Located within Kenya’s Rift Valley at an 1100-metre altitude and approximately 290 kilometres to the north of Nairobi, lies the shallow 168km2 freshwater lake acting as an oasis within the arid plains. Baringo is the second largest and northernmost Rift Valley Kenyan lake after Turkana
Meru is around 350 Km from Nairobi. Meru is rich in volcanic soils and the climate suits the people’s way of life. In the north-eastern lowlands at the base of the Nyambene hills lies Meru National park. That was made famous by the conservationist Joy Adamson who wrote ‘Born Free’.
In the lap of the rift valley 1880 meters above sea level rests the Lake Naivasha. Whose name comes from the Maasai word Nai’posha meaning rough water, thanks to her tempestuous nature during afternoon winds. Naivasha is one of 8 lakes in the rift valley.
Kenya Airways (KQ) has two world-class lounges, arguably the finest in Africa, at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Kenya’s biggest aviation facility and the busiest in East and Central Africa
Mount Elgon national park – 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.
Sibiloi National Park, Kenya’s remotest park, located on Lake Turkana’s north-eastern shores in northern Kenya, offers this and much more. Mount Sibiloi, where the park’s name is derived, is visible from Alia Bay in the south
What will impress you about Nairobi is the cross-cutting of cultures and values, of shapes and sizes, of geographies and histories, of the architecture and the arts, of the traditions and the technolgies. Visit Nairobi, and feel it for your self
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,
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.
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.
