Travel & Tourism in Kenya
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Travel & Tourism in Kenya Kenya has extraordinary touring opportunities, but if you are not consistent about what you expect from the tour, Kenya can create frustration and dissatisfaction for bicycle travelers. Starting out with the best of intentions to meet the people and admire the countryside, when cyclists get into conversations with other tourists they get confused about why they came. Most of the information produced about tourism in Kenya discusses only watching big game. Because nothing else is legitimized most talk, and measures of achievement, focus almost exclusively on how many of the "big five" (elephants, cape buffaloes, rhinoceroses, lions, leopards) one sees, or conversant compare the food and restrooms at the various exclusive resorts. Bicycle touring will likely not prepare you to participate in these bar stool conversations, so leave you feeling inadequate. It is the perceptions of what others think Kenya has to offer, not your trip...

