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Kenya is about the size of France and is a country of great variety and friendly people. It’s one of the best safari destinations in the world and not only has beautiful countryside but a stunning coast that’s lapped by the warm Indian Ocean.

Kenya is a blend of western and African cultures and has a landscape as varied as its people that includes rolling savannah, thorny bush land, flamingo-ringed lakes, rainforest, desert, the Great Rift Valley and the second highest mountain in Africa.

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