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Short Trips Around The Country
Menengai Crater
From Nakuru, drive up North for about 8 km on Menengai Drive. Menengai Crater is an extinct volcano 2490 metres high which plunges 483 metres down from the rim. The views from the rim are spectacular and you will see, over the forest below, up to Lakes N ...
Mount Longonot
Take the Nairobi - Naivasha road, turn off to the Limuru/Narok road, keep going and you will see the mountain itself, and clear signs.. Mount Longonot is the highest of the Rift Valley volcanoes; the crater is approximately 1km in diameter and forms an ...
Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site
http://www.museums.or.keTake Magadi Road off Langata Road. Keep driving for about 2 hours until you see a clear sign for Olorgesailie. This is a pre-historic site with a small museum on the bottom of the Rift Valley. There are amazing views, toilet facilities and running water. ...
Egerton Castle
Go to the Kembu campsite between Njoro and Turi (past Nakuru) and get a guide to accompany you; about 40 minutes from Nakuru. Egerton castle is worth visiting but pretty hard to find. This lovely neo-gothic castle was built in 1930 by the eccentric Lord ...
Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site
http://www.museums.or.keTurn right before reaching Nakuru (4km from Nakuru Town), the site is clearly marked with a Museums of Kenya sign. This is a major Neolithic and Iron Age anthropological site and the adjoining museum features finds from various nearby excavations
Arabo-Sokoke Forest -(Coast)
About 100 km from Mombasa on the north coast road, clearly signposted (near Watamu, near Gede Ruins). Mombasa Coast Tourist Association (MCTA); There is a lovely trail through the natural forest with information about the wildlife and trees plus a but ...
Bamburi Nature trail/Heller Park
From Mombasa about 3 km along the north coast road, clearly sign posted. This is a lovely park to walk through. If you have read the story about Owen (the hippo) and Mzee (the tortoise), you can meet them there. Open from 8am to 5pm every day, including ...
Gede Ruins
About 100 km from Mombasa on North Coast Road, clearly signposted (near Watamu, close to Arabo-Sokoke Forest)- 16 km South of Malindi Town, about 90 km north of Mombasa. Mombasa Coast Tourist Association (MCTA); The Ruins of Gede Town are classified as ...
Funzi island
Approx. 11 km from the Msambweni junction, turnoff left, then go 14 km on variable dirt road down to Bodo, where dhows are built beside the mangrove forest and you can hire a boat to Funzi or take a dolphin dhow (book in advance). Funzi Sea Adventurers; ...
Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park
Accessible from Shimoni jetty. Kisite Private Boat Operators Association Contact Person:Mohamed; (book boat in advance. Kisite-Mpunguti marine national park has a great variety of marine life, coral formations, dolphins and turtles. Kisite Private ...
Malindi and Watamu Marine Parks
South of Malindi town to beyond the entrance to Mida Creek. Malindi Marine Information Centre; Email:kwsmalindi@yahoo.com The Marine Parks’ habitats include inter-tidal rock, sand mud, fringing reefs and coral gardens with abundant life. There is a t ...
Shimba Hills National Park & Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctu...
Take the Kwale road (35 km from Msambweni/15 km from Mombasa) to Kwale Town (16 km), then it’s another 4 km to the National Park turn-off on the left. Mwaluganje turn-off (right) is another 10 km (one hour’s drive on good roads). Good as a day trip t ...
Shimoni
Approx 15 km from the Msambweni junction; turn left onto a good dirt road to Shimoni Town (13 km); turn right for the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Headquarters, the jetty and Pemba Channel Lodge; turn left for community boat offices. Visit slave caves an ...
Wasini island
http://www.pillipipa.com30 minute boat ride from Shimoni. Pilli Pipa Dhow Safari; Pilli Pipa Dhow Safari is run by Selina, a Kenya-born marine biologist and Harm Lutjeboer, a diving instructor. Wasini Island has an interesting women’s self-help project. Visit the village a ...
