There are so many amazing tourist attractions in Kenya. The well-known attractions like the Maasai Mara and Giraffe Manor are life-changing, awe-inspiring, and completely magical, but there are oh so many more things to see and do in Kenya. Small things, large places, open skies… let’s make a bucket list of Kenya places to visit together.
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39 Unmissable Tourist Attractions in Kenya
Kenya’s landscape is a riot of colour and sensorial overwhelm. When I think of places to visit in Kenya I see blue ocean, purple flowers, silver coins on Maasai necklaces, the flash of red from the turaco’s wings. Kenya is golden sunsets on Mida Creek, ruby dawns in the Maasai Mara, it is the silver of dolphins’ backs and the yellow of the yolk that my chickens lay. Kenya is the grey mists that mask Mount Kenya, the turquoise of the parrotfish and white coloured backs of ghost crabs. It is the sky reflected in Amboseli’s lakes, the shamrock green of Kericho’s tea plantations, the wheat colour of sun-scorched plains and the rich brown of the swamps where the buffalo lie.Tourist attractions in Kenya are full of colour and vibrancy and life.
Camel Riding Safari in Kenya
North of Nanyuki, where the coolness of the Aberdares and Mount Kenya turns to dusty desert, you can take one of the most unusual and rewarding safaris in Kenya. A camel safari is a great alternative to traversing conservancies by car, allowing you to get closer to nature. At Karisa Camel Safari’s you walk or ride a camel, rising with the dawn and spending the day examining the smallness of nature as well as the familiar favourite. On a camel safari, you will learn to look for tracks, spoor, to notice plants, insects, birds and smaller Kenyan wildlife.
Where to Stay on a Camel Safari
Sleep in tents at night, eat by the campfire, and learn everything you can from your Maasai guides and trackers.
Swim with Dolphins in Diani Beach on a Jetksi Safari
Diani Beach is the most popular beach tourist attraction in Kenya, and done the right way, a jet ski safari is a wonderful way to get up close to Diani’s dolphins. Je ski can thrill and excite, but they are also a way to spend time in nature. In Diani, a jetski adventure is a way to spend time with Kenyan ocean life, particularly Kenya’s dolphins But be careful; jet skis can damage coral and scare sea animals, so take it easy.
Where to Stay in Diani:
Check out my Places to Stay in Diani blog
Trek Mount Kenya – Africa’s Second Highest Mountain
Mount Kenya is one of the most well-known tourist attractions in Kenya. It is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, and an internationally acclaimed destination for both intermediate-level trekking and technical rock climbing depending on which of its three peaks you choose to ascend: Batian 5199m, Nelion 5188m and Point Lenana 4985m. Book your trek with African Adventure – info@africanatureadventure.com or Savage Wilderness.
Where to Stay on Mount Kenya
You’ll camp up the mountain. For nearby hotels and lodges, read my blog Places to Stay in Nanyuki.
Conservation in Kenya – Plant a Tree
The time is now to save the planet, not tomorrow. Tour Kenya with Bootstrap Adventures on a tree-planting mission. The trips take you to places you wouldn’t otherwise get a chance to visit. Meet local people, and learn about the importance of planting and conservation in Kenya.
Maasai Mara Great Wildebeest Migration – Top Tourist Attraction in Kenya
The migration from Tanzania’s Serengeti to Kenya’s Maasai Mara is the number one tourist attraction in Kenya. Possibly the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth, the phenomenon of a million wildebeest migrating across croc filled rivers and lion peppered plains is unmissable for nature lovers. Visit the Maasai Mara between June and August and spend time in the thick of the action. Be warned, this is THE most popular Kenya tourist attraction and you won’t be alone watching Simba sit down at his Sunday dinner.
