KENYA IS A COUNTRY IN EAST AFRICA WITH COASTLINE ON THE INDIAN OCEAN. IT ENCOMPASSES SAVANNAH, LAKELANDS, THE DRAMATIC GREAT RIFT VALLEY AND MOUNTAIN HIGHLANDS. IT'S ALSO HOME TO WILDLIFE LIKE LIONS, ELEPHANTS AND RHINOS. FROM NAIROBI, THE CAPITAL, SAFARIS VISIT THE MAASAI MARA RESERVE, KNOWN FOR ITS ANNUAL WILDEBEEST MIGRATIONS, AND AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK, OFFERING VIEWS OF TANZANIA'S 5,895M MT. KILIMANJARO. NAIROBI IS ALSO HOME TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, WITH EXHIBITS SPANNING NATIVE ART TO NATURAL HISTORY, AND THE ROVING MAASAI MARKET. BEACH RESORTS LINE THE COAST AROUND MALINDI, WHOSE VIBRANT CORAL REEFS MAKE WATAMU MARINE NATIONAL PARK A POPULAR DIVING AREA. IT’S POSSIBLE TO HIKE OR CLIMB 5,199M-TALL MT. KENYA, WHOSE SNOWY PEAKS DOMINATE THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. IN THE WEST, LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK SHELTERS A MASSIVE FLAMINGO POPULATION. LAMU ISLAND OFFERS TRANQUIL BEACHES, MOSQUES AND TOURS IN THE REGION'S TYPICAL DHOW BOATS, KNOWN FOR THEIR SLANTED TRIANGULAR SAILS AND POINTED BOWS.