This 12-Day, 11-Nights tour provides the best chance to explore Kenya’s wildlife diversity, gorgeous landscapes, and most of its tribes.
Meet Rare Wild Animals in Samburu Game Reserve
Samburu Game Reserve is in Samburu Country of Kenya. It is a semi-arid land occupied by the Samburu people, a Nilotic tribe. Visiting Samburu Game Reserve provides a golden opportunity for you to meet people with a different culture. Several animals are here, including the rare reticulated giraffe and Gravvýs zebra, Big Five, the Somali ostrich, small preys and predators, and upto 450 bird species. Samburu Game Reserve is behind Mt. Kenya, allowing you to observe its peaks and rugged slopes.
Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy – Home to a Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy is the only sanctuary in Kenya that preserves Chimpanzees that have been orphaned. It also has sanctuary for endangered black rhinos and northern white rhinos.
There is no place that has northern white rhinos now. The last two on earth are in Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy. The sanctuary has many lion prides, elephant herds, buffalos, and leopards, meaning you can see all the Big Five.
Aberdare National Park – Admire the Aberdare Ranges
Aberdare National Park is in Nyeri County where the lovely central highlands are. Aberdare Ranges is the dominant physical feature in this park. There is a lot to do in Aberdare apart from watching animals from the balcony of a tree house. These include hiking, board riding, bicycle riding, and nature walks. Aberdare has rare types of cats, elephants, Cape buffalos, rhinos, black leopards, lions, etc.
Lake Nakuru National Park – A Rift Valley Lake with Flamingos and the Rare Rothchild’s Giraffe
Lake Nakuru has a swarm of flamingos on its shores throughout the year. Although the number has been going down due to the rising water levels, there are still many flamingos and birds to view. The rare Rothchild’s giraffe lives in Lake Nakuru, along with hundreds of black rhinos, elephants, buffalos, leopards, lions, zebras, baboons, etc.
Masai Mara Game Reserve – Come and See the Great Wildebeest Migration
Every year wildebeests move from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to Masai Mara National Reserve. When they reach the Kenyan-Tanzanian border, they jump into the Mara river to cross over to the Masai Mara side. The river has giant crocodiles and hippos that hunt wildebeests and zebras. If you arrive here from July to October, you will observe this spectacle. Masai Mara has all the Big Five, small wild animals, hundreds of birds, and stunning landscapes.
Lake Naivasha Attractions – Crescent Island and Hell’s Gate National Park
Lake Naivasha is a famous Great Rift Valley lake that supports boat riding, walking safaris, wildlife viewing, bird watching, and bicycle riding. Its main attraction is the Crescent Island, which has animals like giraffes, impalas, gazelles, and antelopes.
Amboseli National Park – The Land of Giants
Amboseli’s other name is the Land of Giants. This is because it has many elephants than any other park in Kenya. You will be sure of seeing elephants if you choose our 12-days and 11-nights tour. Amboseli National Park is closer to Mt. Kilimanjaro, enabling you to take photographs of its ice-packed peaks and rocky slopes. Others of the Big Five animals to find here are buffalos, leopards, lions, and rhinos.
Tsavo West National Park Where all the Big Five Live
Tsavo West National Park is adjacent to the Tsavo East National Park. The two parks boast a breathtaking view of undulating hills. At Tsavo West, you will meet all the Big Five and see the scenic Mzima springs where hippos, crocodiles and fish thrive in unity. Tsavo West has many smaller preys and predators, hippos, and crocodiles.
Tsavo East National Park – Meet Dust-red Elephants
Tsavo East National Park is along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, opposite its sister park called Tsavo West. Tsavo East has red soil in plenty, attracting elephants that love to bathe in it. That’s why we have the red elephants of Tsavo East. The early railway construction workers were once eaten by lions. That’s where the Man Eaters of Tsavo story rose from.