Where to Stay in the Maasai Mara
My tops picks for lodges in the Mara are:
The Most Beautiful Beach In Kenya – Galu
That’s a contentious statement! In a country blessed with a 500 kilometres of tropical coastline, there are an inordinate number of beautiful beaches in Kenya. Is Galu the most beautiful? I can’t say for sure, but it has the softest, whitest sand in the whole country. Galu Beach is a tub of talcum powder washed by the Indian Ocean, a body of water so blue its image is forever seared into your mind. Galu runs into popular Diani Beach, but it is prettier, quieter and has the excellent Salty Squid Restaurant, Galu is less of a Kenya tourist attraction and more hidden gem.
Where to Stay in Galu
Kenyaways Kite Surfing Boutique Hotel
Experience Kenya’s Top Beach Destination at Diani Beach
Diani Beach is the hottest, hippest beach destination in Kenya, but that doesn’t mean is a Miami Beach-style tier of tower tops. When I first went to Diani, I stepped onto the beach, confused. Where were the beach bars? The parties? The tourists? Instead, I saw miles of white sand beach, framed with palms interrupted only by crashing waves. There are hotels, beach bars and parties in Diani, but hardly any by European and American standards. This may be a top Kenya tourist attraction, but Diani remains your archetypal, unspoiled African paradise. Long may it remain this way. Read up on things to do in Diani Beach.
Where to Stay in Diani Beach Kenya
This blog covers it all.
Best Diani Beach Hotels: Where To Stay In Diani beach, Kenya
Foster an Elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
In Nairobi National Park, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust makes the most comfortable of homes for orphaned and abandoned elephants. Rescued from all over Kenya, to rehabilitate an elephant is to play the long game. Some of their elephants can be with them for up to 15 years. Some special guests, like Maxwell the blind rhino, are there for life. At DSWT, carers look after the elephants 24/7 even sleeping with them at night. Visit the trust every day at 11-12 and find out more about the cutest baby elephants in the world and the amazing work that the trust does. I would encourage you to adopt an elephant for the best experience. Adopters are allowed exclusive access to the elephants and the chance to meet them and their carers in person. DSWT is one of the most popular Kenya tourist attractions, so grab the opportunity to visit the elephants in relative peace. Note that due to the overwhelming popularity of this tourist attraction in Kenya, you now need to book in advance, and the waiting list can be very lengthy during popular times of the year.
Lake Naivasha Hippo’s and Safari
Lake Naivasha is one of my favourite places to visit in Kenya – a real happy place. There is something so sweetly serene about the lake. To me, this Kenya tourist attraction is the sound of fish eagles, placid hippos and elegant giraffe wandering through thickets of fever trees. Lake Naivasha is close enough to Nairobi to make it a day trip, it is a huge freshwater lake filled with hippos that provides a water source for the giraffe, zebra, buffalo, hyena, jackal, and many herbivores and birds that live in the acacia trees and green, green grasses that form the lakeshore drive. The land around the lake is occupied by rose farms and rich houses, so accessing the water isn’t always easy. Have lunch at Camp Carnellys, Sanctuary Farm or Matteos.
Where to stay in Naivasha:
Naivasha Kongoni Lakefront Getaway
Discover Ancient Civilisations at Gede Ruins
I love the Gede Ruins, it’s so Indiana Jones. Fallen temples seemingly crushed by giant baobabs, and secret doorways leading to crumbling towers. It’s an ancient, ancient place and a wonder that so much for it is still intact. The Gede Ruins were inhabited as early as 1041, by up to 2500 people, until the 17th century, when it was mysteriously abandoned. We can only hypothesise that it was wild animals or wild humans that chased the occupants away. Known only to the local tribe until it was ‘discovered’ by colonists at the beginning of the 20th century. The Gede Ruins are a lesser-known Kenyan tourist attraction, but worth visiting if you are spending time in Watamu.
Where To Stay near Gede Ruins
Just a few km away, Watamu offers a bunch of options.
