{"id":8988,"date":"2021-11-24T07:56:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T05:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/?p=8988"},"modified":"2021-11-24T07:56:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T05:56:33","slug":"top-places-to-visit-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/destinations\/kenya\/top-places-to-visit-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Top places to visit in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenya is a prominent classic savanna safaris destination due to the dramatic extremes and notable contrasts that ranges from deserts, forests, alpine snows, and open plains. Nairobi metropolis, freshwater bodies, colorful tribal cultures, and coral reefs. Kenya is still East Africa\u2019s microcosm according to many tourists. Kenya\u2019s wildlife safaris have been on the top as a tourist destination for decades. Kenya\u2019s other tourist activities include, hot air balloon at Masai Mara, hiking Mount Kenya, and snorkeling in Malindi located on the Indian Ocean coast.<\/p>\n

Masai Mara National park<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Masai Mara National park<\/a> is Kenya\u2019s top tourist destination and the most famed national park. Each year that passes by Masai Mara National park is the most visited by thousands of travelers who come to experience the exceptional population of game drives and the annual great migration of millions of zebras and the wildebeest. The \u201cGreat annual Migration of the wildebeest and zebras\u201d takes place early from July to October.<\/p>\n

Tsavo national park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tsavo national park is the Kenyan largest national park and among the worlds\u2019 largest national parks. Due to Tsavo national park\u2019s size, it was divided into, that is to say, Tsavo West national park and Tsavo East national park. Tsavo West national park is characterized by endless spectacular sceneries and the rolling volcanic landscape while Tsavo East national park is characterized by open savannah grassland. Tsavo National Park is the best destination in Kenya for privacy and solitude as well as exploring the wilderness.<\/p>\n

Aberdare National park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aberdare national park is situated on the slopes of the Aberdare Mountains, Aberdare national park accommodates all the rolling hills and ravines that are responsible for the pristine reserve. Aberdare national park comprises of high altitude that has frequent rains, cacophonous waterfalls, and sprawling forests for exploration by visitors. Aberdare national park\u2019s ever-green lush environment protects the bountiful wildlife species such as bird species, it offers more than250 bird species. Most visitors, however, most travelers attracted by the high population of the endangered black African rhinoceroses that keep roaming in the park.<\/p>\n

Amboseli national park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amboseli National Park<\/a> is a small national park situated just close to the Tanzania border within the foothill of Mountain Kilimanjaro Africa\u2019s highest mountain, Amboseli national park is notable for being an ideal destination in Africa that brings travelers closer to huge herds of elephants, the local Maasai people and endless spectacular views of Mountain Kilimanjaro.<\/p>\n

Nairobi national park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nairobi National Park is located within Nairobi metropolitan which is 10 minutes\u2019 drive from Nairobi city, only being separated from the national park wildlife fence from the metropolis. Nairobi\u2019s beautiful skyscrapers can be viewed from Nairobi national park. Despite its distance from Nairobi city and the small size of Nairobi national park, Nairobi National Park offer a large wildlife population. Zebra and wildebeest Migrants gather at Nairobi national park during the dry season, and Nairobi national park is Kenya\u2019s second-best home for rhinoceros.<\/p>\n

Lake Nakuru national park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lake Nakuru is a shallow lake situated in central Kenya. Lake Nakuru protects the abundance of algae which attracts huge quantities of lesser pink flamingos, sometimes approximately more than one million pink flamingos at once. People termed it as the greatest bird spectacle bird species on earth, Kenya\u2019s flamingos are a top attraction.<\/p>\n

Mount Kenya national park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mountain Kenya is Kenya\u2019s highest mountain and Africa\u2019s second-highest mountain after mountain Kilimanjaro. Mountain Kenya offers panoramic sight views. Mount Kenya has peak series that are crowned with white snow, and its lower slopes are occupied with forests.\u00a0 Mount Kenya stands at 5199 meters above sea level.<\/p>\n

Hell\u2019s gate national park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hell\u2019s Gate National Park is a small national park that was named after the narrow cliff had broken, it used to be a tributary as a prehistoric lake that used to be a source of water for early humans in the Rift Valley. It is the most unique wildlife national park in Kenya. Travelers are allowed to take a walk or cycle on their own without a guide. Hell\u2019s gate national park offers dramatic sceneries, gorges, steep cliffs, and basalt columns. Hell\u2019s gate national park protects a variety of wildlife species, although, fewer in number. Hell\u2019s gate national park wildlife species include cheetahs, lions, and leopards.<\/p>\n

Malindi Marine National park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Malindi marine national park is a sprawling marine park situated off the coast of Malindi along the Indian ocean that is worth visiting. Malindi marine national park offers beautiful beaches within the coastline, this national park is rich in protecting and preserving a variety of ecosystems that are endemic to the ocean. And the first marine part was established in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kenya is a prominent classic savanna safaris destination due to the dramatic extremes and notable contrasts that ranges from deserts, forests, alpine snows, and open plains. Nairobi metropolis, freshwater bodies, colorful tribal cultures, and coral reefs. Kenya is still East Africa\u2019s microcosm according to many tourists. Kenya\u2019s wildlife safaris have been on the top as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2710],"tags":[5834,2758,5827,5822,5821,5833,5825,5826,5824,5823],"class_list":["post-8988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya","tag-aberdare-national-park","tag-amboseli-national-park","tag-kenya-national-park","tag-kenya-safaris","tag-kenya-tours","tag-masai-mara-national-park","tag-safari-to-africa","tag-safari-to-kenya","tag-visit-africa","tag-visit-kenya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}