Some of Africa's best beaches are also on the menu on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, including Diani, Shanzu, and Watamu, - best from mid-March through May - and the coast is also home to fascinating historica towns and cities including Lamu, Malindi, and Mombasa.

Inland, safari and adventure highlights including gaping at millions of pink flamingos at the Great Rift Valley's Lake Nakaru; cycling with free-ranging zebras and giraffes in Hell’s Gate National Park; communing with crocodiles in Lake Turkana; white water rafting on the Sagana River. But perhaps the country's most iconic experiences is a visit to the Masai Mara region in the southwest, famous for its exceptional striking Masai tribal people and its huge populations of cheetahs, elephants, leopards, and lions; it's also the endpoint of the Great Wildebeest Migration (which also includes antelopes, zebras, and the predators which track them) between July and October.

Parenthetically, there's also one interesting Kenyan custom which has recently gained a lot of popularity – enjoying the sunset. As simple as it may be, the Kenyans have taken it to a new level - they find a spectacular location from where the sunset is the nicest. In the late afternoon, they set up a barbecue, a table with drinks, and chairs where they sit and wait for the sun to go down.

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