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Kenya National Parks
and Game Reserves
Kenya is famous for its game viewing and many
operators offer varied ways of experiencing
this. The Wildebeest migration is one of the
most amazing natural spectacles. Game can be
seen year round, but migrates in May/June,
July/August and again in September/October.
ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK
The Park is part of the Aberdare Mountain Range
which forms the steep eastern edge of the Rift
Valley. It lies approx 180kms north of Nairobi
and has an altitude of 7,000 to 14,000 ft. The
scenery in this region is spectacular and
impressive as is the range of wildlife. Due to
the dense forest vegetation, you will need to do
some searching for the wildlife, but there are
also many purposes built game viewing lodges.
Game to be found in the park includes; elephant,
lion, black rhino, waterbuck, gazelle, giant
forest hog, genet cats, leopard, buffalo and the
rare spiral-horned antelope known as the bongo.
Accommodation:
includes two loges, Treetops and the Ark which
both provide night game viewing facilities.
There are also three self-catering sites ("bandas"),
eight tented campsites and one public campsite.
AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
Amboseli National Park, although small, at
approx 395 sq km, is one of Kenya's most popular
parks. The views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's
highest peak, coupled with the variety of game
to be found, draws the visitors in. The park
which lies approximately 140kms south of Nairobi
on the border with Tanzania, is most famed for
its' large herds of elephants. A combination of
drought, increased tourism, and over-grazing has
had a hard-hitting effect on the western side of
the park, the land has become dry, dusty and
barren and the animals that were once there have
moved into areas of shrub forest and marshland.
Accommodation:
Amboseli Lodge
inside Amboseli National Park Accommodation: 36
traditional cottages & 76 modern accommodation
units all well spaced in beautiful gardens.
Rooms have bathrooms and are surrounded by an
electric fence. Facilities: Swimming pool with
full view of Mt. Kilimanjaro Nightly traditional
Masai dances. Main restaurant & 2 Bars
Ol Tukai Lodge
Located inside the National Park having80 twin
rooms with a view of Mt. Kilimanjaro Africa’s
highest mountain. Facilities: The elephant Bar
offers a wide range of cocktails while watching
elephants frolicking or gracing in the
Wilderness, Also pool bar has a wide range of
snacks and drinks. Acacia tree shaded swimming
pool, Board game are available, daily lecture
from the elephant research station
Amboseli Serena Lodge
Situated in Shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, the
lodge is at the centre of Amboseli National
Park. Guest rooms, individually appointed with
authentic Africana and murals painted by a
renowned local artist, convey a distinctive
Masai Manyatta mood. Traditional feasts and
tribal dancing overlooking the waterhole where
big game gathers. Swimming pool.
Tortillis
Located on the edge of Amboseli National Park.
17 tents under thatch on wooden paltforms - 7
with twin beds, 10 with king - sized beds.
Facilities: Comfortable open plan bar, lounge
and dining room under thatch. Swimming pool and
Pool bar. Gift shop
LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
The park entrance lies 6km from Nakuru town and
the main attraction is Lake Nakuru, a shallow
alkaline soda lake set beneath the high cliffs
of the eastern Rift Valley. It is an
ornithologists' paradise offering the
spectacular view of up to 2 million flamingos at
one time (during the season) along with hundreds
of other species including birds of prey. An
area of 190 sq km around the lake is fenced in
as a national park and has been made a sanctuary
for Rothschild giraffes and black rhinos.
Accommodation:
There are two campsites, both with running
waters and long-drop toilets. Just inside the
park gate is the Backpacker's Camp Site and
further in there is Njoro Camp Site
MARSABIT NATIONAL PARK
The Marsabit National Reserve lies in northern
Kenya in a densely forested mountain park, being
home two beautiful crater lakes. The park was
once famous for it's large tusker elephants but
that was before the poachers slaughtered most
the large ones. Elephants are still in abundance
along with large herbs of kudu and many birds of
prey.
Accommodation:
The park has a lodge and camping facilities.
MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
The Masai Mara is regarded as the most favorite
and is definitely the most popular game reserve
in Kenya, having over 140,000 visitors per year.
The reserve lies approx 270km west of Nairobi
and covers an area of approximately 1,510 sq km,
bordering with the Serengeti National Park in
Tanzania. The landscaped is mostly open Savannah
grasslands and acacia shrubland.
Starting any time from late July the wildebeest
follow the rains and grazing to the wide and
open grasslands of what has become known as "the
Mara". They may be late, but they will always
make the trip, driven by dry conditions in the
Serengeti and led by the lightning and thunder
to the north. Come November they start the
homeward leg, bound again for the Serengeti.
At this time of the year you will see a large
number of lion, hippo, crocodile and vultures
all of which prey on the weak and young
migrating animals. Other game to be found in the
Masai Mara at any time of the year include;
elephants, cheetahs, baboons, gazelles,
giraffes, jackals, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas,
water buffalo, ostriches, and a large variety of
antelope and birdlife.
