Eastern Kenya

Eastern Kenya is a region of Kenya bordering Somalia and Ethiopia. It includes all of Northeastern Province and some of the Coast and Eastern Provinces. Eastern Kenya is home to Kenya's Somali minority ethnic population, and to many Somali refugees.

Cities

• 1 Garissa — gives an interesting insight into the Somali way of life without crossing into Somalia
• 2 Mandheera — gateway to the Malka Mari National Park
• 3 Marsabit — gateway to the Marsabit National Park
• 4 Moyale — the main border crossing with Ethiopia

Other destinations

• 1 Arawale National Reserve — A protected area managed primarily for conservation purposes, with management intervention
• 2 Rahole National Reserve — dry thorny bushland with an abundance of wildlife
• 3 Malka Mari National Park — semi-arid bushland and scrubby grassland with riparian woodland that is habitat for the Somali giraffe, crocodile, hyena, agama lizards, antelopes, vultures, dik-dik, Nile crocodiles, zebra and genet

Get in

• 1 Wajir Airport (WJR  ^IATA), Wajir town. Flights from Nairobi on East African. (updated May 2023)

See and do

Large herds of elephants can be seen around the crater lakes in the Marsabit National Park.

Rahole National Reserve is one of the best places in Kenya to see hippos and crocodiles.

Arawale National Reserve is a critical refuge for a range of wildlife species including four globally threatened species: hirola, Grevy's zebra, East African wild dog and East African cheetah.