The Top 20 Natural Monuments in Kenya
Kenya’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20
beautiful natural monuments in Kenya. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments in Kenya. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: October 31, 2025
Point Lenana Summit, Mount Kenya (4,978 m)
Highlight • Summit
Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (5,199 metres or 17,057 feet), Nelion (5,188 …
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Cycling Safari in Hell's Gate National Park
Highlight • Cycleway
An absolute highlight for us. Cycling through the heart of African nature, passing zebras and giraffes. Simply indescribably beautiful.
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Olkaria Geothermal Spa
Highlight • Rest Area
Somewhat pricy spa with natural hot springs water. Olkaria geothermal spa consists of three cascaded lagoons that receive hot steam water piped from underground wells; the Lagoons are:
Lagoon one: …
Lagoon one: …
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Mount Longonot National Park gate
Highlight • Rest Area
Rising from the floor of the Great Rift Valley like a monolith is the extinct volcano of Mount Longonot that last erupted in the 1860s. A unique feature is the …
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Jumba Ruins
Highlight • Historical Site
Jumba la Mtwana is the site of historical structures and archaeological relics on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya, lying close to the Mtwapa Creek, in Kilifi county, north of …
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Fischer's Tower
Highlight • Natural Monument
Fischer’s Tower is a volcanic plug near the northeastern border of Hell’s Gate national park, with a height of approximately 25 meters. You can bike directly to its base. An …
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Sacred Forest Kaya Kinondo
Highlight • Forest
Kaya are forest areas and abandoned settlements of the Mijikenda people on the coast of Kenya. Until the beginning of the 20th century they were fortified villages, but since then …
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Longonot Crater
Highlight • Volcano
A steep trail reaches here the crater rim, partially strengthened with concrete steps to reduce erosion. Great Panorama from here. The summit is closer if continuing anti-clockwise on the loop trail around the rim
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Kaparitania turnoff
Highlight • Viewpoint
Half a kilometers east of the Ol'Njorowa Gorge and Ranger station the main road follows the valley as gravel toward the east at Elsa Gate, and paved toward the northwestern …
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Atrium Circle - Arboretum
Highlight • Forest
The perfect place to do sports outdoors together or alone. Especially on weekends you can meet yoga or workout groups here. Entry 65ksh
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