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Malindi Marine National Park

Kenya is one of the favourite places for tropical sea holidays. Everybody loves its beaches, its ocean landscapes. Many people come to just enjoy local seaside tourist villages. But if you love scuba diving, taking photos of seabeds, or just admire tropical marine fauna you really cannot miss the Kenyan shores. Its marine national parksContinue reading "Malindi Marine National Park"

Exploring Kora National Park

Kora National Park, in central Kenya, is not just another protected region of Africa. This place has a story made of animals, plants, scientists and heroes. This is where the British naturalist biologist George Adamson lived most part of his life, studying lions and learning the traditions of local people. He soon became "baba yaContinue reading "Exploring Kora National Park"

Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park

The word Safari in Africa means "trip", so any kind of "trip" is good for your safari. Do not just think of an African safari as going on a big jeep through wide plains, looking for lions and elephants. Africa is much more than this. Africa, and Kenya especially, can also be wonderful ocean beaches,Continue reading "Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park"

Hell’s Gate National Park, your safest safari

Once upon a time the Devil came to Earth thruogh a break in a rock. This fairy tale could also be the story of Hell's Gate National Park, in Lake Naivasha region, Kenya. The "gate" of this name, in fact, is a narrow crack in the rocky hill that overlooks the lake. Probably from thatContinue reading "Hell’s Gate National Park, your safest safari"

Central Island National Park in Kenya

If you want to go to Central Island National Park you will first have to find Lake Turkana, in the Kenyan Great Rift Valley. This is a place of volcanoes and Lake Turkana is a salt lake derived from an ancient volcanic activity. It is a long and large water pond stretching between Ethiopia andContinue reading "Central Island National Park in Kenya"