MAASAI MARA
Kenya’s finest Game Reserve and a great opportunity to
view the big five (lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant and cheetah).
The annual migration of wild beast and zebras from the Serengeti
National Park in Northern Tanzania provide the highlight between
June and August. In the remainder of the year the Park is still
rich in wildlife having the greatest density of wildlife per square
kilometer in Kenya.
SAMBURU AND SHABA
NATIONAL RESERVE
These National Game Reserves are situated
in the northern part of Kenya, on the fringes of the hot and sparsely
populated dry region. The attract a different range of wildlife
species unique to the area, among which are the gerenuk, the beisa's
oryx, the reticulated giraffe, the blue legged ostrich and the
grevy's zebra.
ABERDARE NATIONAL
PARK
Center for Kenya’s forest lodges (tree hotels)
including the world famous Tree Tops. Night game viewing is available
for those whose interests include the nocturnal wildlife and the
many mountain animals are seen from the comfort of the balcony
as the come to drink from the nearby salt lick.
GREAT RIFT VALLEY (LAKES NAKURU, BARINGO, BOGORIA, NAIVASHA, MAGADI AND CHERENGANI
HILLS, HELL’S GATE NATIONAL PARK) Thousands of flamingos
visit the lakes seasonally. Excellent for those in search of bird-life
(An Ornithologists’ paradise). Lakes also attract a large
variety of wildlife, water birds and predators.
AMBOSELI NATIONAL
PARK
The Might Kilimanjaro forms a beautiful backdrop.
Amboseli Game Sanctuary is famous for elephants, buffalos and
birds.
TSAVO NATIONAL
PARK
One of the largest game parks in the world surrounded
by the beautiful Chyulu hills and the Pare mountains. Mzima springs,
a natural and clear watering point is great for game viewing.
Tsavo is also famous for its large number of elephants among other
species of the animal kingdom.
KAKAMEGA FOREST
An Ornithologist’s paradise - here you can find about
three hundred species of birds, some of which are unique to this
part of the country. A natural and ancient forest excellent for
game or botanical walks.
MOUNT ELGON NATIONAL
PARK
This unspoiled national park is famous for caves,
game viewing and hiking. Situated on Kenya /Uganda border, the
highest peak on Kenyan side (Koitobos) is about 4,200 meters high.
Kitum cave (place of ceremonies) extents 200 meters into the mountain.
At night animals go in to feed on the rich salt deposits. An unforgettable
sight is of the elephants licking away at the salt walls in these
caves.
NDERE ISLAND
NATIONAL PARK (Meeting Place)
This place is where Mikaye
(the mother of Luo) rested after her long journey, before she
found shelter on this island close to the rock that goes by her
name. Ndere Island is also home to a large population of crocodiles,
swamp antelopes and birds. Fishing can also be done nearby. Situated
in northern part of Lake Victoria near Kisumu, Ndere Island National
Park can only be accessed by boat.
RUMA NATIONAL
PARK
This rarely visited national park is home to a number
of Kenyan animals and birds. Famous for Roan antelopes (hippopotamus
equines ) which are an endangered species of antelopes.
MOUNT KENYA NATIONAL
PARK
Surrounded by 130,000 acres of forest reserve. Visible
from the mountain top on a clear day are Mount Kilimanjaro to
the south, Mount Elgon to the west, Marissa Mountain to the north
and the Indian ocean to the east. Hiking, climbing and game viewing
for rare mountain wildlife can be done here.
LAKE TURKANA
NATIONAL PARK
Situated on Ethiopia /Kenya border. Africa’s
longest Rift Valley lake. The Great Rift Valley is a symbolic
relic of the massive upheavals in the earth’s crust some
10 million years ago which opened the world’s largest geological
divide stretching over 3,500 miles from Danilil depression at
Ethiopia’s northern Red Sea coast line to Mozambique. Turkana
has the largest number of crocodiles in the world - more then
10,000. A number of pre-historic human fossils have been found
here including the Australopithecus.
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