About Kenya

Welcome to Kenya, the land whose superb network of well managed National Parks, Game Reserves, Marine Parks, Biosphere Reserves, Archaeological Sites, awe striking scenic beauty, pearly white sandy beaches along coral reef sheltered waters, green palms swaying with the breeze, sparkling cocktails and sumptuous international cuisine.

Kenya is, indeed, the ultimate dream destination. Kenya offers some of the finest natural attractions in the world, which combined with a network of the outstanding hotelsand game lodges give visitor's great value for money. In terms of the sights, sounds and smells of ageless Africa, Kenya can only be described in the superlative. Kenya caters for all tastes.

You do not have to be an ornithologist to be fascinated and stunned by Kenya's one thousand odd species of birdlife; you do not have to be a palaeonthologist to go down memory lane and appreciate Kenya's archaeological past; you do not have to be a professional diver to appreciate the dazzling wealth of marine life scurrying around the coral reef, neither do you have to be an entomologist to be enthralled by the huge colonies of colourful and rare butterflies that can be seen in the gardens, forests, and even in the country's semi-arid and arid deserts to the North. Kenya's prolific and well conserved wildlife is unparalled anywhere else in the World. This is a land where the world's remaining populations of big cats, big mammals and plains game still roam free in their natural habitats. Your Kenya safari will be full of cameos that you will treasure for the rest of your life. You will not be the only one because many a visitor who set out to tour other destinations in Africa as well, begin their safari of discovery in Kenya and end it in Kenya. After all, Safari was born in Kenya.

The Republic of Kenya occupies an area of 582,644 square kilometers(225,000 square miles). Lying astride the Equator, Kenya extends approximately 41/2" North and 41/2" South of the Equator. The country is bisected lengthwise by the Great Rift Valley that runs from Jordan in the North to Mozambique in the South. Kenya shares common borders with five other nations namely:- Tanzania in the South, Uganda in the West, Sudan in the North West, Ethiopia in the North and Somalia in the East.

The Indian Ocean coastline which forms the Eastern border stretches some four hundred and eighty kilometers from the Somali border to the Tanzania border.-Within her boundaries, are every known landform, ranging from the true glacial ice to arid desert, mountain massifs to rich savannahs as well as numerous lakes and dense forests. year. Kenya boasts such big rivers as the Tana, and Athi which drain into the Indian Ocean. River Tana delta is an important bio-diversity conservation area. Kenya owns a part of Lake Victoria, one of the largest fresh water lakes in the world which is also the source of River Nile, the longest river in the world, that drains into the Mediterranean Sea. Due to Kenya's location astride the Equator and the fact that Kenya is served by nearly all major international airlines, Kenya is truly the gateway to Africa. It is, therefore, not surprising that Kenya has had an enviable long tradition of playing host to thousands of visitors.