Africa Vacations – Kenya, East Africa Safari Attractions
Planning for an East African Safari can be a treacherous act especially if you plan to work it on your own. It’s always recommended for an individual to seek safari guides to Africa Vacations tours. East Africa is endowed with quite a variety of historical and cultural sites; each country has a number of unique attractions. Sites like Gedi ruins, fort Jesus, Kobi are known historical sites in Kenya; the sites have rich historical backgrounds from the Portuguese and Arabs. For instance Fort Jesus in Mombasa was placed as a guard tower of the old port in late 16th century.
The tower changed hands and purpose more than nine times in the course of history, at some instance it was used to house prisoners. Olduvai Gorge, normally referred to as the cradle of mankind in another unique Kenyan attraction, the gorge is a vertical sided ravine which measure 30 miles long and roughly 300ft deep. It’s located in the Great rift off the Serengeti plains. This prehistoric site enhances the understanding of human evolution; a German entomologist named Kattwinkel discovered the gorge in one of his many expeditions. The gorge has layers of fossils and old artifacts which in deed prove existence of the early man. Anthropologist Louis and Mary Leakey have a concrete thesis about discoveries at the gorge.
Another exiting site is the Gedi Ruins, once a Swahili town ravaged between 13th and 17th century. This site location is on the coastal side of Malindi, the site has ruins of palace, mosques and tomb stones. The site is a favored among muslim and other cultures from the East.
Kenya and East Africa as a whole is not limited to only this, you can find other expeditious safaris on game reserves and national parks. An Africa Vacations is not complete without tour to the Maasai Mara or the Serengeti in Tanzania. There is quite a lot to see in these game reserves, one of the most sought after spectacle which recently acclaimed the honors of an eighth wonder of the world is the wildebeest migration from the Serengeti into the Mara. Should you be interested in a whole Africa Vacations tour especially to East Africa, then get assistance from good knowledgeable tour guides from East Africa.
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