Papa Remo Beach in Watamu
Papa Remo Beach – is on the northern side of Watamu, a medium-size bay that is made even more visually stunning by 7 coral islands that dot the shallow waters. At low tide, the water recedes, leaving the bay with pools of translucent water over white sand. You can walk out to the coral islands and hunt for shells, crabs and moray eels, or simply spend the heat of the day in a foot of warm seawater, marvelling at your luck in finding yourself in paradise. Papa Remo is a bar/ restaurant run by Italians that serves the best pizza, seafood dishes and yummy cocktails. They have tables and chairs set in the sand and sunbeds on the beach. You should allocate a whole day here, for eating, sleeping, exploring and swimming. It’s utter heaven.
Where to Stay in Watamu
I go into detail on places to stay in Watamu here.
Kiss a Giraffe at the Giraffe Centre
One of the top ten tourist attractions in Kenya, the Giraffe Sanctuary was started by Jock and Lesley Melville as a project to save the Rothschild Giraffe, which were critically endangered throughout Kenya. The Melvilles took a breeding pair into their garden in Hardy and thus the Giraffe Centre and Sanctuary was born. The Giraffe Centre has recently had an upgrade. There are two feeding towers where you can meet the many giraffes at head height. Visitors will love to feed the giraffe the pellets that are handed out, and many take pictures of a giraffe kiss home by placing the pellet in your mouth. In the distance, you will see the Giraffe Manor. There is a gift shop and restaurant on site.
Where to Stay Near Giraffe Manor
Giraffe Manor is in the Karen suburb of Nairobi, so there’s an endless list of places to stay. Here’s a blog on five star hotels in Nairobi
Visit Meru Country and its Many Magical Parks.
Meru city serves as the jumping-off point for some of the best national reserves and conservancies in Kenya. Samburu, Buffalo Springs National Park, Lewa Conservancy and Meru National Park are mostly arid and filled with game. You are spoiled for choice with animal spotting in this area and you will be mostly alone, as the number of tourists dwindles the further you head north. Meru National Park is famed for Elsa the orphaned lioness that was immortalised by Joy Adamson’s 1960 “Born Free” and the blockbuster movie that followed. Read my blog on Meru National Park here.
Where To Stay in Meru
The Blood Red Lake of Kapedo
On the borders of Turkana and Baringo in Kenya’s sweltering north lies a lake the colour of rubies and a waterfall that runs hot. The Turkana East lake has water with a very high salt concentration that makes the lake a prime breeding ground for Dunaliella algae, which turns the water blood-red. The nearby hot springs that are the source of the River Suguta feed into a waterfall that runs hot. The area is desolate, and there has been some conflict but if you want an adventure like no other in a place little visited even by Kenyan’s, then Kapedo’s got your name on it.
Where to Stay at Lake Kapedo
Castle Forest Lodge on the Slopes of Mount Kenya
Castle Forest Lodge feels more swiss alps than Africa. Chalet style huts and small bandas nestle far up the side of Mount Kenya. The temperature drops, the snowy peaks of Kenya’s highest mountain loom over you and waterfalls crash through glittering ferns. Castle Forest Lodge isn’t a day venue, although you could come for a walk, a swim and lunch in the pub (yes! A pub and it’s a good one, dark, ancient, good beer).
Ita a place to spend a few days in the amazing wooden chalets, complete with immense fireplaces, fire pits and state-of-the-art bathrooms. To walk through the indigenous rain forest, swim under waterfalls and keep an eye out for elephants, buffalo, leopards and the almost extinct Mountain Bongo.
God’s Footprint in Kwale County
In remote Kwale county, there is a footprint scored into the rock that measured 18 inches. Long revered as a holy site, people come from all over the world to witness what they believe to be God’s footprint. If you are curious, you can check it out 5 kilometeres from Lunga Lunga town.
Where to Stay Near Gods Footprint
It’s off the beaten track, almost touching Tanzania. Best to stay at Diani beach, approximately 1.5 hours by car.
