TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

The Kora National Park found in Coast region in Tana District with an area of 1,787 Km2. The Park was gazetted in 1973 as a reserve and as a park in 1990. The thick woodland and scrub fed by the Tana River on the northern boundry, whose source is in the highlands between Aberdares and Mount Kenya, before beginning its 700 km journey to the Indian Ocean. The western boundary is the adjacent Mwingi National Reserve, while the eastern boundry runs along Mwitamyisi River.
The land surface slopes gently from an altitude of 490m in the south-west and about 270m in the north-east. Central areas comprise of an undulating pen plain through which basement ridges protrude above the surface as rocky inselbergs with the highest being Mansumbi 488 m, Kumbulanwa 450m and Kora Rock 442m. The park has several seasonal rivers.

How To Get There
Roads
Kora is 280 km to the north-east of Nairobi. Access is via Thika to Mwingi then north-east through Kyuso village. A bridge across the Tana River joins the park with Meru National Park.

Airstrips
There is an airstrip that is used for reserve's administration.  While the other nearest airstrip about 10km away on the eastern side.

Park Roads
The park has a road network.

Major Attractions
Pristine wilderness, Inselbergs, Tana River with Adamson's Falls, Grand Falls and Kora rapids, diverse birdlife George Adamson's grave.

Activities
Game viewing, rock climbing, fishing in River Tana.