Landscapes & Ecosystems
Kenya combines an incredible diversity of ecosystems in a remarkably small area:
- Savannah: The iconic East African grassland — endless golden plains with scattered acacias, home to the Big Five and the Great Migration (Masai Mara, Amboseli)
- Great Rift Valley: The geological trench divides Kenya from north to south — with lakes, volcanoes, hot springs, and dramatic escarpments
- Highlands: Green, hilly landscape at 1,500–3,000 m — tea and coffee plantations, forests, temperate climate
- Mount Kenya: Africa's second-highest mountain with tropical montane forest, moorland, alpine desert, and glaciers — five climate zones on one mountain
- Semi-desert: Northern Kenya (Samburu, Turkana) — dry, red-earth landscape with doum palms and surprisingly rich wildlife
- Coast: Mangrove swamps, coral reefs, white sandy beaches, and tropical forests along the Indian Ocean
- Rainforest: Kakamega Forest in the west — Kenya's last tropical rainforest, a remnant of the West African jungle
- Lake Victoria: Africa's largest lake borders Kenya's west — fishing villages, papyrus swamps, bird paradise