Dragons Teeth in the Aberdares Mountain Range
The Dragons Teeth are a series of volcanoes erupting from the fertile mountain tops like something out of Lord of the Rings. A hiking and climbing hotspot, even if you can only skirt the bottom of the teeth, it makes for an awe-inspiring walk. The Dragon’s Teeth e formation is situated at a high altitude, so visitors are also treated to expansive views of the surrounding plains and valleys. The Aberdares are rich in wildlife, including elephants, buffalo, and various species of antelope, and they also provide sanctuary to some rarer animals like the bongo and the black leopard. The area is also known for its streams, waterfalls, and dense bamboo forests.
Where To Stay in The Aberdares
It’s an hour and a half from Nanyuki. You can camp in the Aberdares but it gets very cold.
Spot the Sitatunga Antelope at Saiwa Swamp National Park
Saiwa Swamp is Kenya’s smallest and yet incredibly biologically rich national park. Saiwa Swamp is located in Trans Nzoia County and established in 1974 primarily to protect the endangered Sitatunga antelope, a swamp-dwelling species. Covering an area of just 3 square kilometres (1.2 square miles),this lesser visited Kenya tourist attraction is home to less well-celebrated animals, such as the aforementioned Sitatunga antelope and the groovy white-bearded De Brazza’s monkey. It’s a trek even from Kitale, which is in Kenya’s far west, but it ticks the off the beaten track box.
Where to Stay in Kitale
Where indeed? I’ve not been, and I’m dubious about all the Booking.com and Airbnb options. This is a job for TripAdvisor. I’d hop on there and see what places have the best reviews.
Take a Dhow Trip along the Kenyan Coast
You can see traditional dhow boats sailing up and down the East African coast. A dhow is a lateen-rigged sailing vessel that was once the dominant form of transport between East Africa, India and the Middle East. Dhows come in all shapes and sizes, from small one-man canoes to large piratical ships. There are tons of places along the Kenyan coast where you can take a dhow trip, try the infamous Tamarind Dhow in Mombasa, the boozy dawa dhow in Mida Creek, a sunset dhow along Kilifi but the very best place in Lamu. Lamu island is one of the last great dhow outposts, the ancient town, doing things very much the ancient way. Lamu is part of an archipelago of islands and nothing beats sailing on the wide-open sea past tiny islets.
Where to Stay in Lamu
Check out my Lamu Guide here and my review of the dreamy Majlis Hotel here.
Run with the Best Athletes in the World.
Kenyan’s renown for producing some of the best runners in the world. Kenyans have taken the top trophy at the Olympics and Marathons all over the world. Kenya has the world’s fastest runner and has smashed world records in every category and distance. Train at altitude with some of the best athletes in the world at The Kenya Experience, a two-week training retreat like no other.
See Tsavo National Park from the Air
I’m terrified of flying so I can’t vouch for this one, but in Kenya, flying in tiny planes over inhospitable environments seems all the rage. I am told that the flight over Tsavo is unbeatable. Tsavo National Park is red sand, towering baobabs, rushing rivers, volcanic mountains and Kilimanjaro in the distance. Spot vast elephant families crashing through the bush and hippos lounging on the Galana River. Charter a flight with Luca Safari Aviation.
Where To Stay in Tsavo
Visit the BioKen Snake Farm in Watamu
You can find snakes all over Kenya, although I’ve seen less than you might imagine. One of the best Kenya tourist attractions in Watamu is BioKen Snake Farm. Spend the morning at BioKen Snake Farm and learn about the kinds of snakes you will find all over East Africa. Many are incredibly beautiful, and only a few are poisonous. While it’s always wise to exercise caution, I reckon it is time we all educate ourselves about snakes. I’ve seen too many harmless snakes killed through a lack of knowledge.
