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Kenyatta
Caves 
It is one of the numerous
breath-taking sites on the picturesque Taita Hills. Nestling
on the foot of one of the hills, the Kenyatta Cave,
known to the locals as the Kino cave, is at the tiny Mwanguwi
village, about 6kms from Wundanyi, the headquarters of the
larger Taita-Taveta.More
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Fort
Jesus
Fort Jesus, the fascinating
400-year-old tourist attraction at the Kenyan coast, is a
product of military and architectural genius. The fort in
Mombasa was built by the Portuguese. As a military venture,
the construction of the fort was one of the most creative
manoeuvres of the century - not just in East Africa but also
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Gede
Ruins
On the North coast of Mombasa towards
the town of Malindi lays one the most pre-historic ruins found
in Mombasa, called the Gede Ruins. Gede was
a small town built entirely from rocks and stones, which was
inhabited by a few thousand Swahili people and ruled by a
very rich Sultan. More... |
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Indian
Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the
third-largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific
Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but larger than the Southern Ocean
and Arctic Ocean). Four critically important access waterways
are the Suez Canal (Egypt), Bab el Mandeb (Djibouti-Yemen),
Strait of Hormuz (Iran-Oman), and Strait of Malacca (Indonesia-Malaysia).
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Lamu
Town
Lamu is a town with a
rich history and texture increasingly threatened by modern
interventions and the loss of its traditional socio-economic
base. The town has prospered and declined in waves over time
and is now a serious conservation challenge due to the developments
of the last two decades: lack of maintenance, population increase
and expanding numbers of tourists. More... |
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