Kenya Holiday:Why Kenya is a Popular Holiday Destination

By John Roney


Nature has blessed Kenya with various attraction sites and by spending your holidays in Kenya, you will certainly explore all its beauty. To begin with, you can have short term or long term budget tour depending on your time schedule. However, regardless of time, you can have a tailor made tour or prepare a budget with the help of the tour operators in order to satisfy your needs. There are many luxurious big hotels around the country and camping sites built near game parks where you can have your accommodation.

A holiday vacation in Mombasa will include touring the town of Mombasa, meeting the local people who are from different parts of the country. As you do your shopping, you will visit Fort Jesus which is the oldest building being preserved for museum purposes until today. This building has a long history and was built by the Portuguese during the colonial period. The majority of the people of Mombasa are Muslims and Swahili is the common language that is used in the town. The sand beaches along the coast are are always populated with visitors who come to relax and have fun in the warm waters from the Indian Ocean.

The Great Rift Valley boasts of several Parks and reserves in Kenya. From the North we have the L. Turkana where we get the Sibiloi National reserve. This is an oasis in this northern desert. Running down south is the Samburu National Reserve known for the beisa Oryx and the Grevy's Zebra. Running further south, you come to the highest point in the country, the Mt. Kenya. The second highest mountain in Africa Mt. Kenya is a haven for mountain climbers and outdoor adventurers.

You will easily spot the big five (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, rhino) including zebras, hyenas, antelopes, birds and gazelles. You can book a hot air balloon flight early enough and experience a life time adventure as you fly over the animals for the first time.

Your Kenya Holiday vacation will also include visiting Lake Nakuru which is found in the Great Rift Valley. The millions of pink flamingo birds in the lake is a must watch. The salt water and the coral reefs make the lake an ideal home for these birds. However, due to inadequate rain over the past year, the water level has dramatically gone down making the flamingo population decrease dramatically. Man has also played a big role by destroying the water catchments areas where the main river feeding the lake get it's water. The government has however forced all the people who have settled in the forest vacate and tree plantation is on process.




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