The Kora National Park was gazetted in 1973 as a reserve and gazetted as a park in 1990. It comprises of an area of a little over 1700 square km. This triangle of dense woodland and scrub is limited along its 65 km northern boundary by the Tana River, which rises in the highlands between Aberdares and Mount Kenya, before commencing its 700 km passage to the Indian Ocean. The western boundary follows a straight line from Tana River which a joint boundary with the adjacent Mwingi N. Reserve, while the eastern boundry runs along Mwitamyisi River.

Kora National Park is located in the Coastal region, Tana District and covers 1,787 square km. Kora is 280 km to the north-east of Nairobi, by road.

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.