Accommodation:
Mara Hippo Lodge
Located near the Ololaimutiek gate on the south
-eastern end of the Mara Triangle Accommodation:
Six types of tents to choose from, the lodge
offers choice of families, single and couples
tents. All tents and cabins are fitted with
aprivate hot water shower and a WC Facilities: A
swimming pool within the compound. The dining
and the bar is both casual in the interior and
in the open air.
Mara Fig Tree Camp
On the banks on Talek river, on the periphery of
Maasai Mara Game Reserve, About 270 Kms from
Nairobi. A 140 - beds in permanent luxury tent
each with twin beds. Facilities: Two bars, an
open air dining area and a tree house coffee
deck. A video room guest lecture room, swimming
pool and curio shop, Balloon Safaris and Game
drives.
Siana Springs
Situated at the base of the Ngama Hills, on the
eastern edge of the Maasai Mara National
reserve. The luxurious tented camp offers 38
Spacious tents. The tents boast the very latest
in luxury camping, with large single or double
beds, personal closets and writing desks, and
ensuite bathrooms with flush toilets and
steaming hot showers.
Sarova Mara Camp
Located inside Masai Mara Game Reserve having 75
tents with permanent floors and roofs including
private bathes hot or cold running water and
electricity Facilities: A restaurant and 2 bars.
Swimming pool, Hot air balloon safaris followed
by a champagne breakfast in the wilderness.
Kichwa Tembo Camp
Situated Oloololo Escarpment, Masai Mara.
Accommodation: Permanent tented Camp with twin
beds and an ensuite bathroom with hot shower
toilet and electrical hurricane lamp.
Facilities: A restaurant and a well stocked bar.
Swimming pool
Mara Intrepids Club
30 tents making a number of mini-Camps within
the Club grounds. They are furnished with custom
milled African Mahogany furniture, oversize four
poster bed ensuite bathroom with showers,
running hot and cold water, flush toilets and
electricity. A small sparkling swimming pool, 3
game drives a day, wildlife library, gift
boutique, nature walks with resident Club
naturalist followed by a bush breakfast or a
sundowner cocktail.
Mara Serena
set on the saddle of a hill where it overlooks
the 1800 square Km of rolling plains, woodlands,
anf rivers that make up the masai Mara triangle.
Accommodation: 74 rooms, pool. Breakfasts,
cocktail parties and dinners on the terrace
overlooking a waterhole where big game come to
feed. Hippo pool breakfasts. Evening
enertainment includes musicians, Masai dancers,
wildlife films, and talks given by resident
naturalist.
Mara Sopa Lodge
located in Maasai Mara Game Reserve. The lodge
has 200 beds with only 77 rooms, 12 suites and 1
Presidential suite, all of which are 'rondavel'
style and have en-suite bathroom facilities
which provide shaving sockets and hairdryers.
Every room and suite has a private, elevated
verandah with splendid views across the valley
and on which guests can relax, sunbathe and
watch resident birds and wildlife. Mini-bars are
also available in each room
Migration Camp
eco-friendly traditional tented camp is in the
North-West Maasai Mara, tucked in the hills
adjoining the major dispersal plains of the
Great Migration of wildebeest from the
Serengeti. It is situated on the Lemek /Koiyaki
Wildlife Trust Conservation Area and is put up
seasonally to ensure regeneration of the area
during the long rains. Accommodation is in 7
tents. 5 large with queen size and single bed in
each, 2 twin and 1 single. All tents are shaded
under the trees. Each tent has en suite toilet
and shower and a large verandah. Facilities
includes : bar tent and spacious dining tent
look out over lawn. fully stocked non profit bar
Keekorok Lodge
Located inside Masai Mara Game Reserve.
Bungalows single storey blocks and comfortable
shaded chalets all with 158 beds. Facilities: A
restaurant and a fully stocked bar. Swimming
pool, log fires in the lounge, Maasai dancing,
cultural and wildlife lectures, Game drives
organized from the Lodge.
Kicheche Camp
located on the Aitong plains in the northern
Koiyaki Lemek region of the famous Masai Mara
reserve. The camp is hidden in a grove of wild
olive and croton trees in a prime wildlife area.
Game viewing starts right from the camp itself.
Accommodation: Spacious, fully insect - proof
selous style tents 2 singles and 9
doubles/twins. Equipped with proper beds, linen,
bedside tables, luggages racks and rugs.
Bathrooms are ensuite and are equipped with a
dresser, shower and flushing toilets. Tents can
be converted into triple on request.
Little Governors Camp
Located on the Mara river in the game reserve.
