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Things you probably didn’t know you could do in Kenya

By Phillippa Stewart, for CNN
Published 2:56 AM EDT, Fri July 24, 2015
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At Nairobi's Giraffe Manor hotel, you can get up close to giraffes, warthogs, dik diks, birds and bushbuck.
Breakfast with giraffes —
At Nairobi's Giraffe Manor hotel, you can get up close to giraffes, warthogs, dik diks, birds and bushbuck.
Courtesy The Safari Collection
Established in 2003, the East African Safari Classic Rally pits some of the world's best vintage cars and their drivers against tough Kenya terrain. All cars must be pre-1978.
Take part in a rally —
Established in 2003, the East African Safari Classic Rally pits some of the world's best vintage cars and their drivers against tough Kenya terrain. All cars must be pre-1978.
Courtesy of East African Safari Classic Relay
The quirkily designed Ol Malo game sanctuary has been described by Travel Africa Magazine as "a kind of African Hogwarts." It's one of the country's most popular spots for marriage proposals.
Pop the question at Ol Malo game sanctuary —
The quirkily designed Ol Malo game sanctuary has been described by Travel Africa Magazine as "a kind of African Hogwarts." It's one of the country's most popular spots for marriage proposals.
Courtesy of Ol Malo
After 46 years of marriage, Roger and Laurie Moore remarried in a traditional Maasai ceremony, complete with dancing, singing and even a dowry.
Get married like the Maasai —
After 46 years of marriage, Roger and Laurie Moore remarried in a traditional Maasai ceremony, complete with dancing, singing and even a dowry.
Courtesy of Roger Moore
The award-winning Brown's Cheese factory in Nairobi offers factory tours, so you can the product being made, then sit down to a cheese platter followed by a three-course lunch.
Visit a cheese factory —
The award-winning Brown's Cheese factory in Nairobi offers factory tours, so you can the product being made, then sit down to a cheese platter followed by a three-course lunch.
Courtesy of Brown's Cheese
 The precise location of the Rhino Charge, Kenya's annual off-road motor sport competition, is kept secret until a few days before the event. It covers one hundred square kilometers of wild terrain in ten hours.
Go on the Rhino Charge —
The precise location of the Rhino Charge, Kenya's annual off-road motor sport competition, is kept secret until a few days before the event. It covers one hundred square kilometers of wild terrain in ten hours.
Courtesy of Eric Kihiu
There are more than 100 snake species in Kenya, and snake safari outfit Bio-ken arranges tours to spot them in forests, riverbeds, rocky cliffs and mangroves.
Go on a snake safari —
There are more than 100 snake species in Kenya, and snake safari outfit Bio-ken arranges tours to spot them in forests, riverbeds, rocky cliffs and mangroves.
Courtesy of Bio-Ken Snake Farm
Ali Barbour's Cave Restaurant in Diani is in an open-air coral cave thought to be around 120,000 to 180,000 years old. If you're lucky, you might spot stars at the next table, as well as star-gazing through the roof.
Dine out in a cave —
Ali Barbour's Cave Restaurant in Diani is in an open-air coral cave thought to be around 120,000 to 180,000 years old. If you're lucky, you might spot stars at the next table, as well as star-gazing through the roof.
Courtesy of Ali Barbour's cave restaurant
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi rescues and rehabilitates orphaned elephants and rhinos with the aim of returning them to the wild. You can foster one for $50 a year.
Foster an elephant —
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi rescues and rehabilitates orphaned elephants and rhinos with the aim of returning them to the wild. You can foster one for $50 a year.
Courtesy of David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

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