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Wildlife, wide landscapes, the coast and the people who make Kenya what it is. Hover over or tab to a picture to see where it was taken; select it to see it whole.

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Wildlife
Leopard cub
Maasai Mara
A leopard cub in the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
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Photo: Sumeet Moghe · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
Dhow race at Maulidi
Lamu
A dhow race off Lamu during the Maulidi festival.
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Photo: FredD · CC BY-SA 3.0
People & culture
The jumping dance
Loita Hills
A Maasai dancer mid-jump in the Loita Hills, with others watching.
Photo: Mrinal Mohit · CC BY-SA 4.0
A family of elephants walking slowly across dry grassland under a dark sky
Wildlife
Elephants at Naboisho
Mara Naboisho Conservancy
African bush elephants at Mara Naboisho Conservancy, which borders the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
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Video: Regina Hart · CC BY 2.0
Landscapes
Kilimanjaro from Amboseli
Amboseli
Kilimanjaro, across the border in Tanzania, seen from Amboseli National Park.
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Photo: Sergey Pesterev · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Elephant on the Mara
Maasai Mara
An African bush elephant in the Maasai Mara.
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Photo: Hobbyfotowiki · CC0
Birds
Lilac-breasted roller
Maasai Mara
A lilac-breasted roller in the Maasai Mara.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Elephants at Amboseli
Amboseli
African bush elephants in Amboseli National Park.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
Dhows on the Lamu channel
Lamu
Lateen-sailed dhows have worked these waters for centuries and still carry people and cargo between the islands of the Lamu archipelago.
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Photo: Bingar1234 · CC BY-SA 4.0
People & culture
Maasai women at Amboseli
Amboseli
Maasai women at Amboseli, photographed in April 2019.
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Photo: Kandukuru Nagarjun · CC BY 2.0
Landscapes
Batian at dawn
Mount Kenya
Batian, the highest peak of Mount Kenya, seen from Point Lenana.
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Photo: Bett Duncan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Cheetah on watch
Maasai Mara
A cheetah looking back at the photographer in the Maasai Mara.
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Photo: Byrdyak · CC BY-SA 4.0
Birds
Lesser flamingos
Amboseli
Lesser flamingos in Amboseli National Park.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
A group of Maasai men in red and checked shúkà singing together outdoors
People & culture
Maasai singing
Kenya
Maasai men singing and dancing together.
Video: Bigvai Muhoti · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Four cheetahs
Maasai Mara
Cheetahs in the Maasai Mara.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
Lamu from the air
Lamu
Lamu town from the air, built right down to the waterfront.
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Photo: folklore.co.ke · CC BY-SA 4.0
People & culture
Samburu warriors
Lake Turkana
Samburu warriors in beaded headdresses, photographed at Lake Turkana.
Photo: Ondřej Havelka · CC BY-SA 4.0
Landscapes
Hell's Gate cliffs
Hell's Gate National Park
The sheer cliffs of Hell's Gate, near Lake Naivasha.
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Photo: Superchilum · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
A pride at rest
Maasai Mara
Four lions in the Maasai Mara.
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Photo: Byrdyak · CC BY-SA 4.0
Birds
Grey crowned crane
Amboseli
A grey crowned crane in Amboseli National Park.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Leopard on a rock
Tsavo East
A leopard on a rocky outcrop in Tsavo East National Park.
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Photo: Byrdyak · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
Building a dhow by hand
Lamu
Dhow building is a traditional craft of the Lamu archipelago, done mainly in Lamu and on Matondoni, with timber as the main material.
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Photo: Abdulhakim2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0
People & culture
Samburu women dancing
Samburu
Samburu women singing and dancing in their beaded necklaces.
Photo: Sefika Safari · CC BY-SA 4.0
A zebra standing on a dirt track in Nairobi National Park, with the city skyline in the distance
Wildlife
Zebra and the city
Nairobi National Park
A zebra on a track in Nairobi National Park, with the city's towers on the horizon. Filmed in August 2025.
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Video: Addshore · CC BY-SA 4.0
Landscapes
Tea country at Tigoni
Tigoni, near Nairobi
Tea plantations at Tigoni, a short drive from Nairobi.
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Photo: Ninara · CC BY 2.0
Wildlife
Black rhino
Lake Nakuru
A black rhinoceros in Lake Nakuru National Park.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Birds
Giant kingfisher
Lake Naivasha
A male giant kingfisher at Lake Naivasha.
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Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Hippo on the riverbank
Maasai Mara
A hippopotamus in the Maasai Mara.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
A Lamu Old Town alley
Lamu Old Town
A donkey in one of the narrow streets of Lamu Old Town.
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Photo: Bukhit2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0
People & culture
Layers of beads
Samburu
A Samburu girl wearing many different kinds of beaded necklace.
Photo: Redemption93 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Landscapes
Nairobi at dusk
Nairobi
Nairobi's skyline at dusk.
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Photo: Antony Trivet · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Spotted hyena
Maasai Mara
A spotted hyena in the Maasai Mara.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Birds
African fish eagle
Amboseli
An African fish eagle in Amboseli National Park.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Water pouring over a rocky cliff into a pool at Makalia Falls
Landscapes
Makalia Falls
Lake Nakuru National Park
Makalia Falls in Lake Nakuru National Park.