Visit Fort Jesus and Mombasa Old Town
Mombasa Old Town is a higgldy piggldy maze of old streets squeezed into the corner of Mombasa Island. Overlooking it all is the tumbledown Fort Jesus. A 14th-century fort whose calm interior refuses to tell us tales of the centuries of warfare and conquering nations that have claimed it. Mombasa’s ancient town has huge carved doorways, mosques, antique shops, tiny coffee houses, ornate balconies and a sense of history that’s worth scratching beneath the surface.
Where to Stay in Mombasa
How to find the Best Hotel in Mombasa
Amboseli National Park
Shhh, don’t tell anyone but Amboseli National Park is my favourite tourist attraction in Kenya. I just can’t forget the majesty of Kilimanjaro, the clouded sky reflected in swampy lakes, and the pink flamingos that dot the waters. Elephants (also my favourite) are everywhere, enormous families of up to 100 placidly walking the wetlands or uprooting trees in the dusty, dry lake bed. There is something serene, majestic, peaceful, mighty and magical about Amboseli.
Where to Stay in Amboseli National Park
Dance the night away in Westlands
Westlands is full of exclusive restaurants, bars and nightclubs. Choose from gritty, soulful clubs like The Alchemist that often feature live musicians or hit Blue Door and dance till the dawn to your favourite tunes. There are so many places to visit in Westlands that it’s impossible to list them all, and it seems, to my old lady mind, that they are ever-changing. Hook yourself up with a tour guide to show you by day where you should go at night.
Where to Stay in Nairobi
Click on my blog here The 12 Best Nairobi Hotels – Where to Stay in Kenya
Cycle through Hell’s Gate National Park
Everyone’s famous African movie, The Lion King, was based on Hell’s Gate National Park. Volcanos, towering rocks, deep gorges, obsidian caves, hot springs and a lack of dangerous animals make this a hugely popular destination for cyclists. One of the few parks where you can freely cycle and marvel and the rawness of nature. Don’t miss the chance to explore the gorge in Hell’s Gate. Best done with a guide, there are three routes through the winding gorge, which is formed by rainwater cutting through rock.
Where to Stay In Hells Gate National Park
Head to Naivasha for a range of hotels, lodges and cottages
Step Back in Time in Lamu
Lamu Old Town is the best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa. Lamu Island is part of an archipelago of islands and there is no lack of perfect, sand dollar strewn beaches. The old town is built from mangrove timber and coral stone, famed for its buildings, labyrinthine narrow streets, carved Indian and Arabic doors, donkeys (no cars allowed on the island) and a way of life that has changed little in centuries. There are some great places to eat and drink, try Peponi hotel or the Majlis Resort on neighbouring Manda Island or the floating restaurant. Lamu gets super hot, so spend your days drifting across the water on a dhow, or catching a breeze from your rooftop sunbed. Of all the places to visit in Kenya, Lamu is one of most historic and originally authentic.
Travel Far from the Madding Crowd at Central Island National Park in Turkana
Lake Turkana is far off the radar for most visitors to Kenya, hardly a top Kenya tourist attraction at all. Far in the northern reaches of Kenya’s arid lands is lake Turkana – home to the world’s largest colony of Nile crocodiles and three active volcanoes. In the middle of this inhospitable lake lies Central Island National Park, with its blue-green crater lakes, black sand beaches. It’s an ancient, eerie place where you are almost guaranteed to be alone. Eliye Springs Resort offers day trips out to the island, where there is a campsite for intrepid adventurers. Don’t camp close to the waters… there are a lot of crocs.
Swim with Sharks at Garoda Beach Watamu
Gorgeous Garoda. Cheesy but true. Garoda is a bit of a local secret. There is one hotel and no bars, restaurants or even toilets. Through the changing tides, and the flux and flow of the seaweed, Garoda is always gorgeous. Seaweed claims much of Watamu in the winter months and outside Hemingways and Turtle Bay it can tower to head height, but for some reason, it is always clear on Garoda beach. A series of sand bars weave their way through a coral valley stretching almost to Whale Rock. At low tide, you can walk out for miles, keep an eye out for friendly reef sharks and the odd blue spotted ray. At high tide, the turquoise strip of sand welcomes you onto a powder soft beach.
