If you loved Out of Africa, you’ll love this museum in the farmhouse where author Karen Blixen lived between 1914 and 1931. She left after a series of personal tragedies, but the lovely colonial house has been preserved as a museum. Set in expansive gardens, the museum is an interesting place to wander around. Still, the movie was actually shot at a nearby location, so don’t be surprised if things don’t look entirely as you expect!

This is a nice place to begin seeing what Africa is about. They have extensive information about all of the early human skeletons finds by the Leakey group. They also have an extensive collection of animals and birds found in Africa. There are also other areas devoted to tribal life and to understanding Africa’s move to use its resources to the best advantage.

Hell’s gate represents an area of great geological phenomenon (i.e. hot water geysers and hot springs). These land formations and ongoing geological processes at Hell’s gate make the area exceptionally beautiful and unique compared to any other area. The presence of vegetation around the hot water is remarkable as these plants are able to survive in very high temperatures.

You shall then move on to Nairobi, where you will have a dining experience at Carnivore Restaurant. https://tamarind.co.ke/

Also known as the Spice Island, Zanzibar is home to spices like nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, cardamom, and black pepper. This island’s spice heritage harks back more than four centuries ago. In fact, it was previously an ancient trading hub of seafaring routes that circled between India, mainland East Africa, Malaysia, and Portugal.

African Heritage House is a national monument in Kenya, classified and gazetted under the National Museums and Heritage Act in 2016 and designed by Alan Donovan, built to preserve forgotten architectural designs of the African continent. 

The house has thousands of pieces of objects, collections of artworks, artifacts, antiques, ceremonial costumes, weaponry, jewelry, textiles, brassware, and traditional pottery.

The house inspiration depicts the towering mud of the Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali, the mud palaces of Morocco, the Swahili architecture of the East African coast, Zanzibar and Lamu; and the traditional houses of Ghana and Burkina Faso.

Situated in the southwest of Kenya, covering an area of 1 510 square km (583 square miles), the Masai Mara National Reserve is a land of breathtaking vistas, abundant wildlife, and endless plains. The reserve is a photographer’s and naturalist’s paradise, with a great elephant, buffalo, giraffe, lion, and cheetah alongside the migratory wildebeest and zebra. Leopards are frequently encountered, endangered black rhinos hide in the dense thickets, and large rafts of hippos and enormous crocodiles are found in the Mara River. The park is also home to over 450 bird species. You shall also visit Masai Village and see how simple the maa people live.

The Stone Town of Zanzibar is a fine example of the Swahili coastal trading towns of East Africa. It retains its urban fabric and townscape virtually intact and contains many fine buildings that reflect its particular culture, which has brought together and homogenized disparate elements of the cultures of Africa, the Arab region, India, and Europe over more than a millennium.

One cannot leave Spice country without learning how to cook. You shall learn to make traditional Swahili dishes. In this way, you will be learning or practicing your Swahili language and culture too. Skill is better than knowledge.