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Top attractions across Kenya

Explore top-rated natural, cultural and heritage attractions connected to counties and destinations.

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Mount Kenya

Aberdare National Park

Waterfalls, bongo antelope and tree-hotel game viewing.

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Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park

Big tuskers with Kilimanjaro behind.

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Mount Kenya

Baden-Powell Museum

Grave and museum of the Scouting founder in Nyeri town.

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Baringo

Baringo highlights

Lake Baringo and Bogoria: hot springs, flamingos and world-class birding.

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Bomet

Bomet highlights

Highland farmland bordering the Mara ecosystem.

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Bungoma

Bungoma highlights

Mount Elgon's western slopes, Chetambe fort and Nabuyole falls.

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Busia

Busia highlights

Border-town trade, Sio Port wetlands and birdlife.

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Diani Beach

Diani Beach

Seventeen kilometres of white sand and reef-protected lagoon.

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Elgeyo Marakwet

Elgeyo Marakwet highlights

The Kerio Valley escarpment, paragliding and the Iten running mecca.

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Embu

Embu highlights

Mwea wetlands, Seven Forks dams and eastern Mount Kenya slopes.

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Maasai Mara National Reserve

Enkare Narok town

Supply town with Maasai markets and the last fuel before the gates.

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Garissa

Garissa highlights

The Tana River, Bour Algi giraffe sanctuary and riverine forest.

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Homa Bay

Homa Bay highlights

Ruma National Park, Mfangano rock art and Lake Victoria islands.

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Isiolo

Isiolo highlights

Gateway to the north, Buffalo Springs and Shaba reserves.

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Kakamega

Kakamega highlights

Kakamega Forest — Kenya's only tropical rainforest, rich in primates and birds.

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Nairobi

Karen Blixen Museum

The Out of Africa farmhouse at the foot of the Ngong Hills.

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Diani Beach

Kaya Kinondo

A UNESCO-listed sacred Mijikenda forest open to guided visits.

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Kericho

Kericho highlights

Endless tea estates, factory tours and highland walking.

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Kiambu

Kiambu highlights

Coffee farms, Paradise Lost caves and Nairobi's green commuter belt.

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Kilifi

Kilifi highlights

Watamu, Malindi and Arabuko-Sokoke forest — the North Coast's marine and birding heart.

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Amboseli National Park

Kimana Sanctuary

Community conservancy allowing night drives and walking safaris.

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Kirinyaga

Kirinyaga highlights

Mwea rice fields, Castle Forest and southern Mount Kenya trails.

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Kisii

Kisii highlights

Famous soapstone carving cooperatives at Tabaka.

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Kisumu

Kisumu highlights

Lake Victoria's lakeside city: Impala Sanctuary, Dunga wetlands and sunset boat rides.

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Kitui

Kitui highlights

South Kitui reserve, Nzambani rock and Kamba carving traditions.

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Lamu Old Town

Kiwayu and Pate islands

Remote sailing destinations for multi-day dhow safaris.

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Laikipia

Laikipia highlights

Ol Pejeta, Lewa and Borana — Kenya's leading private conservancy landscape.

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Amboseli National Park

Lake Magadi

A soda lake of pink flamingos, hot springs and surreal salt flats.

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Lake Naivasha

Lake Naivasha

Hippos, boat safaris and Crescent Island walking safari.

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Lake Naivasha

Lake Nakuru National Park

Rhino sanctuary, Rothschild's giraffe and flamingo flocks.

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Lamu Old Town

Lamu Old Town

14th-century Swahili stone town, UNESCO World Heritage.

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Maasai Mara National Reserve

Loita Hills

Forested highlands walked by Maasai herders, excellent for multi-day treks.

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Machakos

Machakos highlights

Ol Donyo Sabuk, Fourteen Falls and Kamba music heritage.

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Makueni

Makueni highlights

Chyulu Hills, Umani Springs and Kenya's leading county-fruit economy.

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Lamu Old Town

Manda and Takwa ruins

Abandoned Swahili settlement reached by boat through mangroves.

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Mandera

Mandera highlights

Remote border county; travel is currently limited to essential business.

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Maasai Mara National Reserve

Mara conservancies

Naboisho, Olare Motorogi and Mara North offer low-density, community-owned safaris.

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Marsabit

Marsabit highlights

Forest crater lakes on a desert mountain, plus the Chalbi Desert.

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Lake Naivasha

Menengai Crater

A vast caldera above Nakuru city with geothermal steam vents.

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Meru

Meru highlights

Meru National Park, Nyambene hills and the Chogoria route up Mount Kenya.

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Migori

Migori highlights

Thimlich Ohinga, a UNESCO-listed dry-stone settlement.

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Mombasa

Mombasa highlights

Kenya's oldest port city: Fort Jesus, Old Town, and the North and South Coast beaches.

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Murang'a

Murang'a highlights

Kikuyu origin sites at Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga and Aberdare foothills.