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Amboseli is the Ruler of African Skies as it hosts the backdrop of the Majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain free-standing at an altitude of 5,895 Meters. A visit to the park treats one with a rich experience of wildlife, including big elephant population with very huge tasks, leopard, lion, various antelope species, reptiles and birdlife among other unique attractions. The rapturous vegetation zones, climate and landscape is quite dramatic here with small observation hill, wildlife-laden swamps, riverine, bush and shrub, dust-bowls, seasonal lake Empusel amongst others plus the dramatic whirlwinds during the dry season. The park offers accommodation of international repute with lodges and camps rated at different stars. A visit and game-drive is the visitors right therapy.
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With the capital at Kabarnet town, this is the home of the Baringo rift valley lake that can be viewed aerially and dramatically from the viewpoints at the escarpment in Iten town. The economy booms from tourism proceeds of Lake Baringo, the nearby hotsprings lake of Bogoria, fishing, livestock products, agriculture and hikes at the picturesque hills, waterfalls and escarpments of Kerio Valley and Elgeyo Escarpment.
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A county in the southern coastal parts of Kenya. The county plays host to the world famous Diani beach hotels that straddle the ocean line nearby, the special Shimba Hills National Park and Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary among other attractions. The main town of Diani is quite developed and the entertainment industry is also tip-top
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Known as “the city of champions” due to producing world-class athletes, it’s the 5th largest city in Uasin Gishu County. Very developed and vibrant commerce city that borders on international athletes’ earnings, high altitude athletics training camps and agriculture that include wheat & maize farming. Horticulture is also highly developed, with an international airport for direct flower exports to the world flower markets. Nightlife and accommodation is quite vibrant
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With the capital at Iten town, the county is more of a sports and nature tourism county. Due to high altitude, it has a well developed agriculture industry with mixed farming standing out as well as flouspar mining in Kerio Valley.
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Embu is a municipality located approximately 125 kilometres northeast of Nairobi towards Mount Kenya. Embu served as the provincial capital of the former Eastern Province and currently serves as the headquarters of the Eastern Region in Kenya. It is also the county headquarters of Embu County.
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This is the home of the Lake Elementaita which has world-class tourist hotels along the shores. Boat rides, horse-riding, ostrich-viewing and visit to the nearby Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Naivasha, Mt. Longonot & Hell's Gate National Park hiking plus visit to the Kariandusi Archaeological Site excursions can be comfortably carried from here.
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This town is found in the arid north eastern parts of Kenya. Further ahead is the great northern desert that connects borders with both Ethiopia and Somalia. It is the administrative center of the special tri game reserves of Samburu, Shaba & Buffalo Springs. The town is cosmopolitan with highly developed infra-structure run by the county government and private stake-holders. Entertainment industry is also up to date.
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Headquarters of Kakamega County, this is a vibrant cosmopolitan town about 30 km north of the equator.
meaning a “place of many trees” in the local Samburu dialect though it’s currently largely occupied by the Turkana speaking people. It was founded near a freshwater spring. Fishing, tourism and gold panning is a major economic activity with the locals. Though a small town, it is vibrant and has many amenities that a town can need
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Home to expats and high-income Kenyans, Karen is an affluent suburban neighborhood developed on farmland owned by Danish author Karen Blixen, who wrote the colonial memoir “Out of Africa.” Stately mansions line quiet, leafy streets, while an array of restaurants offering Kenyan and global fare cluster around the Karen Roundabout. The Hub Karen, a cosmopolitan shopping mall, features upmarket shops and a serene lake.
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Kericho is the biggest town in Kericho County located in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley. Standing on the edge of the Mau Forest, Kericho has a warm and temperate climate making it an ideal location for agriculture and in particular, the large scale cultivation of tea.
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Kiambu is a town in Kiambu County, Kenya within the Nairobi Metropolitan Region. It is 14 km from the capital Nairobi. It has an population of 147,870. It is the capital of the Kiambu County, which bounds the northern border of Nairobi. Other proximate towns are Ruiru, Gatundu, Limuru and Kabete
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Kilifi is a town on the coast of Kenya, north of Mombasa. It's near Kilifi Creek, along an estuary of the Goshi River. The town is known for Indian Ocean beaches, including Bofa Beach, dotted with resorts. Nearby, green turtles swim among coral reefs in Watamu Marine National Park and Reserve. The Mnarani Ruins, archaeological remains of a centuries-old Swahili settlement, include 2 mosques and several tombs.
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Residential Kilimani is home to hilly hiking trails in Nairobi Arboretum and to Uhuru Park, where the imposing Freedom Corner memorial honors victims of the 1950s colonial regime. Contemporary African artists display their wares at Kuona Artists Collective, while the FCB Mihrab building offers a modern take on Islamic architecture. Trendy cafes and global restaurants cluster around the mainstream Yaya Centre mall.
