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This time, the lions are not to blame, we are

Kenya is an amazing country with a landscape accentuated by pristine coastal beaches, tropical, savannah woodland in the plains, onto rolling hills and a snow-capped mountain, all straddling the Equator.

Across this picturesque nation are exotic fish species, an enviable mix of wildlife, unique scenery, making Kenya the tourist hub of East Africa. Tourism has for decades been the country’s second-largest foreign exchange earner, after agriculture. Government is now trying to expand earnings from traditional wildlife safaris and beach hotels to engaging conference tourism and opening up new circuits in the hinterland.

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