Arabuko-Sokoke Forest is Kenya's coastal jewel. As well as being the largest stand of indigenous forest along East Africa's coast, it boasts a rich biological diversity: plants - nearly 600 species; birds - over 200 species, some of which are found nowhere else; brilliantly coloured frogs and butterflies, many of them found only in Arabuko; as well as small and large mammals, including caracals and elephants - arabuko means 'place of thin elephants'. Following the trails through the forest you may be lucky enough to spot a rare Ader's Duiker, or the nocturnal Sokoke Scops Owl, or a Golden-rumped Elephant-shrew. Situated between Kilifi and Malinidi, Arabuko makes a perfect destination for a day away from the beach to see more of Kenya's rarest wildlife.