Accommodation: 12 Twins, 5 double tents, Tent
No. 17 recommended for honey mooners, the camp
has a total of 17 tents(34 beds) Spacious
luxurious safari tents. 220 volt plugs at the
reception. Facilities: En suite shower, open bar
and dining tent with view over the waterhole and
the plains. Room service on request, tea and
coffee is served at the rooms with wake up cll.
Laundry service at No extra cost, telephone, fax
and email service.
Mpata Safari Club
perched on a hiltop with breathtaking views of
Masai Mara reserve. Guests stay in individual
cottages well spaced along the top of the
escarpment offering panoramic views. There are
11 suites and 12 Deluxe units each with separate
bedroom, bathroom and verandah with emphasis on
comfort and a unique combination of interior
design, the suites have a lounge, kitchenette
and best of all an out door Jacuzzi. Facilities:
The sunken rock bar ignites pleasure and
satisfaction, offering sensational views of Mara
river. Our Sundowner bar will further enhance
the pleasure of your drinks.
Mara Safari Club
located outside the park in the Ol- Choro Ol
Roua conservation area. 80 beds in luxury tents
with their own private river frontage with four
poster beds verandah, electricity modern ensuite
facility with hot and cold running water Pool,
wildlife library. Lounge Bar and dinning room,
the Club pool, Al Fresco buffet, lunches &
nightly activities of Masai dancing, Masai
Culture. Black tie dinners, balloon safaris,
bush breakfasts, weddings, walking safaris
,swimming, game drives, wildlife library.
MERU NATIONAL PARK - click to view recommended
Tours and Safaris
The park is situated approximately 360km
northeast of Nairobi and covers an area of 870
sq kms. This park was the setting for Joy
Adamson's book "Born Free" and it remains one of
Kenya's most unspoilt parks. The scenery is
varied, wild and beautiful, from woodlands at
3,000 ft on the slope of Nyambeni Mountain Range
to wide open plaints with many rivers running
through. Game found here includes; lion,
cheetah, leopard, elephant, antelopes, and
buffalo. In the many rivers hippo and crocodile
are found in abundance. You may be lucky to spot
Kenya only colony of the rare white rhino.
There are several other parks which can be
visited from here within a day, they include
Bisandi National Reserve, Kora National Park,
Rahole National Reserve and Mwingi National
Reserve.
Accommodation:
Meru National Park has a number of Lodges and
campsites that need to be pre-booked and one
public campsite.
MOUNT KENYA
The National Park lies approximately 176kms
northeast of Nairobi and covers an area of
approximately 700 sq kms, with a landscape
consisting mainly of forest and bare rock. Mount
Kenya is an extinct volcano straddled across the
equator, and is Africa's second highest peak.
The altitude ranges from between 11,000 to
17,058ft, with the highest peaks being Batian at
17,058ft and Nelion at 17,022ft. These are
regularly climbed by experienced climbers though
very few actually make it to the top. The more
popular peak for climbers is the easier Lenana
which reaches a height of 16,354ft. and can be
climbed without the use of specialist equipment.
Climbers are often accompanied by a guide, with
ports being available. There are climbers huts
is rest up in, but plenty of food and warm
clothes should be taken with you. The best time
of the year for climbing is from mid-January to
late February and from late August through
September
The scenery is stunning and quite breathtaking.
It is also a botanist's paradise, with a wide
variation in flora as the altitude changes.
The region is home to a variety of wildlife
including some unique species, such as Black and
White colobus and Sykes monkeys, bushbuck,
buffalo, elephant, Olive baboon, waterbuck,
black rhino, leopard, hyena, bongo and at high
altitudes zebra and eland can be found.
Mountain Climb...Mt. Kenya
The "Classic" Route (Up Sirimon / Down Chogoria)
- A must for lovers of high altitude trekking.
Designed for optimum time on the mountain to
acclimatise, as well as getting away from the
bulk of hikers. It is run as a camping trip -
with all equipment supplied. Top quality
mountain tents, thick mattresses, campstools,
rain awning, good food, a cook, and qualified
guides are supplied, as well as a porter for
your pack
Click to view full Itinerary
Accommodation
Available at the Mountain Lodge in the heart of
the rainforest. and there are three self
catering (banda) sites within the park.
The Africa Guide's recommended book
Kilimanjaro and Mt Kenya - Climbing & Trekking
Guide Kilimanjaro & Mount Kenya :
NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK
Nairobi National Park is only 20 minutes drive
from the city and is ideal if you only have a
stopover in the city and want to experience some
of Africa's game. Because of it's location,
there are many visitors, both tourists and
residents but you are guaranteed to see an
abundance of game, seemingly unaware and
unafraid of humans. The elephant is the only one
of the 'big five' not found here, but leopard,
lion, buffalo, rhino, giraffe, hippo, crocodile,
antelope, wildebeest, eland, zebra and
Thompson's gazelle as well as many other species
are here in abundance.
