A Haven of Untamed, Wild Beauty This scenic 169km2 park is situated 470 kilometres from Nairobi on Kenya’s western border with Uganda. It is among Kenya’s most stunning, untamed parks, having a variety of Kenyan animals, and with huge chunks of unspoiled forest. It derives its name from Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano on the Kenya-Uganda border and is distinctively [...]
Amboseli is known as being one of Africa’s best known game spotting locations. The park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to about 800 free-ranging elephants. The Amboseli is also home to several bird species, due to the variety of habitats such as the wetland marshes to the savanna scrub to acacia woodland. Other attractions of the park include opportunities to meet Maasai and spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
Mount Kenya is the highest in Kenya and second highest in Africa, it is among the African few spots close to the equator having permanent glaciers. Mount Kenya’s northern edges traverse the equator. Its highest peaks are Batian, at 5,199 metres,
Samburu has become the preferred game reserve for tourists who are looking for a quieter safari with fewer mini buses and game vehicles. The Samburu Game Reserve is also well known for its spectacular birdlife. With humming birds, kingfishers, Somali ostriches and vultures, the reserve is teeming with plenty different species, resident to the numerous habitats of the reserve, from wetlands to woodlands. Other than the freedom that the reserve offers, it is well known for its exquisite top of the range luxury tented camps and lodges.
Tsavo National Park was established on 1st April, 1948 with an area of 21,812 Km2. It is the largest Park in Kenya. The park was divided into two parts with a railroad separating the park into Tsavo West and Tsavo East.
