Around the 14^th century, Arabs used trading routes to East Africa to carry out their trading business. Now, these journeys were never focused on wildlife viewing but still, they gave these journeys the name ‘safaris’ as it translates to journey or travel. Arabs took a lot of planning before starting their trade safaris.

Years, down the line, people from all over the world have started planning their Safari to Kenya. While some were interested in wildlife viewing and some travellers wanted to escape the harsh weather of their place. This gave the word ‘safari’ a completely new meaning.

Princess Elizabeth, queen of England was on a 5-day safari in Kenya when the news about her being crowned as the next queen of England broke.

Pippa Middletown, the younger sister to Catherine Duchess of Cambridge visited Kenya and took part in a 42 km marathon. This run was dedicated to raising funds for supporting wildlife conservation.

Some other notable visitors to Kenya include Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt and the duke of Gloucester.  Bill Gates and Barack Obama have all been here.

Kenya has been the leading safari destination in the world since 2015 at World Travel Awards.  Kenya won this prestigious award after beating some premiere destinations like Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana and Zambia.

In order to protect its national parks and wildlife reserves against hunting, Kenya’s government published a legal notice to ban all forms of hunting in 1977. After that, hunting was a punishable offence and involves paying a fine or jail time.

Kenya is home to about 25 national parks and 18 renowned national reserves. The national reserves support a huge concentration of wildlife and visitors also get the opportunity to see the Big Five of Africa. Kenya has also got 6 marine reserves. The marine reserves offer great water activities such as snorkelling, windsurfing and skiing.

At 5199 m, Mount Kenya is an ancient extinct volcano and the second-highest mountain in Africa. This mountain has got traditional beliefs associated with it. The adjacent communities (Kikuyu and Meru) believe that their god Ngai and his wife Mumbi live on the peaks of the mountain and in

The East African lion is one of Africa’s Big Five and is designated as the national animal of Kenya. A visit to the Masai Mara National Reserve gives the opportunity to see these majestic creatures in action while they pounce on their prey.

One of the Kenyan Rift Valley lakes, Lake Turkana is present in the north of Kenya. This lake is the largest permanent desert lake in the world. This place is also renowned for bird watching. Some animals who can be sighted around the lake area include zebras, giraffes and gazelles.

Hopefully, the above 8 interesting facts about Kenya have given you enough insights about Kenya and increased your enthusiasm to visit the place as early as possible.