KENYA

“A MAGICAL DESTINATION IN AFRICA”

Kenya is a country in East Africa with coastline on the Indian Ocean. It encompasses savannah, lake lands, and the dramatic Great Rift Valley and mountain highlands. It’s also home to wildlife like lions, elephants and Rhinos In 2008, Kenya won the Best Leisure Destination award at the World Travel Fair in Shanghai, China. The country has diverse attractions and offers the spectacular wildebeest migration that occurs every year in Kenya’s most visited Maasai Mara National Reserve is referred to as the 7th new wonder of the world.  Kenya’s scenery is unique, the Great Rift Valley and the snow- capped Mount Kenya, lying astride the equator, are breath-taking. It has a rich cultural diversity, pleasant weather all the year round and more importantly, hospitable people. The diversity of Kenya’s tourism products further includes, ecotourism, sports and water based tourism, conference tourism and home stay tourism.  Kenya is therefore the ultimate destination offering unparalleled variety of travel and holiday experiences.  Most visitor after vising Kenya say, “it is indeed a magical destination”, therefore a destination worthy a visit with us.  

KENYA TOURISM FACTS

Kenya Tourism Fact 1: About 44 million people live in Kenya as at the time of this writing. Kenya Tourism Fact 2: Kenya was a British colony and was under British colonial rule between 1895 and 1963. Kenya Tourism Fact 3: Kenya’s Great Rift Valley was formed around 20 million years ago, when the crust of the Earth was split. Kenya Tourism Fact 4: Kenya only has only two seasons. One rainy season and one dry season in a year. Kenya Tourism Fact 5: The capital city of Kenya is Nairobi. Kenya Tourism Fact 6: There is great disparity between the rich and the poor, those that are rich are very rich and those that are poor are very poor with very few in the middle class Kenya Tourism Fact 7: Jomo Kenyatta National Airport is the biggest airport in East Africa. Kenya Tourism Fact 8: Kenyan environmentalist Professor Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She was the first African woman to win that price Kenya Tourism Fact 9: Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya with a height of 5199 meters. Kenya Tourism Fact 10: The Majority of the people in Kenya are Protestants. Kenya Tourism Fact 11: About 70 percent of Kenyans are Christians, about 25 percent are adherents of indigenous religions while the remaining 5 to 6 percent are Muslims. There are also Hindus, Sikhs, Parsees, and Bahai’s particularly among the Asian communities. Kenya Tourism Fact 12: Embu tribe in Kenya is famous for dancing on stilts performed by men wearing long black coats and white masks? Kenya Tourism Fact 13: Kenya’s wildlife is unrivalled by any other in the world, both in terms of numbers and variety of species. Thousands of tourists visit Kenya every year to view the wild life particularly the wildebeest migration. Animals such as lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, rhino, giraffe, zebra, crocodiles, hippopotamus, gazelles, cheetahs, hyena and a wide range of bird species can all be found in Kenya. Kenya Tourism Fact 14: About 2000 B.C. Scientists discovered the earliest-known remains of human beings in Kenya. Although very little is known about these people but it’s believed that they are the ancestors of today’s Kenyans. Kenya Tourism Fact 15: Masai People, a tribe in Kenya are tall and slender and are known for their skill in the use of weapons and their strongly independent ways. Kenya Tourism Fact 16: English, Swahili and Numerous indigenous languages are spoken in Kenya. Swahili is also called ‘Kiswahili’. Kenya Tourism Fact 17: The Currency of Kenya is shilling, one shilling = 100 cents. Kenya Tourism Fact 18: Kenya won independence in 1963 and has been a republic since 1964. Kenya Tourism Fact 19: In the world stage of sporting activities, Kenya is best known for Athletics Kenya Tourism Fact 20: About 99% of Kenya’s population is made up of black Africans but there are also white Kenyans.