Kenya

Year Visited: 2019 – Mar

Kenya, a country in Africa, is the most powerful economy of East Africa and is also a middle income country with a fast growing middle class.

My trip to Kenya was a social visit, attending an Indian wedding in Nairobi. Yes, Kenya and all over East Africa, you will find many Indian families, mostly Gujarati, calling this part of the world their home for generations. As it was a social visit, I had a very little time to explore this country by myself solo, for that I need to come back.

During my 2 weeks visit to Kenya, we spent few days in the capital city of Nairobi, visited the Nairobi National Park. Most of other time we spent in a town of KakaMegha in the Western Kenya. Below are pictures from my visit to Kenya.

A short drive out of Nairobi’s central business district is the Nairobi National Park. Wide open grass plains and backdrop of the city scrapers, scattered acacia bush play host to a wide variety of wildlife

One happy Rhino.

A Buffalo.

A Giraffe is looking at our car.

An ostrich in the park.

Few Emus call this park their home too.

A Giraffe

One more Giraffe.

A Turkey

The marabou stork.

A Black Stork.

An East African crowned crane.

Nairobi National Park

A Zebra.

Hell’s Gate National 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. The main setting of the 1994 film, The Lion King is heavily modeled after this park.

At the main entrance of the Hells Gate.

You can freely hike or bike in this national park.

Giraffes and antelopes.

Antelopes and Zebras in the park.

A Warthog

A monkey checking us out.

at Kakamega forest.

Photos below are from KakaMegha and surrounding area in Western Kenya.

Enjoying a Tusker Beer at the Equator. There are many equator markers throughout Kenya, this one is near the city of Kisumu. It’s not a big park or monument like the one at Mitad del Mundo, near Quito, Ecuador.

Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake by area, the world’s largest tropical lake, and the world’s second largest fresh water lake by surface area. Lake Victoria touches the Equator in its northern side. The lake rests between three countries namely, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The lake is the source of the Nile river.