World Heritage in Kenya

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Map of World Heritage in Kenya

Site	Inscribed	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating
Fort Jesus	2011	Cultural	2	75	2.66
Gedi	2024	Cultural	2	15	2.93
Kenya Lake System	2011	Natural	3	104	3.38
Lake Turkana	1997	Natural	1	20	3.01
Lamu Old Town	2001	Cultural	5	44	3.32
Mijikenda Kaya Forests	2008	Cultural	2	23	2.56
Mount Kenya	1997	Natural	3	66	3.22
Thimlich Ohinga	2018	Cultural	3	6	2.13

Site	Added	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating
Amboseli National Park	2023	Natural	0	12	100%
Coastal Forests of Kenya (Arabuko Sokoke Forest and Shimba Hills National Reserve)	2023	Natural	1	1	100%
Eastern Arc Mountains, Kenya	2023	Natural	0	3	N/A
Geometric rock art in Lake Victoria Region of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda (Kenya)	2024	Cultural	0	0	N/A
Hell’s Gate National Park	2023	Natural	1	10	100%
Kakamega Forest	2023	Natural	0	3	N/A
Kilifi Caves (Panga Ya Saidi, Mawe Meru and Chasimba Caves)	2023	Cultural	1	0	0%
Maasai Mara Game Reserve	2023	Natural	1	25	100%
Meru Conservation Area	2023	Natural	0	2	N/A
Mfangano Island Rock Art Sites	2023	Cultural	0	0	N/A
Mt Kulal Biosphere Reserve	2023	Natural	0	0	N/A
Mt. Elgon Ecosystem (Kenya)	2023	Natural	0	1	N/A
Mt. Marsabit National Park and Reserve	2023	Natural	0	0	N/A
Nyandarua Mountains	2023	Natural	1	1	0%
Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site	2023	Cultural	0	1	N/A
The African Great Rift Valley - The Maasai Mara (EXT)	2010	Mixed	1	52	100%
The Great Rift Valley - The Kenya Lakes System	2010	Natural	0	37	100%
The Marakwet Escarpment Furrow Irrigation Scheme	2023	Cultural	0	0	N/A
The Meru Conservation Area	2010	Natural	0	5	N/A
The Stone Pillar Sites of Turkana Basin	2023	Cultural	0	0	N/A
The Tana Delta and Forests Complex	2010	Natural	0	1	N/A

Site	Added	Removed	Reviews
Lake Naivasha	1999	2023	1
Mombasa Old Town	1997	2023	0
Tsavo Parks and Chyulu Hills Complex	2010	2023	0

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Kenya

Region

Africa

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