What are the top places to visit in Kenya? Masamara Wildlife Nature Reserve, Nairobi National Park, Samburu Wildlife Sanctuary, Lake Nakuru National Park and other places visited by many tourists in Kenya. Among them, the Masai Mara National Conservation Area is located in the southwestern part of Kenya on the border with Tanzania and is connected to the Tanzania Serengeti Animal Sanctuary. This article takes stock of the top ten most popular tourist attractions in Kenya, hoping to help you.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >1, Masai Mara Wildlife Nature Reserve</h1>
The Masai Mara National Reserve is located in the southwestern kenya border area with Tanzania and is connected to the Tanzania Serengeti Animal Sanctuary. Located in the southwest corner of Kenya, Massemara has a 1,500 square kilometre radius and is adjacent to Tanzania's Serengeti Wildlife Park, forming the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world. "MARA" means "striped" in Marseille. The reserve was founded in 1961 and covers an area of 1,800 square kilometers.
With more than 1,800 square kilometers, the reserve is the habitat with the highest concentration of large wild mammals on earth and the first destination for wildlife tourism in Africa. The reserve has been one of the world's game reserves since its inception in 1961, and every year from the end of July to the end of October, the world's most spectacular wildlife migration takes place, including 1.4 million wildebeests, 500,000 gazelles, 200,000 zebras, and many other East African herbivores and leaf eaters. The most common animals are elephants, bison, antelopes, zebras, lions, cheetahs, jackals, wildebeests, hippos, crocodiles and so on. Many shots from our country's famous TELEVISION program "Animal World" were filmed here.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >2, Nairobi National Park</h1>
Nairobi Park is the only true safari park in the world located in the national capital. It is open and animals come and go freely. The park covers an area of 117 square kilometers, and the eastern, western and northern sides are isolated from the city by the power grid, and the southern part is an open border, which is a passage for animals to migrate with the seasons.
The park is home to more than 100 species of mammals and more than 400 species of endemic migratory birds. The main animals in the park are: antelopes, zebras, cheetahs, golden leopards, giraffes, wildebeests, hippos, rhinos, lions, bison, orangutans, baboons, ostriches, guinea fowls and so on.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >3, Samburu Wildlife Sanctuary</h1>
The Samburu Reserve is located in the north-central part of the East African country of Kenya, far from the dense forests of the Central Highlands, and continues north to the semi-Gobi and semi-desert area, which is sparsely populated. The climate here is relatively hot, which is completely different from the climate in Nairobi. East African elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras and other wildlife can be seen here, and the Abdal Mountains have three peaks with an average altitude of more than 3,000 meters above sea level, which is why it is called the heart of Kenya. The hotel is very beautiful and has character.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >4, Lake Nakuru National Park</h1>
Located in the city of Nakuru in rift Valley Province, about 200 kilometers from Nairobi, covering an area of 188 square kilometers and an altitude of 1220 to 1758 meters, Lake Nakuru National Park is a park specially established for the protection of birds and is known as a "bird watching paradise". There are about 450 species of birds in the park, especially flamingos. In the volcanic belt, the lake water has a high salinity, which is suitable for the growth of plankton as the staple food of flamingos. There are about 2 million flamingos, a third of the world's total.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >5, Amboseli National Park</h1>
Amboseli National Park is one of the African holiday destinations located on the border between Kenya and Tanzania, on the Kenyan border, where you can clearly see Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak at 5,895 meters above sea level. The summit of Kilimanjaro, close to the equator, is covered with snow all year round, and the plains below the mountain are beautiful, and the Amboseli National Park is located in a park area of 392 square kilometers, attracting tourists due to its proximity to the misty top of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >6, Lake Naivasha</h1>
Lake Naivasha, a lake in Kenya, is located 56 km (35 mi) southeast of Nakuru. It is a lake in the eastern branch of the East African Rift Valley system. The bottom of the lake is flat and covered with sediment.
The northern part of the lake is a swamp with papyrus. The elevation is 1,884 meters (6,180 ft). Its water level and area change periodically. In the mid-1970s, the lake covered an area of 210 square kilometres (81 sq mi). Although the lake has no outlet, the lake water is fresh water. The local area is home to commercial fishing and fishing. Bird watching is also a common activity. Residents of Nairobi, kenya's capital, located southeast of the lake, come to the area on weekends.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >7, Kenya National Museum</h1>
Located in the heart of Nairobi, the National Museum of Kenya is one of the most famous museums in Central and East Africa and africa. It was built in 1910 at the initiative of the Natural History Association of East Africa. Expanded in the 1960s. In addition to the Nairobi Pavilion at the headquarters, there are 16 regional museums and several historical exhibition halls. Exhibits on the origins and geological evolution of humans, birds, marine life, as well as ancient maps and paintings. The National Museum of Kenya is also one of Nairobi's famous tourist attractions.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >8, Aberdel National Park</h1>
Aberdal National Park is a national park in Kenya, an eastern African country, located in the middle of the country, 100 kilometers from Nairobi, covering an area of 766 square kilometers, with an altitude of 2100-4300 meters, founded in May 1950, wild animals include lions, leopards, African elephants, African wild dogs, mountain reed antelope, water antelope, African buffalo, Mulberry Island new antelope, chamois antelope, East African baboon, colobus monkey, purple antelope, Elan antelope, black rhinoceros and so on.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >9, Treetop Hotel</h1>
Treetop Hotel, known in English as TREETOP HOTEL, is located in the ABERDARE Wildlife Reserve on the outskirts of Nyari, Kenya's capital, more than 100 kilometres away.
This hotel is really built on a "tree". At the beginning of the twentieth century, the hotel was there, originally by Eric, a British veteran officer who settled in Kenya. Kimbrook. Walker built for wildlife watching and hunting, it is said that the hotel at that time was really built on a few tall tree forks, built relatively simple, only three bedrooms, a restaurant and a hunting room, a bit like the usual "stilt house", but famous, is a great place to provide tourists with night wildlife viewing. At that time, the advertisement in the Nairobi newspaper had the following words: "If you live here and don't see rhinos at night, you will only charge half the room rate."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >10, Mount Kenya</h1>
Mount Kenya is the largest extinct volcano in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, located in central Kenya, on the equatorial line, about 230 km north of Nairobi. At 5,199 meters above sea level, the highest peak in Africa is the second highest peak in Africa after Mount Kilimanjaro.
Located in central Kenya. At 5,199 meters above sea level, the highest peak in Africa is the second highest peak in Africa after Mount Kilimanjaro. She crosses the equatorial line, usually smoky and looming at the top of the peak, and on a clear day you can see snow peaks standing in the distance for miles. The valley formed by the huge glacier is close to the mountains, and it is a magnificent scenery. The summit is covered in snow all year round, and 15 glaciers extend to 4300 meters. The altitude is 1500-3500 meters above sea level. More plantations below 2,000 meters, planting coffee, sisal, bananas, etc. on the fertile soil where volcanic rocks develop. Together with the surrounding area, it is set aside as a national park. Attract a large number of tourists with the scenery of tropical snow-capped peaks and the abundance of wildlife. There are hotels and pitches at the foot of the mountain and on the mountainside. To the south of it, there is a wildlife park in the vast forest sea of the Neandalua Mountains.