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A small town in Nyandarua County that has a vibrant and well-developed agricultural economy. The Kinangop Plateau is a region in Kenya that lies between the Kenyan Rift Valley to the west and the Aberdare Range to the east. It takes its name from Kinangop Mountain, which rises in the Aberdares to the east.
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The 3rd largest city in Kenya and located next to the world’s 2nd largest freshwater lake-Victoria, Kisumu is a bustling cosmopolitan city with tourist attractions surrounding it with the traditional pronunciation of the locals as “Kisumo” The accommodation ranges is quite amazing and the road network is highly developed. Nightlife gives a variety of entertainment. It’s touristic virtues arise from the numerous surrounding attractions. Try out the fresh fried tilapia fihs, which is one the meal specialities in this city
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An agricultural town situated between Mt. Elgon & The Cheranganyi Hills, Kitale is the headquarters of Trans Nzoia County and often regarded as Kenya’s bread basket because of it’s rich fertile soil and favourable climate. The city is quite cosmopolitan and strategically located along the way to the cities on the north western side of the country, e.g., Turkana!
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Laikipia County is one of the 47 Counties of Kenya, located on the Equator in the former Rift Valley Province of the Country. Laikipia is a cosmopolitan County and is Listed as County number 31. The county has two major urban centres: Nanyuki to the southeast, and Nyahururu to the southwest. This is a county that hosts various high-level rich wildlife conservancies, including Mathew's Range, Ol Pejeta & Ol Jogi Wildlife Conservancies and Loisaba & Lewa Wildlife Conservancies. A visit to one or more of these destinations gives a traveller quite a memorable experience.
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An island with a difference and a Unesco Heritage Site with beach tourism, and a cultural feel + experience, Lamu is a very unique holiday destination. Quite safe and with very friendly inhabitants, the island has managed to return it’s over 500-year-old history and ways of living. The old town here is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa
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Langata is a middle-class suburb that's home to the Giraffe Centre, where visitors can hand-feed the animals and follow nature trails in the adjacent forest park. Trees and flower beds fill the Langata Botanical Gardens, along with lawns and a lagoon. Casual restaurants and shopping centers dot the neighborhood, some set near university campuses. Maisonettes and apartment blocks comprise the residential communities.
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Located in the grand Turkana County, and fondly shortened to “Loki”, this cosmopolitan town is only about 30 km to the international bordrs of Kenya-South Sudan. It is home to international offices of UN (Operation Lifeline Sudan), has 49 NGO’s and a large orthopedic hospital run by the International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC). The tribes around here are mainly nomadic. The area featured prominently in Novel Writer John Le Carre’s book on which the 2005 film “The Constant Gardener” was based.
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A small town on the southern eastern coast of Lake Turkana, meaning a “place of many trees” in the local Samburu dialect though it’s currently largely occupied by the Turkana speaking people. It was founded near a freshwater spring. Fishing, tourism and gold panning is a major economic activity with the locals. Though a small town, it is vibrant and has many amenities that a town can need
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Machakos, also called Masaku is a town in Kenya, 63 km southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos County, Kenya. Its population is rapidly growing and was 150,041 as of 2009 and Machakos County had a population of 1,421,932 as of 2019. People who live here are mostly of the Akamba ethnicity.
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With its largest town capital known as Wote, the county borders Machakos, Kitui, Taita Taveta and Kajiado counties. Hence it has places of touristic interests both within and nearby such as Tsavo West & Amboseli National Parks. Though small, it has a vibrant nightlife and accommodation facilities is well developed.
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Malindi is a town on Malindi Bay, in southeastern Kenya. It sits amid a string of tropical beaches dotted with hotels and resorts. Malindi Marine National Park and nearby Watamu Marine National Park are home to turtles and colorful fish. Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve harbors elephants and more than 200 species of birds. Near the forest, the Gede Ruins are the remains of an ancient Swahili town.
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Maralal is a small hillside market town in northern Kenya, lying east of the Loroghi Plateau within Samburu County, of which it is the capital. It is the administrative headquarters of Samburu County. The town has an urban population of 16,281. The market was pioneered by Somali settlers in the 1920s.It is the administrative headquarters of Samburu County. It’s not densely populated and is covered by swathes of desert climatic and desert conditions. It’s the home of the Maralal National Sanctuary which unfortunately is no longer operational.
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Known as the latest 8th Wonder of the World and dubbed the lion country, Masai Mara is a reserve that very rich in wildlife including the big five (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant), over 70 species of antelopes, huge zebra population, cheetah, giraffe, crocodile, hippo, jackal, fox, 2 hyena species and very prolific birdlife among other attractions. All these play within gently rolling savannah plains and hills dotted with acacia and euphorbia trees, bush and riverine at some points. The accommodation lodges and game camps within this reserve are also of world repute. A visit for a game drive and stay can be quite fulfilling and add value to one's life therapeutically.
