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Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve, is a national park in Loitoktok District in Kajiado County, Kenya. [1] It is 39,206 ha (392.06 km 2 ) in size at the core of an 8,000 km 2 (3,100 sq mi) ecosystem that spreads across the Kenya- Tanzania border. [ 2 ]
Masai Giraffe in Nairobi National Park, 2020. The national park system of Kenya is maintained by the Kenya Wildlife Service.There are two main types of terrestrial protected areas in Kenya: national parks, and national reserves; there are also marine parks and marine reserves.
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is a state corporation under the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife established by an act of Parliament; Wildlife Conservation and Management Act CAP 376, of 1989, now repealed and replaced by the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013.
Bordering Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania, the Tsavo Conservation Area comprises an area of around 42,000 km 2, of which over 25,000 km 2 is protected. The protected portion in Kenya represent almost half of the country's protected areas. [1] [2]
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Old Town of Lamu Sunrise in the beach of Malindi. Beach tourism, eco-tourism, cultural tourism, and sports tourism are all part of the tourism sector in Kenya. [4] During the 1990s, the number of tourists traveling to Kenya decreased, partly due to the well-publicized murders of several tourists. [5]
Initially, it was a forest reserve, before being announced as a national park. Currently, the national park is encircled by the forest reserve. [1] In April 1978, the area was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. [2] Combined, the national park and forest reserve became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. [3]
www.kws.org /parks /parks _reserves /MWNR.html The Mwea National Reserve is a nature reserve in Kenya. [ 2 ] Its altitude ranges between 1,000 and 1,100 m (3,300 and 3,600 ft), dominated by the Acacia-Commiphora bushland on the north shore of Kamburu Reservoir, at the confluence of Tana and Thiba Rivers.