THE COUNTRY
 Kenya lies astride the
Equator and occupies an area 582,644sq. kms,
roughly
the size of France. Kenya has a population of
24 million, of which one
million live in the capital, Nairobi, a modern city with International
conference facilities.
Mombasa, with a population of 300,000 is the
main port, and commercial centre at the Coast.
Throughout the country, you have a choice of
hotels, lodges and luxury tented camps offering
excellent facilities with hospitable and welcoming
staff.
The climate is pleasant and temperatures are
moderate, ranging from 15 to 27 degrees in the
higher altitudes, and from 22 to a maximum of
32 degrees at sea-level. The rains fall in April
and May, and light rains in October. |
Kenya is a true nature-lovers
paradise with no less than forty wild-life sanctuaries
where
Kenya’s rich natural heritage is protected
for posterity. These reserves vary from thick
virginal forests in the mountainous areas to
the great tracts of Savannah plains with vast
concentrations of game – such as the famous
Masai Mara Reserve – to the lakes with
millions of flamingo, and the marine parks in
the turquoise lagoons along miles of palm fringed
beaches. Kenya’s panoramic beauty ranges
from mountains clad in eternal snows, to arid
deserts in the North, and the wonder of the Great
Rift Valley (a fracture in the Earth’s
crust five thousand kilometres long) with
its chain of lakes, amid ominously silent volcanos.
