Kora National Park — Attraction in Tana River County

Kora National Park, 125km East of Mt. Kenya, is a 1788 square kilometers of wondrous wilderness inhabited by droves of animals and hundreds of bird species. Wildlife animals includes; African leopard, serval, wildcat, Cheetah, hyenas, lions and several types of antelopes. Come see 'them' as they intermingle affectionately while others scratch off ticks and fleas. The sight of the snaky dazzling River Tana meandering around magnificent monadnocks (Mansumbi-488, Kumbulauwa-450M and KoraRock- 445M insibergs) imprints memorable experience. Hippos live here in the deep pools of River Tana, while crocodiles lurk in the bushy shores of the River. See also, ubiquitous birds flying from tree to tree, twig to twig in...

Kora National Park is the former home of famed wildlife conservationist, George Adamson, or ‘baba ya simba’ (Father of Lions). It was here that the lion Elsa, of Born Free fame, lived. The former reserve had serious problems with poachers in the 1980s and 1990s – George Adamson was murdered by poachers here in 1989. There are plans for creating a lion sanctuary at Kora. Until then, the main appeal is its pristine, untouched wilderness, which can be explored by any...

he Kora National Park offers a pristine wilderness dotted with tall inselbergs and graced by the Tana River on which the Adamson’s Falls, Grand Falls and Kora Rapids are found. was first gazetted as a reserve and later as a park in 1990. It is a triangle of dense woodland and scrub is limited along northern boundary by the Tana River. It is located in Tana...