MOMBASA AND THE CORAL COAST
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| Mombasa Town |
The Kenya coast belt is a distinctive part of Kenya’s unrivaled attractions. It is integrated circuit whose history goes back to over one thousand years. It is home of the Miji Kenda civilization (the nine communities who inhabit the area) and whose dialects gave the basis of the Kiswahili language, Kenya’s official lingua Franca. The dialect evolved here and is now spoken in East and Central Africa. The island town of Mombasa is the main sea gate on the East African Coastline and is Kenya’s second major metropolis and cruise ship centre. The island port of Mombasa and the four hundred and eighty kilometers coastline have been in recorded history for generations. Evidence exists to the effect that along its shores Ptolemy’s informants’ visited followed by the Phoenicians in the sixth century, Persians in the ninth and tenth centuries and thereafter Arabs, Turks and Portuguese.
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| Coral Reefs |
Chinese porcelain from the Sung era to Early Ming which is found extensively through excavations in some parts of the coast underscores the extent to which gold, ivory and slaves left the port for distant lands.
Mombasa has had a turbulent history as a symbolized by Mombasa, a massive fortification built and completed by the Portuguese. Being the gateway to East Africa, the Kenya coast has a striking and colorful mixture of people and cultures that have defied the passage of time. Beyond the palm fringed white sandy beaches and extending from the North to South lies a spectacular coral barrier reef which runs for a distance of four hundred and eighty kilometers and teems with wonders of under water explosions in the blue lagoons and creeks. The area has an over whelming cliffs. These attractions coupled with a variety of entertainment and superb accommodation facilities make the Kenyan coast an incomparable holiday circuit for both beach and nature lovers. Kenya’s colorful coral coast is a playground for sun and worshippers who are an addition may also enjoy the rich variety of attractions that make Kenya a unique tourist destination.
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