What to see in Kenya

20 places, from the most famous to the lesser known, with how many ScratchyMapp travelers have visited them.

  • Maasai Mara National Reserve👣 2 visitors

    Maasai Mara National Reserve

    Narok

    Maasai Mara, sometimes also spelt Masai Mara and locally known simply as the Mara, is a large national game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

  • Nairobi National Park👣 2 visitors

    Nairobi National Park

    Nairobi

    Nairobi National Park is a national park in Kenya that was established in 1946 about 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Nairobi.

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    Amboseli National Park

    Amboseli, Kajiado

    Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve, is a national park in Loitoktok District in Kajiado County, Kenya.

  • Diani Beach

    Diani Beach

    Diani, Kwale

    Diani Beach is a beach on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Mombasa, in Kwale County.

  • Fort Jesus

    Fort Jesus

    Mombasa

    Fort Jesus, is a fort located on Mombasa Island. Designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Battista Cairati, it was built between 1593 and 1596 by order of King Felipe II of Spain, who also reigned as King Filipe I of…

  • Gedi Ruins

    Gedi Ruins

    Gede, Kilifi

    The Ruins of Gedi (Magofu wa mji wa kale wa Gedi in are a UNESCO World Heritage site near the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Kenya.

  • Hell's Gate National Park

    Hell's Gate National Park

    Naivasha, Nakuru

    Hell's Gate National Park is a national park situated near Lake Naivasha in Kenya. The park is named after a narrow break in the cliffs, once a tributary of a prehistoric lake that fed early humans in the Rift Valley.

  • Lake Naivasha

    Lake Naivasha

    Naivasha, Nakuru

    Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, north west of Nairobi in the Great Rift Valley.

  • Lake Nakuru National Park

    Lake Nakuru National Park

    Nakuru

    Lake Nakuru is one of the Rift Valley lakes, located at an elevation of 1,754 m (5,755 ft) above sea level. It lies to the south of Nakuru, in the rift valley of Kenya and is protected by Lake Nakuru National Park.

  • Lake Turkana

    Lake Turkana

    Loiyangalani, Turkana

    Lake Turkana is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, predominantly in northern Kenya; the far northern end crosses into Ethiopia.

  • Lamu Fort

    Lamu Fort

    Lamu

    Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya on the continent of Africa.

  • Mombasa Tusks

    Mombasa Tusks

    Mombasa

    The Mombasa Tusks, also referred to as Mapembe ya Ndovu or Mapembeni or Pembe za Ndovu, form a monument over Moi Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Mombasa, Kenya.

  • Mount Kenya

    Mount Kenya

    Nanyuki, Laikipia

    Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa and the namesake of the country Kenya. Located about 150 km north-northeast of the capital of Nairobi and just 16.5 kilometres south of the equator, the mountain's…

  • Mount Longonot

    Mount Longonot

    Naivasha, Nakuru

    Mount Longonot is a stratovolcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa. It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s.

  • Samburu National Reserve

    Samburu National Reserve

    Archer's Post, Samburu

    Samburu National Reserve is a game reserve on the banks of the Ewaso Ng'iro river in Kenya. It is 165 km2 (64 sq mi) in size and is 350 km (220 mi) from Nairobi. It ranges in elevation from 800 to 1,230 m.

  • Tsavo East National Park

    Voi, Taita-Taveta

    Tsavo East National Park is a national park in Kenya with an area of 13,747 km2 (5,308 sq mi). Established in April 1948 covering a semi-arid area previously known as the Taru Desert.

  • Tsavo West National Park

    Mtito Andei, Taita-Taveta

    Tsavo West National Park is located in Taita-Taveta County of Kenya. The park covers an area of 9,065 km2 (3,500 sq mi).

  • Watamu Marine National Park

    Watamu Marine National Park

    Watamu, Kilifi

    Watamu Marine National Park and Reserve is located in Kenya. Established in 1968, it was one of Kenya's first marine parks. It is located about 90 miles (140 km) north of Mombasa, Kenya's second largest city.

  • Chyulu Hills National Park

    Chyulu Hills National Park

    Kibwezi, Makueni

    The Chyulu Hills is a mountain range in Makueni County in southeastern Kenya. It forms a 100 km (62 mi)-long volcanic field in an elongated northwest–southeast direction. Its highest peak is 2,188 m (7,178 ft) high.

  • South Island National Park

    South Island National Park

    Lake Turkana, Marsabit

    South Island, or Hohnel Island, is a fissure-formed volcanic island and the largest one out of 3 other major islands in Lake Turkana, Kenya.