Kenyan Tourist Attraction- what to seee in kenya
Kenya is a state in
east Africa, it is one of the hubs of tourism, and it is leading tourist destination
in Africa,
it has several tourist attraction ranging from
wild life park, cultural heritage , archeological records,
beaches and geographical
landmasses . Tourism is the second
source of foreign exchange in Kenya after agriculture.
The mosques of Mombasa, the photo safari through the 19
national park, the Great Rift Valley, the viewing of the world 2nd
tallest mountain; the mountain Kilimanjaro, the famous coffee plantation at thika
and its numerous beaches along the Indian Ocean are among the top Kenyan
tourist attractions.
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the
Kenyan national park: they are one
of the top tourist attraction in Kenya, they have many species of wild animals,
you need to see, the massai national park also known as amboseli national park
located at the kajiado district rift valley region, the area dominated by the
masai people, growing in population due to the improved means of from tourism
development. Kora national park is also a leading tourist destination in Kenya,
located in Kenyan coast province.
The Mount Kenya national park; established n 1949 located around the
Mount Kenya. It is made into UNESCO
world heritage site in 1997.
Nairobi national park, located in
Nairobi 4 km away from city centre, I has large and varied wild life population,
and it is separated by a fence in a fence from the city. It has migrating
herbivores in the dry season, it is best rhinoceros sanctuanary.
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The Great Rift Valley: it runs from
north to south of Nairobi, the
floor is broken by volcanoes, some still active, it has series of lakes , they boarded by
escarpment, it has several lakes like lake turkana, logibi, baringo,
nakuru,elmanteita, naivasha etc.
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Fort Jesus
Mombasa: a standing historical site historical record of 16th century,
built by Giovanni Battista Cairati for protection against external invasion.
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Lamu old
town: it is an exclusive tropical
island and historical Swahili settlement. It is a center for Islamic and
Swahili culture for educational purposes.
Other tourist attractions are the Mount Kenya natural forest, Kenya lake
system, sacred mijikenda kaya forest. see places to visit in Dubai
Mount Kilimanjaro : the mount Kilimanjaro
the 2nd largest mountain in the world after mount Everest ,
located in Tanzania can be viewed from
Kenya across the border, it has
three volcanic cones; kibo, mawenzi and
shira, it is 5.8 kilometer above the sea level. It is one of the tourist attractions
in Kenya. there are seven official route
for trekking Kilimanjaro for ascending and descending , the lemosho,
machame, marangu, mweka, rongai, shira and umbwe routes, the ronga is
the most easiest route followed by
marangu but they are much busy than the
other route, climbers need to
be properly equipped and physically
capable , they should undergo research before attempting to climb it. There are
challenges like shortage of breath, hypothermia and headaches. Other challenges
are that rock slides may fall and killed trekkers, trekkers may fall on steeps
and got killed etc other
feature of Kilimanjaro are the unique
vegetation, ice, etc. see places to visit in singapore
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