Natural features
Amboseli National Park
Kajiado
A park famous for large herds of elephants walking across the plains with snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro behind, in Tanzania.
Travel tips in Kenya
Natural features
Great Migration, Maasai Mara
Narok
Every year about 1.5 million wildebeest, with hundreds of thousands of zebra and gazelle, follow the rains in a huge clockwise circuit between Tanzan…
Natural features
Diani Beach
Ukunda, Kwale
A long white-sand beach south of Mombasa, with palm trees and coral reefs.
Natural features
Lake Nakuru National Park
Nakuru
A Rift Valley lake park with black and white rhinos, Rothschild's giraffes, lions and, at times, flamingos.
Historic sites
Lamu Old Town
Lamu
The oldest continuously inhabited Swahili town in East Africa, a UNESCO site, with narrow streets, carved wooden doors, donkeys instead of cars, and …
Walks and treks
Mount Kenya
Meru
Africa's second-highest mountain, 5,199 m.
Natural features
Nairobi National Park and Giraffe Centre
Nairobi, Nairobi City
A national park on the edge of Nairobi, where lions, rhinos and giraffes roam with the city skyline behind.
Natural features
Samburu National Reserve
Samburu
A dry reserve along the Ewaso Ng'iro river in northern Kenya, home to the 'Samburu Special Five': Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, Somali…
Places to stay
Banana House and Wellness Centre, Shela
Lamu
A guest house and yoga retreat in the car-free village of Shela on Lamu Island, about 100 m from the waterfront.
Tours and activities
Hell's Gate National Park
Naivasha, Nakuru
One of the few Kenyan parks where you can cycle or walk among zebras and giraffes, through a gorge of red cliffs with hot springs, which inspired The…