Watamu hotels and villas : where to stay in Watamu
Watamu beach Kenya: an insiders guide
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Star Gaze all over Kenya
The stars in Kenya are a smorgasbord of celestial delights. Almost anywhere away from the big city lights of Nairobi, you will see an Indigo sky spattered with twinkling stars, but for the best stars in Kenya, there are several ways to view. Jump in the car and head down to Lake Magadi near the Tanzanian border, pitch a tent by the hot springs and look to the heavens. Book a stargazing trip with The Travelling Telescope who hosts starry nights away all over Kenya. Or book the Loisaba Star Beds. This camp in Loisaba Conservancy is next to a watering hole, four-poster beds are rolled outside at night for you to spend the evening watching the stars, or neighbourhood elephants. Stargazing luxury at its best.
Sleep with a Giraffe at Giraffe Manor
Giraffe Manor is perhaps one of the most famous hotels in the world and is noted as a top Kenya tourist attraction. A colonial-era building where giraffes come and nibble on your breakfast. Annoying Instagrammers aside, it’s a special piece of Africa. Overlooking the Ngong Hills, resident giraffes stroll the grounds, coming right up to hotel guests. You can visit the Giraffe Manor for high tea, and there is the occasional special offer for lunch or use of the spa, but the only guaranteed way to access the Giraffe Manor is to book a room, which can cost $1000 a night. It’s a bucket list destination if you don’t have the cash nip next door to the Giraffe Sanctuary where you will meet the same giraffe, albeit not while soaking up the rays on a sunbed.
Do a Dawa Cruise on Mida Creek
Board a Dhow on Mida Creek and imbibe bottomless dawas (a Kenyan cocktail made of vodka lime and honey) on a two-hour sunset cruise of Mida Creek. The serene waters of Mida Creek are one of the best places on the Kenyan coast to watch the sun go down. It only takes a few dawa’s, and you, too, will leap off the roof of the dhow to splash in the lukewarm waters. Mida Creek is in Watamu.
Get an Invite to Teddy Bear Island
A humpbacked island on Lake Baringo is privately owned and accessible only by invite. Message the owners of Teddy Bear Island and fingers crossed they will let you visit the island idyll. Lake Baringo is the most northern of Kenya’s Rift Valley lakes (except for Lake Turkana). One of only two freshwater lakes, the other is Naivasha, it has resident hippos and crocs and a dusty, tropical environment. To visit Teddy Bear Island is to truly get away from the madding crowd.
Do Fridays at the 254 Brewing Room in Kikuyu
This awesome brewery in Kikuyu town is open every day of the week, but Fridays are when the vibes get down and dirty. The 254 Brewery is a local brewery that sells beers throughout Kenya. This pub in Kikuyu has 13 beers on offer and is the coolest place to be seen in Nairobi. Go for the beer, dancing and socialising – happy hour is every Weds – Saturday and trust me, by midnight on Friday night everyone is very, very happy indeed.
Place a Bet at Ngong Road Racecourse
A day at the races is always fun. Ngong Racecourse is operated by The Jockey Club of Kenya and they put on a smashing race day. Ngong racecourse has four restaurants, although only two are open to the public, and a tote system for betting on your surefire winner. This is of the places to visit in Kenya that tourists rarely make it to, but it’s worth adding to your list.
Swing in Hammocks at Lichthaus
Lichthaus is probably my very best, most favourite place to visit in Kenya. Watamu already makes this list, but I wanted to give a special mention to the new kid on the block, Lichthaus. There’s truly nowhere like it. A rustic, raft-like structure that hovers over Mida Creek where nets form hammocks that swing over the translucent waters of the sandy bay. It feels to me more Caribbean than Kenya. Music thumps, people dance, cocktails are drunk and we lie in hammocks like lazy, tiddly sloths. They do amazing but simple food, kebabs -prawn, chicken, halloumi served with a huge plate of salad and chapati. I always go in the day, so we can snorkel in the creek and show our faces to the sun, but at night it’s the hippest place in town. Probably not a place to bring kids at night, but perfect for them in the day.