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Video: Superchilum · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Masai giraffe
Amboseli
A Masai giraffe in Amboseli National Park.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
Weaving palm baskets
Lamu Old Town
Weaving palm-leaf mats and baskets in Lamu Old Town.
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Photo: Antony Trivet · CC BY-SA 4.0
People & culture
Maralal Camel Derby
Maralal
Samburu women at the Maralal International Camel Derby and Yare Samburu cultural festival in 2023.
Photo: Antony Trivet · CC BY-SA 4.0
Landscapes
Tsavo East panorama
Tsavo East
A panorama of Tsavo East. The photographer notes giraffes, elephants and a lion in the scene.
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Photo: Łukasz Ciesielski · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wildlife
Three giraffes
Maasai Mara
A group of giraffes in the Maasai Mara.
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Photo: Byrdyak · CC BY-SA 4.0
Birds
Secretarybird
Amboseli
A secretarybird in Amboseli National Park.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Two zebras
Maasai Mara
Two zebras in the Maasai Mara.
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Photo: Byrdyak · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
A workshop of model dhows
Lamu Old Town
Model dhows carved and rigged by hand in Lamu Old Town.
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Photo: Antony Trivet · CC BY-SA 4.0
People & culture
Turkana dance
Turkana
A Turkana dance.
Photo: Marta Panco · CC BY-SA 4.0
A giraffe reaching into a leafy green tree to feed
Wildlife
A giraffe browsing
Nairobi National Park
A giraffe feeding in Nairobi National Park, filmed in August 2025.
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Video: Addshore · CC BY-SA 4.0
Landscapes
A lone tree
Maasai Mara
A desert date (Balanites aegyptiaca) tree in the Maasai Mara.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Wildebeest
Amboseli
A blue wildebeest in Amboseli National Park.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Birds
Great white pelicans
Lake Nakuru
Great white pelicans at Lake Nakuru National Park.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Baboons grooming
Lake Nakuru
An olive baboon grooming a mother and baby in Lake Nakuru National Park.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
Sunrise at Diani
Diani Beach
Sunrise at Diani Beach, the wet sand reflecting the sky.
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Photo: Łukasz Ciesielski · CC BY-SA 3.0
People & culture
A painted matatu
Nairobi
Matatus are the backbone of travel in and around Nairobi, and many are painted with bold artwork.
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Photo: Francis Akuka for the Wikimedia Foundation · CC0
Wildlife
Black-and-white colobus
Lake Naivasha
Eastern black-and-white colobus monkeys, an adult and a juvenile, at Lake Naivasha.
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Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Birds
Weaver at work
Soysambu Conservancy
A male red-headed weaver building its nest at Soysambu Conservancy, beside Lake Elmenteita.
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Warthogs greeting
Maasai Mara
A female and a male warthog greeting each other in the Maasai Mara.
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Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
A male impala with curved horns walking across a dirt track into the bush
Wildlife
Impala crossing
Nairobi National Park
An impala crossing a track in Nairobi National Park, filmed in August 2025.
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Video: Addshore · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
Camels on Diani Beach
Diani Beach
Camels waiting on the sand for visitors who would like a ride.
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Photo: Ichumar · CC BY 4.0
People & culture
Matatu at night
Nairobi
A matatu's lights and artwork at night in Nairobi.
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Photo: New York-air · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wildlife
Topi and calf
Maasai Mara
A topi with its calf in the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
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Photo: Daniel Fafard (Dreamdan) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Birds
Malachite kingfisher
Lake Baringo
A malachite kingfisher at Lake Baringo.
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
Palms on Diani Beach
Diani Beach
Coconut palms on Diani Beach.
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Photo: Nicor · CC BY 3.0
People & culture
Picking tea near Kericho
Kericho
Tea being picked by hand on a plantation near Kericho.
Photo: Josep M. Gracia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
An outrigger at low tide
Diani Beach
An outrigger canoe in the shallows at Diani Beach.
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Photo: Bkmiles · CC BY-SA 3.0
People & culture
A fruit market
Kenya
Fruit stacked high at a Kenyan market.
Photo: safaritravelplus · CC0
Coast & sea
Watamu's bays
Watamu
White sand and clear water at Watamu.
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Photo: Jenny Kellett · CC BY-SA 4.0
People & culture
Locomotive No. 327
Nairobi Railway Museum
Kenya & Uganda Railway No. 327, built in 1926 at the Vulcan Foundry in England and retired in 1976, at the Nairobi Railway Museum.
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Photo: Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
A tuk-tuk in Old Town
Mombasa Old Town
A tuk-tuk on one of the narrow streets of Mombasa's Old Town.
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Photo: Raffael Beier · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coast & sea
An Old Town doorway
Mombasa Old Town
A weathered doorway in Mombasa's Old Town.
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Photo: Danish Dhamani · CC BY-SA 3.0
Coast & sea
Balconies of Old Town
Mombasa Old Town
Wooden balconies overhang the streets of Mombasa's Old Town.
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Photo: FredD · CC BY-SA 3.0
Coast & sea
Spices at Mackinnon Market
Mackinnon Market, Mombasa
Spices, pickles and powders stacked high at Mombasa's central market.
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Photo: Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0

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