Kenya

Places in this region

Carnivore Restaurant

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast'

Hidden within a tropical garden and adorned with a loud, colorful décor, The Carnivore opens up into a vegetarian's fiery nightmare, or a meat eaters Shangri-la, depending on your culinary... »

Commercial Curiosities, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by Rachel

George Adamson's Grave

Final resting place of one of Africa's most famous conservationists, murdered by bandits

Played by Richard Harris in the film "To Walk With Lions" and portrayed with his one-time wife, Joy Adamson, in "Born Free," George Adamson was the author of several books, a well-known safari... »

Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Intriguing Environs | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

Kitum Cave

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector

When the Kitum cave was first discovered the many marks, scratches and furrows along its walls were assumed to have been the work of picks wielded by ancient Egyptians searching for gold or... »

Geological Oddities, Fascinating Fauna, Wonders of Salt, Curious Caves | Edited by

Marafa Depression

Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself"

The Marafa Depression, also known as Hell's Kitchen, is an odd sandstone canyon outside of Malindi, Kenya. Known locally as Nyari - "the place broken by itself" - it was once a great sandstone... »

Geological Oddities | Edited by wythe and re_nakaba

Gedi Ruins

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya

The Gedi ruins are one of Kenya's great mysteries. Set in an idyllic location on the Indian Ocean, and buried deep in a lush forest, the town was thought to have been founded in the early 13th... »

Ghost Towns, Lost Tribes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Dylan, juliacasey and 2 others

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