Kenya is one of the countries in Eastern Africa, bordering Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It has 47 counties, all governed by elected governors, and Nairobi is its capital city.

The flag of Kenya speaks a lot. The color black represents the people of the Republic of Kenya, red for the bloodshed during the fight for independence, green for the country’s landscape, and the white lines were added later to symbolize peace and honesty. The black, red, and white traditional Maasai shield and two spears symbolize the defence of all the things mentioned peace and honesty.

Here are 15 facts that will get you keen on Kenya.

1. Lake Victoria is the world’s second-largest freshwater lake found in Kenya.

2. Kenyans have won a lot in the Olympics.

To date, no Kenyan has ever won a medal in a winter sport at the Olympics.

However, Kenyan athletes have won over 100 medals, mostly from track and field events.

Between the Summer Olympics of 2008, 2012, and 2016, Kenya earned 42 medals, which are almost half of the total medals won.

3. Masai Mara Nature Reserve

Masai Mara Nature Reserve is best known for the Great Wildebeest Migration when, every year, more than a million wildebeest, zebra, and antelope migrate clockwise around the Serengeti-Masai Mara ecosystem.

4. Kenya has 42 ethnic tribes.

This means that the country has 42 groups of people speaking different languages, and that is without adding Swahili and English, the country’s national languages.

5. Interestingly enough, Kenyan’s mostly drink tea over coffee.

Not much of this dark and beany demand is sold domestically. Nonetheless, coffee is one of Kenya’s biggest exports!

It grows so well in the country because of the acidic soil in central Kenya, along with the perfect amount of sunlight and rainfall.

6. Religion in Kenya

One of the constitutional rights of Kenyans is religion. As such, there are many Kenyans who follow different religions. The country is predominantly Christian (about 70%). Other groups include the Muslims, Hindus, Baha’is, Parsees, and Sikhs.

The Kenyan National Anthem is itself a prayer for the Nation that was adapted from one of her tribes, the Pokomo.

7. Kenya is the world’s leading safari destination.

The World Travel Awards recognized Kenya as the World’s Leading Safari Destination in 2017, winning the award three years in a row.

8. Kenyan men can have multiple wives.

9. The biggest five animal rhinos, leopards, lions, buffalo, and elephants, can all be found in Kenya.

10. It has the second-highest mountain in Africa

Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest (after Mt Kilimanjaro) in Africa.

11. Maasai is a tribe in Kenya well-known for skilled use of old-style weapons and native a style of living.

12. Princess Elizabeth was staying at Kenya’s Treetops Hotel on February 6, 1952.

13. Life expectancy at birth is 65 years for females and 62 years for males.

14. Kenya got its independence from the United Kingdom in 1963.

15. Kenya has the world’s 31st largest population.