Kenya’s rich cultural history was born and bred at her coast. So as you enjoy a panoramic view of the Erythtrean Sea-the Indian Ocean as titled by a Greek traveler centuries before the birth of Christ – with its vast beaches finely speckled with colourful coral reefs, you may wish to explore Kenya’s geographical terrain in a unique fashion: through her historical experience and expedition.   Begin your tour at the port city in Mombasa where Kenya-Uganda railway line was first laid by the British in 1896.

The foot marks of the railway builders should lead you deep into the labyrinthine streets of Mombasa lined with exotic buildings; conspicuous dome shaped mosques with minarets at the top amplifying the voice of the muezzin as it swallows the blast from the Portuguese cannon in Fort Jesus. Malindi is also bustling with hawkers selling assorted merchandise : the two arch rival towns are still locked in a gruelling battle for supremacy in trade.Unlike the two, Lamu is indifferent to the rivalry and instead awash with distinct cuisine, artworks, architecture, music: Lamu is still a cultural hub.

Still with the convoy of the railway builders stop over at the Tsavo National Park. The atmosphere is so serene and secured. Except for the constant chirping of birds, a rare roar of a caged lion, there is little evidence that here many railway workers succumbed to the ‘man-eaters of Tsavo’. Well, cannibalistic did lions ravage the railway builders and hampered the smooth progression of the railway line.   While still at the coast, notice the free symbiotic coexistence of the Bantu speaking Africans and the Arabs, a relationship that begat Swahili language a few centuries ago here at the coast.

The construction gangs in June 1899 reached the marshy banks of a stream called by the Maasai, Enkare Nairobi, ‘the place of cold waters.’ Nairobi is today Kenya’s cosmopolitan capital city. In Nairobi, Swahili language, Kenya’s national language, is the pot that holds together Kenya’s simmering 42 ethnic tribes that have heated up the cold waters. This warm atmosphere also hosts national parks like the Nairobi National Park that boasts of diverse wildlife; the revamped Nairobi Museum which is rich with astounding historical facts and artifacts; and the UN-HABITAT headquarters in Gigiri that brings out the best of Nairobi as the land of “cold waters.”

Enjoy the bliss of the former White Highlands that straddle all of Central Kenya and part of the Rift valley province. Central Kenya is a hilly modest area with fertile red-loam soils and sufficient rains with imposing features such as Kenya’s tallest peak sacredly called Kerenyaga by the Agikuyu and later Mt.Kenya by John Krapf. Mt. Kenya is situated in Nyeri town.

Maasai Mara National Park, named after the native Maasai people, is located in the south-western parts of Kenya and its closest town is Nyeri. The predominant Maasai people are such a fascinating cultural gem that has barely changed since when they dropped from heaven with their herds of cattle.   At the Maasai Mara national Park get a fascinating view of an ecosystem of the browsers and grazers like the zebras, wildebeests and giraffes co-existing with the carnivores like the lions, leopards, cheetahs and others; and between July and October annually, witness a historical spectacle: the Great Migration of the wildebeests and zebras enmasse from the Serengeti Game reserve in Tanzania across the Mara River to the Maasai Mara National Park.

The “iron-snake” was not well received by the Nandi as it glided through the Rift valley escarpment. The Nandi vandalised and uprooted the railway and fought and brutalized the makers. But nevertheless the builders’ ice of grief must have been melted by the site of the flamboyant flamingos in Lake Nakuru and the sizzling hot springs and geysers in Lake Bogoria as they continued in fortitude.   Finally though, the iron-snake did reach the shores of a great lake in Kisumu town in 1901. Lake Victoria, the source of the mighty River Nile. This second largest freshwater lake in the World is shared by three East African countries, countries.

Kenya’s rich cultural history was born and bred at her coast. So as you enjoy a panoramic view of the Erythtrean Sea-the Indian Ocean as titled by a Greek traveler centuries before the birth of Christ – with its vast beaches finely speckled with colourful coral reefs, you may wish to explore Kenya’s geographical terrain in a unique fashion: through her historical experience and expedition.   Begin your tour at the port city in Mombasa where Kenya-Uganda railway line was first laid by the British in 1896.

The foot marks of the railway builders should lead you deep into the labyrinthine streets of Mombasa lined with exotic buildings; conspicuous dome shaped mosques with minarets at the top amplifying the voice of the muezzin as it swallows the blast from the Portuguese cannon in Fort Jesus. Malindi is also bustling with hawkers selling assorted merchandise : the two arch rival towns are still locked in a gruelling battle for supremacy in trade.Unlike the two, Lamu is indifferent to the rivalry and instead awash with..