Visit Marafa Hell’s Kitchen – Kenya’s Grand Canyon
Near Malindi, there’s a place that gets hotter than Hades, over 50 degrees at some times of the year. Perhaps it’s this, or perhaps it’s the red rocks, the towering canyon, but it has a devilish feel. Hells’ Kitchen is a series of rivulets, caves, and cracks in the rocks caused by centuries of rainfall. There’s a few places to visit in Kenya that are similar to this, but none as dramatic as Marafa. Allow at least an hour to explore the site, and take your camera.
Where to Stay in Malindi
Check out my Resorts and Hotel in Malindi blog
Live the Simple Life at Lake Victoria
Travel to the very west of Kenya and visit Lake Victoria, the largest lake on the continent so huge that it passes through Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. At Lake Victoria, you can see African helmeted turtles, variable mud turtles, Williams’ mud turtle, and 500 species of fish.
The lake is so large it appears to be a sea, with small hamlets perched on the water’s edge where fishing is the main source of food, life unchanged for centuries. Lake Victoria is one of only two inland places in East Africa where you can watch the sunset across the water – and the sunsets are magnificent. Kisumu, on the banks of Lake Victoria and is Kenya’s third largest city.
Where to Stay in Lake Victoria
Having not visited Kisumu and feeling somewhat dubious about the quality of hotels. Im going to refer you again to trusty TripAdvisor. Don’t book a place in Kenya without checking TripAdvisor first.
Gaze through Crystal Clear Waters at Mzima Springs
In Tsavo National Park where volcanoes menace, rocks are obsidian and the soil is blood red, there’s a pool of water so crystal clear that you can see the crocodiles, hippos, and fish as though through glass. Talking of glass, the best thing about this Kenya tourist attraction is the underwater room surrounded by glass windows where you can see all the lakes residents at their level. It is incredible to watch the crocodiles and the many species of fish glide by. Above the ground, there is a short trail around the pool where you can stretch your legs. Watch out for crocodiles and hippos on the ground. There is the option to take an armed guard if you feel safer.
These are just some of the many, many places to visit and tourist attractions in Kenya. I think I’ll have to do a second blog. The deeper you dig, the more places there are to visit in Kenya. I’ve not touched upon Kilifi, the Aberdares, Kericho’s tea farms, Shimba Hills, Chale Island, Soysambu and the lakes, Elementatia and Nakuru, Nairobi National Park and so very many more.
Kenya is so much more than the Kenya tourist attractions you see on the shiny pages of magazines. For inspiration, look for local bloggers or Instagrammers, people that live here and know the less well-travelled places as home.
Book Your Kenya Trip – Insider Tips
Find everything you need for visiting Kenya on my TRAVEL RESOURCES page.
Find everything you need for moving to Kenya in my THE EXPAT GUIDE TO LIVING IN NAIROBI book.
- Kenya Accommodation: Booking.com has the cheapest rates for hotels and guest houses in Kenya.
- Accommodation Reviews: TripAdvisor is my go-to portal for checking reviews on accommodation/restaurants in the local area. I never book without checking TripAdvisor first.
- ESIM: Airalo allows you to access the Internet from virtually any country without paying roaming charges
- Car Rental: Rental Cars is managed by Booking.com – guaranteed reliable.
- Tours and Guides in Kenya : Check out Get Your Guide and Viator – reputable companies that do tours within Kenya and East Africa.
- Travel Insurance: Travel insurance will protect you against illness, injury, theft, and cancellations. I recommend Visitors Coverage, which covers you for East Africa and offers ‘special insurance’ for safaris and adventure sports:
- Visitors Coverage
- Compensair – if you have a cancelled or delayed flight, you may get a refund.
