Kenya is one of the most beautiful and visited country in Africa since it is renowned as the heart of Africa found in the Eastern part of Africa. The country is renowned for its friendly, hospitable, and trustful people. Kenya borders the Indian Ocean, consists of fascinating savannah, Lakelands and mountains that makes it attractive to tourists. Kenya hosts wide ranging wild life including lions, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, buffaloes, wildbeasts, zebras among others. Annual migration of Wildebeest and Zebras across Kenya-Tanzania border acts as a fascinating events that tourists can’t help but witness.
Guys with intends to visualize Mount Kilimanjaro, the Tallest mountain in Tanzania and Africa at 5,895 meters high visits Amboseli National Park. Kenya is a unique country encompassing different ecosystems including open plains, deserts, unique tribal cultures, and inland freshwater and salty lakes, alpine snows among others that make a suitable tourist destination. The peace, honesty, hospitality, and friendliness of Kenyan people make the country the safest place to visit to enjoy ones vacation. You want to spend your vacation in Kenya, below are the best tourist destinations in Kenya.
Maasai Mara National Reserve
The Maasai Mara National Reserve is one of the best and renowned Kenyan Tourist attraction site in Kenya. The park boosts of vast wildlife diversity with complete biological ecosystem. The major animals reserved include; lions, leopards, rhinoceros, African Buffalo, cheetah, giraffe, elephants, Hippos, wildebeest, banded, Aardvark, common eland, Honey badger, Mara wonderers, birdlife, zebra, maasai giraffe, Aardwolf among others. With entry fee of $200 between July and December, and $100 between January and June for adults per day and $10 for children and students, Maasai Mara remains competitive attracting millions of tourists locally and internationally.
Millions of tourists visit the reserve to watch migration of wildbeasts and Zebras migrate from Serengeti National Park of Tanzania to Maasai Mara National Park in Kenya between July and October every year. The Migration is moved by suitable ecological environment for the animals to conceive in Kenya, besides Maasai Mara having greener pastures at the time. These animals come to Kenya to conceive and migrate to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to deliver. Visit Maasai Mara to enjoy the fascinating event, enjoy traditional culture of Maasai people, and have best Maa delicacies like Nyama Choma.
Nairobi National Park
Nairobi National Park is located in Nairobi, the Capital City of Kenya making it one of the visited tourist attraction center. The park is a 10 minute’s-drive, about 7km south of Nairobi. The game park boosts of diversity of wild life species including lions, zebras, giraffe, hipopotamus, leopards, African Buffalos, blue wildbeasts, zebras, cheetah, gazelle, Grant ’s gazelle, eland, impala, hartebeest, warthogs, baboons, spotted hyena, jackal, Ostrich among others. Tourists interested in black rhinoceros have Nairobi National Park as their tour destination. With cheapest entry fee of $43 for adults and $22 for kids, and nearby 5-star hotels with great accommodation, Nairobi National Park is the destination for all tourists across the globe.
Tsavo National Park
Tsavo National Park is the largest National Park in Kenya and consequently in the entire world. Being the largest, it is split into Tsavo West with fascinating volcanic landscape and Tsavo East with open savannah. Tsavo National Park Boosts of diversity of wildlife including elephants, lions, leopards, wild dogs, buffalo, rhino, giraffe, zebra, crocodile, mangoose, hyrax, dik-dik, lesser kundu and porcupine. With over 600 birds’ species, Tsavo remains the most interesting park to visit. Nonresidents are charged an entry fee of $52 for adults and $35 for children while residents/citizens are charged a fee of $5 for adults and $2 for children making it affordable
Amboseli National park
Amboseli National Park is one of the top Kenyan and African tourist attraction place due to its positioning at the foot of Mout Kilimanjaro. The park is ranked best attraction center due to fascinating Mountain View, and elephant species. With balloon trips to the pick of the mountains, game drives, and park adventures allows people have a clear view of diverse wildlife besides witnessing the famous Maasai Culture, and delicacies.
Amboseli boosts of over 600 species of indigenous birds. The major wild animals present include; Leopards, Cheetah, Wild Dogs, Mongoose, Elephant, Giraffe, Zebra, Lion, Crocodile, Dik-Dik, Lesser Kundu, And Nocturnal Porcupine. With entry fee of $40 for low-season and $70 for peak season for non-residents, and $6 on lower season and $8 during peak season for citizens makes the park charming to local and international tourists. If your adventure is to view Mount Kilimanjaro and enjoy wildlife, then Amboseli National Park is the best place for your vacation.
Lake Nakuru National Park
Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the famous tourist attraction site consisting of a shallow lake that hosts thousands of Flamingoes. The park also boosts of hosting Black And White Rhinos, Rothschild Giraffe, Cape Buffalos, Olive Baboons, Impalas, Waterbucks, Hippos, Columbus Monkeys, Spotted Hyena, Zebras, Gazelle, Leopards, Lions, Pythons among others. However, Flamingoes remains the major attractive site for tourists at the park. With entry fee of $40 for low-season and $70 for peak season for non-residents, and $6 on lower season and $8 during peak season for citizens makes the park charming to local and international tourists. Are you interested in enjoying fascinating view of Flamingoes? What are you waiting for?
Hell Gate National Park
Hell Gate National Park is the smallest yet famous tourist attraction site in Rift Valley of Kenya, named after narrow breakage of cliffs. It is located in Naivasha in Central Kenya. The tourists enjoy free movement by cycling without guides to witness stunning landscapes, steep cliffs, gorges, and ballast columns. Tourists interested in seeing, Rothschild Giraffe, Buffalos, Baboons, Eland, Hartebeest, Impalas, Waterbucks, Hippos, Columbus Monkeys, Spotted Hyena, Zebras, Gazelle, Leopards, Lions among others. The scenes of vultures, Verreaux Eagle, Augur among other bird species makes adventure more charming.
Samburu National Park
Samburu National Reserve is the most attractive landmark in the Northern Parts of Kenya, ASAL areas. Merged with charming Samburu traditional culture, dances, and delicacies, tourists enjoys fascinating view of wildlife and birds species alongside River Uaso Nyiro. Forested areas and grassland savannah sceneries creates fascinating experience for tourists watch fight between buffalo and lions, cheetah, and leopards. The reserve also hosts elephants, crocodiles and Hippos that attracts tourists. If interested in forest adventure, and wild animals interesting view, then Samburu National Reserve is there for you.
Mount Kenya National Park
Mount Kenya National Park is a tourist destination located alongside Mount Kenya, the second tallest African Mountain located in Central Kenya. With a height of 5,199 meters, Mt. Kenya offers tourists a fascinating view of beautiful peaks, snow slopes, and forest adventures. The reserve hosts buffalo, elephants, black and white and sykes monkeys, tree hyrax, white tailed mangoose, suni, black fronted duiker, mole rat, busbucks, waterbuck, elands, suni antelope, leopards, bongo, and giant forest hog among others. If your passion is to enjoy mountain scenaries, forest adventures, and wildlife, then you should try Mt. Kenya National Reserve.