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This county is headquartered in Meru town and found on the northern side of the equator. The town is a bustling cosmopolitan urban centre and is well endowed with very interesting tourist attraction, including one the least visited national parks. Accommodation in the city is well catered for and the nightlife is quite vibrant
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Being the 2nd largest city in Kenya, Mombasa known as as "the white & blue city" is a major tourism destination. It is a cultural melting pot of British, Asian, Arabic, Omanis, Indian and Chinese migrants.The city in itself (+ CBD) has no much for tourism except the imposing ancient Fort Jesus and Old Town (called "Mji Wa Kale" in local Swahili language). It's environs give the best treat when in "tourism points", these include the miles-long fine sandy beaches lined up by resorts of international standards on the northern side. These provide one with beach and water sports opportunities. There's also a Marine National Park and the botanical reclaimed Haller Park plus Nguuni Wildlife Sanctuary. From this city can one also make a safari to the nearby Tsavo East National Park (famous for the red elephants and home to the Lions of "Man-Eaters of The Tsavo" fame). The city is ultra-modern with highly developed infra and super structures. Nightlife is very vibrant and worth sampling
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This park, called "The Name of a Nation", is the 2nd highest mountain in Africa. As it straddles the equator, the place is special in that it snow and glaciers can be found in the "hottest point on earth". The mountain has different other landform & vegetation zones including valleys, hills, lakes & tarns (e.g. Lakes Alice & Rutundu). The trees change with altitude as one hikes to the top including bamboo and moorland. It home to local wildlife including elephant, leopard, buffalo and antelope plus the high altitude special wildlife such as the hairy rock hyrax that gets bigger as one gets higher. Plant species found here include the rare giant groundsels and lobelia. One needs special equipment for the at least 5 days common climb to the 3rd highest peak of Point Lenana (4,99 Meters) while the 2nd peak of Nelion (5,200 Metres) and the highest of Batian (5,999 Meters) require2 about 2 extra days, strictly reserved for technical climbers. Being at the peaks make one feel like their are touching "the roof of Africa".
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Lying along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, this is the administrative town for and main gate to Tsavo West National Park. It is fairly small town but with well developed infra-structure and entertainment industry.
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Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyorobi, which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city.
Nairobi is the safari capital of Africa; the modern city serves as the hub of nightlife and wildlife for travelers. As a destination, there will never be a shortage of things to do in Nairobi. If you are a party person, the Nairobi party life will amaze you as there are nightclubs hosting DJs bustling with live music everywhere. Other than that, Nairobi is the only city in the world with a national park on its doorstep.
If you are travelling to Kenya, Nairobi has so much to offer. You will get the best luxurious accommodation, well-structured safari packages that come with travel guides.
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It’s the 2nd largest city in Nakuru County. Quite a well developed and vibrant city with a highly cosmopolitan population. It’s home to the famous Lake Naivasha that has world-class high and low-end hotels & camps. It is also the home the vibrant Kenya Flower Industry that exports its products across the globe. Naivasha is also where the world-famous safari rally series are held as its terrain is just right for human & machine. Nightlife is quite vibrant.
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It’s the county with Kenya’s fourth largest city. Quite a dazzling, clean, vibrant and brilliant city with a highly cosmopolitan population and is the administrative home for the world-famous Lake Nakuru National Park – the home of the flamingo. Nightlife and accommodation is quite developed. Road networks are great and it connects Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi to the rest western Kenya and beyond to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo & South Sudan.
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Nanyuki is a town in central Kenya. It's known as a gateway to Mount Kenya and the wilderness of Mount Kenya National Park. Several trails, including the Naro Moru and Sirimon routes, ascend the mountain. The park’s wildlife includes leopards, giant forest hogs and more than 100 bird species. Northwest of Nanyuki, the plains and hills of the vast Laikipia Plateau are home to lions, elephants and rare Grevy’s zebras. About 195 km from Nairobi Capital, this city is special in the sense that it sits directly on the equator and so here can one experience both the northern and southern hemisphere. It is a launch-pad for tours to the nearby Ol Pejeta in Laikipia & Solio Wildlife Conservancies, Aberdares National Park & a hike at Mount Kenya National Parks plus game drives at the famous northern Samburu National Reserve. The town is very modern, cosmopolitan and ultra-modern highly developed infra-structure. The Majestic Mt. Kenya gives the town a very picturesque backdrop during days of clear skies
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The headquarters of the world-famous Masai Mara National Reserve, Narok is quite a cosmopolitan city and home of the Masai Mara University. It has various accommodation options for all classes of travellers and I strategically located one the way from Nairobi City to other western Kenyan cities such as Kisii. Nightlife is very vibrant and apart from tourism, its economy relies heavily also on wheat farming. The Mara River that traverses it serves as a main boost to the delicate eco-system that supports the wildlife rich Masai Mara in Kenya and Serengeti across the border, places where game drives give a fulfilling African safari experience
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Ngong is a town near the Ngong Hills along the Great Rift Valley within Kajiado County, located in the southwest of Nairobi, in southern Kenya. The word "Ngong" is a Maasai word derived from the word "enkong'u' meaning "the 'eye' of water" or spring from where Rhinos came to drink water.
