A rally driver races past an elephant. Kenya is known to have been East Africa's top Safari Rally Country. [Photo/Pinterest]

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Kenya was once known as East Africa's best rally host owing to the climate and the rough terrain for Safari Rally. It hosted several international races that left many yearning for more.

Here are images of the long-lost sport that has since been forgotten. 

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Safari Rally Citroen car at speed during Rally from Loitoktok to Mombasa in 1980.

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Safari Rally car no 50 speeding through uplands near Limuru going back to Nairobi.

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Datsun 240z East African Safari Rally 1971

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