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Kenya Wildlife Service. Nairobi National Park is a national park in Kenya that was established in 1946 about 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Nairobi. It is fenced on three sides, whereas the open southern boundary allows migrating wildlife to move between the park and the adjacent Kitengela plains.
Kenyatta International Conference Centre, 1975. The Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), formerly the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, is a 32-story building located in Nairobi, Kenya. The KICC is located in the City Square of Nairobi, and is a crucial address for a number of Government offices, including those of recently ...
Mount Longonot. / 0.91528°S 36.45694°E / -0.91528; 36.45694. 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. [1] Its name is derived from the Maasai word Oloonong'ot, meaning "mountains of many spurs" or "steep ridges".
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is a state corporation under the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife established by an act of Parliament; Wildlife Conservation and Management Act CAP 376, of 1989, now repealed and replaced by the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013. At independence, the Government of Kenya committed itself to conserving ...
Karura Forest, Waterfall. The water is orange during the rainy season. Karura Forest is an urban forest in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. The forest was gazetted in 1932 [1] and is managed by the Kenya Forest Service [2] in conjunction with the Friends of Karura Forest Community Forest Association. [3] Karura Forest is 1,041 hectares (2,570 ...
African Heritage House is a national monument [1] in Kenya, classified and gazetted under the National Museums and Heritage Act in 2016. Designed by Alan Donovan, [2] built to preserve forgotten architectural designs of the African continent. The house [3] is facing the Nairobi national park, and the public can visit the house for a tour ...
Uhuru Park. Coordinates: 1°17′25″S 36°49′02″E. Aerial view of Uhuru Park. Uhuru Park is a 12.9 hectare (32 acre) recreational park adjacent to the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya. It was opened to the general public by the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta on 23 May 1969. It contains an artificial lake, several national monuments ...
Established. 1985. Mount Ololokwe (in the reserve) The Samburu National Reserve is a game reserve on the banks of the Ewaso Ng'iro river in Kenya. On the other side of the river is the Buffalo Springs National Reserve. The park is 165 km² in size and is situated 350 kilometers from Nairobi. It ranges in altitude from 800 to 1230 m above sea ...