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Nyeri is a town in central Kenya, highly cosmopolitan and with well developed infra-structure (running, water, sewerage system, electricity, paved urban roads...etc...). Entertainment options are also aplenty, from restaurants to stadiums and pubs. This is the administrative town of the famous Aberdare National Park, quite a spectacular mountain range with forests that are very rich in wildlife. It also hosts the famous Soli Ranch Conservancy. Part of Mount Kenya National Park is within this county as well.
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This is the home of the 3 famous national reserves of Samburu, Shaba & Buffalo Springs. These sanctuaries play host to wild animals that are adapted to the northern dry climatic zones, including the "special five" group of cheetah, reticulated giraffe, beisa oryx, gerenuk "giraffe antelope" and the blue Somali ostrich. Others include elephant, the occasional leopard, lion and a prolific birdlife. All this is supported by the River Ewaso Nyiro that runs across the 3 reserves
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This county is located at the former Coast Province. It is surrounded by wildlife sanctuaries and hosts some of the biggest in Africa. Accommodation in the city is well catered for and the nightlife is quite vibrant
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Tana Delta Dunes: This is found just at the mouth of the grand Tana River just as it opens into the Indian ocean, just after snaking through interesting . On one side of the delta is bush and some wetland home to hippos and crocodiles. The other side is a deserted long beach stretch. Hola Monument: Dedicated to the early years of 1959 Hola Massacre where guards on duty clubbed to death 11 (Mau Mau) prisoners at their concentration camp. George Adamson Bridge; Named after George "Baba Ya Sima: Adamson who was a leading conservationist together with his wife, Joy! They are famed for through the movie BORN FREE about Elsa The Lioness and a best-selling book of the same title. Other attractions here would be the Kora National Park, Bura Irrigation Scheme and Tana River Primate & Arawale National Reserves.
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The home of the famed red elephants, this is one of the largest national parks in Africa. Very rich in wildlife, including the Grevy’s zebra, various antelopes, the occasional leopard and the reticulated giraffe, the sanctuary offers one a stunning experience of picturesque landscape including the expansive Yatta Plateau, Mudanda Rock, Aruba Dam and the Tsavo, Galana & Voi Rivers.
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Tsavo West National Park is located in the Coast Province of Kenya. The park covers an area of 9,065 square kilometres. The A109 road Nairobi-Mombasa and a railway divides it from the adjoining Tsavo East National Park. Together with adjoining ranches and protected areas, they comprise the Tsavo Conservation Area
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Voi lies about 150 km west of the coastal city of Mombasa. it lies along the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway and administrates the grand Tsavo East National Park. The town has a very beautiful backdrop of the massive Sagalla hills and is usually a very busy business hub. It is quite cosmopolitan and highly developed in infra-structure.
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Wajir is the capital of the Wajir County of Kenya. It is situated in the former North Eastern Province. A cluster of cairns near Wajir are generally attributed by the local inhabitants to the Maadiinle, a semi-legendary people of high stature, who are associated with the Somali. In 1933, A. T. Curle reported the excavation of two large tumuli, finding traces of skeletal remains which crumbled at his touch, as well as earthenware shards and a copper ring.
Wajir was attacked by Italian forces in World War II.
The infamous Wagalla massacre is one of the greatest transitional justice issues in Kenya, committed by government in 1984 in the Wajir. The army rounded up Somali men of the Degodia clan from their homes in the wee hours of the morning of 10th February and held them up at the local airstrip for four days without water and food. The security men opened fire at them, and their bullet-ridden bodies were scattered across the airstrip its bushy environs.
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Watamu is a very special beach location on the east coast of Kenya. With large swathes of fine white sand, it provides the perfect experience to a stunning beach holiday. It’s proximity to Malindi city makes it even more fun as local attractions await the discerning traveller. For accommodation, the place hosts beach resorts & villas of international repute. Don’t forget to sample the local cuisine which has super mix cultures from Africa, Middle East & the Far East
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In affluent Westlands, a sizable expat population and wealthy Kenyans live in large houses, bungalows and chic apartments. Office towers and modern hotels overlook leafy streets dotted with restaurants whose offerings range from Indian and Italian cuisine to traditional street food. The Mall, Westlands Market and other shopping centers dominate the retail landscape, while bars and clubs make for vibrant nightlife.
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