Archive for October, 2010

addition to traditional safari Kenya, the country is known for offering many different types and other types of tours and excursions, which would be of interest to certain people, but the intense interest. Golf cinema, scuba diving, you can find places and facilities to meet your needs.

There are many ways to enrich a visit to Kenya with tours to regions and institutions of particular interest and even meetings with professionals in this field. There is a wide range of topics that can be incorporated into an individual route, -. If you’re in large groups or small

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Some areas of interest that you are in Kenya are mentioned briefly below.

agriculture and horticulture

Kenya has a predominantly agricultural economy, agriculture, horticulture, livestock, forestry and fishing accounts for a significant percentage of the gross domestic product. Cash crops are the largest coffee and tea in the cool highlands cultivated fertile in the central part of the country.

Tropical fruits like pineapple, papaya, bananas, mangoes, cashews and macadamias are all grown in Kenya and Tanzania for home consumption and for export. In the agricultural center of Nakuru, it is possible to visit a pyrethrum factory (Kenya produces almost 80% of total world production of pyrethrum). In addition, this area is ideal for the breeding of fine herds of cattle, such as Naivasha and Nanyuki, with Boran, Sahiwal, Charolais and Hereford.

You can visit flower farms in and around the town of Naivasha. Kenya mainly produces cut flowers for export, delivers nearly 98% of the 40 types of flowers to European countries.

Archaeological Tours

Kenya is archaeologically of worldwide interest being the place to find some extremely important excavations and findings. Kenya is the cradle of humanity. Between 1998 and 1999, and fossil remains of Kenyanthropus platyops, from more than 2.6 million years were discovered west of Lake Turkana. These findings suggest proto humans roamed the area more than 20,000,000 years. Today these remains are found in the National Museum of Kenya.

Historical and Cultural Tour

The coast of Kenya and Tanzania, the rest of the peoples of many foreigners who have crossed its shores in the last 1000 years of history – the ‘Persian Chinese, Arabs, Portuguese to name a few. Some were traders and others, while the attackers were. But they all left a fascinating collection of antiquities coasts.

The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrived in Malindi in 1498 He received a warm welcome from the locals and Malindi became a center of Portuguese trade.

The diverse culture of the people of Kenya, by their language, food, music, beliefs and practices are perceived. For example, among the Luhya community in western Kenya, August and December are the months when they circumcise their boys. In addition to the actual inauguration, traditional songs and dances are performed during this period.

Tours geological

For lovers of geology and gemology, a safari with the possibility of meeting local enthusiasts and visits to areas of mineralogical interest can be an exciting experience combined. Volcanic eruptions that have taken place, created fascinating structures of earth variations.

Golf Tours

There are 4 golf courses in and around Nairobi and nearly 20 courses throughout Kenya, all in beautiful surroundings. The Kenya Open (handicap 3 or under) attracts world golfing stars during the months of February and March and the Kenya Amateur Championships (handicap seven less) in November. You can plan your trip to match the data.

Deep Sea Fishing

For lovers of deep-sea fishing in the months between October and March there are opportunities for landing record marlin and mako, the sail boat and a variety of fish with kingfish, bonito and black Felus runners along the coast. During that period of competitions take place regularly, in which visitors from overseas encouraged to participate.

Other tours of interest that can be enjoyed in Kenya include bird watching and diving expeditions . There are over 1,000 species of birds while qualified divers to the reefs of Mombasa with the season from April to October to enjoy.

Many other special events and festivals taking place in Kenya in the year. The most important are the Kenya Tourism Week, the Safari Rally, Concours d’Elegance motor show, The Rhino Charge, International Camel Derby and the Dugong Festival / Lamu Donkey Race.