- Kenya is roughly the same size as France at 582,646 sq km.
- After coffee, kenya's biggest income generator is tourism.
- For the Kenyans, however, coffee is considered an export product, not something for local consumption. The local favorites are tea and uji.
- Some of the oldest known paleontological records of man's history have been found in kenya.
- Kenya's Great Rift Valley was formed around 20 million years ago, when the crust of the Earth was split.
- 20km radius around the town of Iten you will find the worlds largest concentration of gold medalists.
- Matatus, a 14 seater mode of transport are common in all cities, but only recommended for the seasoned traveller!
- Safari is a Swahili word meaning to journey, now used all over the world to mean holiday.
- The men of Kenya are allowed to have more than one wife, if the first wife agrees to it.
- Kenyan environmentalist Professor Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She was the first African woman to do so.
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