It is a country in Africa and a founding member of the East African Community (EAC). Its capital and largest city is Nairobi. Kenya's territory lies on the equator and overlies the East African Rift covering a diverse and expansive terrain that extends roughly from Lake Victoria to Lake Turkana (formerly called Lake Rudolf) and further south-east to the Indian Ocean. It is bordered by Tanzania to the south and south-west, Uganda to the west, South Sudan to the north-west, Ethiopia to the north and Somalia to the north-east. Kenya covers 581,309 km2 (224,445 sq mi), and had a population of approximately 48 million people in January 2017.
Kenya has a warm and humid tropical climate on its Indian Ocean coastline. The climate is cooler in the savannah grasslands around the capital city, Nairobi, and especially closer to Mount Kenya, which has snow permanently on its peaks. Further inland are highlands in Central and Rift Valley regions where tea and coffee are grown as cash crops which are major foreign revenue earners. In the West are Nyanza and Western regions, there is an equatorial, hot and dry climate which becomes humid around Lake Victoria, the largest tropical fresh-water lake in the world. This gives way to temperate and forested hilly areas in the neighbouring western region. The north-eastern regions along the border with Somalia and Ethiopia are arid and semi-arid areas with near-desert landscapes. Kenya is known for its world class athletes in track and field and rugby. Thanks to its diverse climate and geography, expansive wildlife reserves and national parks such as the East and West Tsavo National Park, Amboseli National Park, Samburu National Reserve, Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru National Park, Aberdares National Park and white sand beaches at the Coastal region, Kenya is home to the modern safari and has several world heritage sites such as Lamu and a number of beaches, including in Diani, Bamburi and Kilifi, where international yachting competitions are held every year.
We visited here in September 2018, August 2019, September 2020, February 2022 and September 2023.
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| Parks | Location | Size | Date Created |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdare National Park | Nyandarua & Nyeri Counties | 76.7 square miles | 1950 |
| Amboseli National Park | Kajiado County | 151 square miles | 1974 |
| Buffalo Springs National Reserve | Isolo District | 51 square miles | 1948 |
| Kalama Community Wildlife Conservancy | Samburu County | 148.26 square miles | NGO 2013 |
| Lake Bogoria National Reserve | Rift Valley Provance | 41 square miles | Nov 1970 |
| Lake Naivasha | Nakuru County | 54 square miles | N/A |
| Lake Nakuru National Park | Rift Valley | 73 square miles | June 5 1990 |
| Lewa Wildlife Conservancy | Isiolo District | 200.77 square miles | 1995 |
| Loisaba Conservancy | Laikipia County | 89.06 square miles | Dec 2014 |
| Masai Mara National Reserve | Narok County | 580 square miles | 1961 |
| Mara Triangle | Narok County | 196.91 square miles | 1994 |
| Meru National Park | Eastern Province | 336.08 square miles | 1966 |
| Nairobi National Park | Nairobi | 45 square miles | 1946 |
| Ol Pejeta Conservancy | Laikipia County | 140 square miles | 2004 |
| Samburu National Reserve | Samburu County | 64 square miles | 1985 |
| Shaba National Reserve | Isiolo County | 92.34 square miles | 1974 |
| Tsavo East National Park | Taita-Taveta County | 5,308 square miles | 1948 |
| Tsavo West National Park | Taita-Taveta County | 3,500.02 square miles | 1948 |
