal Orphanage at Nairobi National Park & Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage.
• Giraffe Center to hand feed resident giraffes.
• Famous Lakes, Rivers, & Waterfalls.
• Heritage Festivals such as Maulidi and dhow racing in Lamu.
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