Kenya is a melting pot of diversity. It's diverse landscape, climate, nature and culture provides a visitor with much to see and do. Within it's borders, you will find endless expanses of savannah grasslands rich with wild animals; Age old cultures unchanged by the modern world, pristine sandy beaches and coral reef on the shores of the Indian ocean, equatorial forests in the western part of the country and a mighty snow-capped mountains, searing deserts and cool highland retreats and endless opportunities for adventure, discovery, relaxation; more than you would ever expect.

Location
Kenya is dissected in the middle by the equator on the eastern coast of Africa. It is a medium-sized country by continental standards, covering an area of about 586,600km sq.  Kenya boarders the Indian Ocean to the South East, Somalia to the East, Ethiopia and Sudan to the North, Uganda to the West and Tanzania to the South.

Kenya has tremendous topographical diversity, including the snow peaked Mount Kenya, the Great Rift Valley with its scarps and volcanoes, and  flat desert landscapes and coral reefs and islets.

Major Attractions
1. Game and Safari:  

1. Kenya boasts numerous national parks and game reserves with the world     renowned Masai Mara game reserve leading as the number one game destination.

2. Amboseli national park with the snow capped mount Kilimanjaro in the backdrop offers a heaven for safari lovers who want to get close to large herds of Elephants.

2. Beach Holidays:

The coastal strip stretching from the ancient town of Lamu, across white sandy beaches of Malindi and Watamu through Mombasa to Diani beach on the south coast offers beach holiday lovers a perfect retreat after a safari in the wild. Refreshing activities include visiting the marine parks, deep sea fishing, water sports, sun tanning and many other other water attractions.

3. Mountain Climbing and Trekking:

Kenya's Climate
Generally the climate is warm and humid at the coast, cool and humid in the central highlands, and hot and dry in the north and east. Across most of the country, rainfall is strongly seasonal, although its pattern, timing and extent vary greatly from place to place and from year to year.  Rainfall peaks in most areas are in November and April.

Kenya's Water resources
There are five major drainage basins:
Lake Victoria, the Rift Valley, the Athi-Galana-Sabaki River (and Coastal areas to its south), the Tana River and the northern Ewaso Ng’iro. The rift valley contains several basins of internal drainage, forming a chain of endorheic lakes from Lake Natron on the Tanzanian border, through Lakes Magadi, Naivasha, Turkana, Elementaita, Nakuru, Bogoria and Baringo.  Inland water bodies cover some 10,700km sq, the bulk of this are Lakes Victoria and Lake Turkana.

These lakes vary in alkalinity; from fresh water Lake Naivasha to the hugely alkaline Lake Magadi.

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