At the western end of the park is an Animal
Orphanage, dedicated to young animals who are
injured or deserted in the wild. Here they are
studied and cared for until they can be returned
to the reserve.
There are no accommodation facilities within the
park as it is located so close to the city
centre.
SAMBURU & BUFFALO SPRINGS
The Samburu and Buffalo Springs National
Reserves lie northeast of Nairobi halfway to
Lake Turkana and cover an area of approximately
300 sq kms. The area is arid and largely
semi-desert, but has a large concentration of
game including some species not found elsewhere;
such as the oryx,, gerenuk, Reticulated giraffe
and grevy's Zebra. Other game includes
ostriches, elephants and leopards who are lured
into the lodges with bait, so the tourists can
get a glimpse.
Accommodation:
In Samburu accommodation consists of two lodges
; the Samburu Lodge and the River Lodge. And in
Buffalo Springs there is the Buffalo Springs
Tented Lodge:
Samburu Safari Lodge
SHABA GAME RESERVE
Situated 314 km from Nairobi in Central Kenya,
off the Uaso Nyiro River, being a semi-desert.
It is the natural habitat for the Grevy Zebra,
Reticulated Giraffe, and Gerenuk, only found in
this part of Kenva. There are also herds of
Elephants, plenty of Lions, Cheetah, Crocodile,
hundreds of species of birds and other game
SIBILOI NATIONAL PARK
This is Kenya's most remote national park, lying
right in the north of the country bordering with
Lake Turkana. The region is hot, dry and
windswept, but surprising has a large variety of
wildlife and birds. These include Grevy's zebra,
ostrich, gerenuk, oryx, tiang and a large
population of Nile crocodile in the lake. The
park's petrified forest is proof that this
region was once lush and densely forested.
Due to the remoteness and inhospitable terrain
most people visit this area in organised groups.
TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK
This is one of Kenya's oldest and largest parks,
but huge areas, mainly to the north of the
Galana River, are completely closed to the
public. The southern accessible area of the park
includes the Kanderi Swamp and the Aruba Dam on
the Voi river and has large concentrations of
game including hippo, giant crocodiles lion,
leopard, waterbuck, kudu, zebra and ostrich. It
is also home to the largest herds of elephant in
Kenya, usually covered in red dust. The park
provides for excellent photography with it's
spectacular views such as Mudanda Rock and Yatta
Plateau.
Accommodation
Voi Wildlife Lodge - Tsavo East
This beautiful lodge is right within the
boundaries of the mighty Tsavo East National
park. Accommodation: The lodges offers 20 large
beautifully furnished & decorated rooms. 4
family rooms cum suites and special rooms for
handicapped. Facilities: A swimming pool with
Jacuzzi, Breezy romantic well ventilated open
air restaurant "The Tembo" restaurant with a
capacity of 200 people. Sundowner bar, "Mandari
Bar" with a view of the game park.
TSAVO WEST NATIONAL PARK
The park is located approx 230kms from Nairobi
off the main Mombasa-Nairobi road and has three
rivers flowing through it; the Galana, the Athi
and the Tsavo attracting large concentrations of
game including buffalo, rhino, giraffe, zebra,
lion, leopard, cheetah crocodile and many
varieties of antelope.
In the northwestern corner of the park is
Shetani Lava Flow, a massive lava bed created by
an eruption in the Chyulu Hills where the raw
cone at the centre can still be seen. Rain
falling in these hills is purified as it soaks
through the porous volcanic ash , running
underground for 50km, resurfacing at the lush
Mzima Springs, which is one of the parks main
attractions. This is haven to crocodiles and
hippo and a waterhole for a large variety of
other game.
Accommodation:
Salt Lick Hilton Lodge - Tsavo West
Adjacent to Tsavo West National Park -
Accommodation: 96 rooms with private bath &
shower. Views of the waterhole and surrounding
areas, built on 2800 acre sanctuary and park.
Facilities: Bar restaurant serving international
and local cuisine and Bar & lounge
Ngulia Lodge- Tsavo West
situated spectacularly on the edge of Ndawe
Escarpment, offering a vast panorama of Tsavo's
sweeping plians. Ngulia is an Ideal base from
which to explore Tsavo West, one of the world's
largest national parks. All rooms are luxurious
facing the park surroundings. Facilities: The
lodge has a swimming pool, a strategically
located restaurant, 2 bars and a viewing bay for
the wildlife. The lodge has been constructed to
blend in with the environmet, in the best
tradition of ecologically sensitive archicture
Kilanguni Lodge- Tsavo West
located in Tsavo west National park. 37 Kms form
Mtito Andei the nearest town. Altitude 850
metres. Accommodation: The lodge provides 56
rooms (5 suites and 51 standard rooms). All
rooms Fans/Mosquito Nets/Power points/Hot water.
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