20 Reasons to Visit Kenya on your next holiday!

Without a doubt, I believe many of you know of this amazing country called Kenya. For those who don’t, Kenya is a country within the Eastern African region with its capital city being the famous Nairobi City.

Without eating up much of your time, let me take you straight to the singled out reasons on why you should add Kenya into your travel destination list. Enjoy the read…

1.There are two official languages English and Swahili. Meaning if you are visiting from the continents Europe of America you wont have a hard time with speaking English and being understood.

2. Lake Victoria is the world’s second largest freshwater lake found in Kenya. Kenya shares the lake with Tanzania and Uganda.
3. Kenya is the best place in the world for a Safari.
4. Kenya’s Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She was also the first female scholar from East and Central Africa to take a doctorate (in biology), and the first female professor ever in her home country of Kenya.
5. Kenya was named after Mount Kenya, the second tallest mountain in Africa.
6. Kenya has the most Olympics medal in Africa, the best marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge is from Kenya.
7. Tourism and Coffee are Kenya’s biggest Industry.
8. The last time a volcano erupted in Kenya was in 1922.
9. Kenya was voted as the world’s leading safari destination by the World Travel Awards in 2015.
10. America’s first Black President, Barack Obama is from Kenya.
11. Some of the oldest known paleontological records of history have been found in Kenya.
12. Nairobi the capital of the Kenya, it’s also the most developed region in East and Central Africa.
13. Trophy hunting is illegal in Kenya.
14. Kenya is home to the fastest land animals in the world.
15. You can see the result of Earth splitting in Kenya, The Great Rift Valley was formed more than 20 million years ago.
16. There are 68 different languages spoken in Kenya.

17.The National Flag of Kenya The color black represents the people of the Republic of Kenya , red for the blood shed during the fight for independence, green for the country’s landscape and the white fimbriation was added later to symbolize peace and honesty.

18. Kenya in Kikuyu language is called Kĩrĩnyaga meaning “the one having stripes”. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 1960s.
19. Kenya has the largest economy in East and Central Africa.
20. Kenya’s Ngúgi Wa Thiong is one of the worlds most famous and awarded literature writer. He speaks multiple languages including Frensch, Spanish, Mandarin and German.