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Game viewing safaris & Excursions in Kenya |
 The amazing natural beauty of Kenya includes its snow capped Mount Kenya with its majestic peaks and moorland, the beautiful tropical beaches on the coastline, a vibrant mix of cultures, the Great Rift Valley, the colored bird life of Kakamega forest and the spectacular Masai Mara wildebeest migration.
This pilgrimage is on between the months of June and October when vast herds of zebras, gazelles and wildebeest move into the Masai Mara from Serengeti for greener pastures. Kenya offers a memorable vacation thanks to it’s diversity in places of interest.
Whether you are here for leisure, business or permanently residing, sample the breathtaking sights, discover beautiful destinations and enjoy the exciting and thrilling experience you get.
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Tsavo East National Park is a very popular Park from the high number of tourists visiting each year. It is easily accessible by road and good option for visitors at the coast.
 Some of the attractive scenic features in Tsavo East include the large herds of ‘Red’ elephants, Rhinos, Hirola (Hunters Hartebeest) and other wildlife, the Yatta plateau, Lugards Falls on the Galana river, the Mudanda rock – This is a long rock outcrop that is about 1.6Km long. There is a dam at its base where animals can be seen drinking. Visitors can walk along the rock and enjoy a cool breeze as they view wildlife at the dam. Tsavo/Athi rivers confluence – when the two rivers join, they form the Galana river.
The best game viewing is along the watercourses and at the Kanderi swamp, which is not far from the main Voi gate. Thirty kilometers from the gate is the Aruba Dam and lions are commonly spotted around this area.Interested in a safari or excursion Click here.
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Tsavo West National Park contains a diversity of habitats, wildlife and a mountainous scenic landscape. The park is a vast expanse of savanna stretching from Mtito Andei, along the Mombasa-Nairobi road and south to the Tanzanian border.
 The park's habitats include open plains alternating with Savannah bush and semi desert scrub, acacia woodlands, rocky ridges and outcrops and more extensive ranges and isolated hills, belts of riverine vegetation, palm thickets and on the Chyulu hills mountain forest.
In the far south western corner of the park on the Kenya-Tanzania border is Lake Jipe, part of which is in the park. This very attractive lake is fed by runoff from Mt. Kilimanjaro and the North Pare mountains. North of the Park is the Mzima Springs - the source of much of Mombasa's fresh water. At Mzima you can walk down to a large pool, a favourite hang out for hippos and crocodiles. There is an underwater viewing chamber where you can observe thousands of different species of fish.
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Amboseli National Park lies immediately North West of Mt. Kilimanjaro, on the border with Tanzania. This Park is a very popular Kenya safari destination for its stunning
 view of nearby Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s tallest free standing mountain. When you go on your Amboseli Safari, you are guaranteed to get the famous photograph of elephants with the stunning view of Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.
Streams from Kilimanjaro surface in the center of Amboseli, creating swamps that attract and support a rich diversity of wild animals and bird life.
From its easy accessibility, a safari to Amboseli National Park combines well with Tsavo National Parks and the Masai Mara National Reserve.
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The Saltlick Game Sanctuary is privately owned by the Sarova Hotel Group. It is now a successful animal sanctuary with abundant game similar to what you
 find in Tsavo West.There are two luxury lodges and a luxury camp in the sanctuary all run by Sarova Hotels.
The Taita Hills lodge and the Saltlick Lodge. The most popular being the stunning Salt Lick Lodge. The rooms are round huts on stilts linked by suspended walkways under which elephants potter. A drawbridge is the link to the rest of the world.
The lodges floodlight water hole attracts a great number of animals, especially in the dry season. Game viewing at the Saltlick Sanctuary is great!
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The Shimba Hills were gazetted as a National Forest in 1903.Grassland areas and several subsequent extensions have taken place to bring the Reserve to its present size.Shimba Hills is situated 56 km south of Mombasa in Kenya's Coast Province.
 Consisting of coastal rainforest, woodland and grassland, the reserve is a stronghold of plant biodiversity. It is in Shimba Hills you will find most of Kenya’s species of rare plants. The reserve is also an ideal place for birdwatchers and butterflies lovers.
Among these rolling hills with tropical forest streams and the Sheldrick falls, Cape buffalo and the sable antelope, there’s a fenced elephant corridor that connects the Shimba Hills with Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary to the North. About 700 elephants live in the reserve, a population that is amazingly large. The Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary was established north of Shimba Hills to provide a route for elephants to leave Shimba. The remainder of the Shimba Hills National Reserve's boundary is fenced, to prevent the elephants from invading surrounding private farms.
Accommodation at the Shimba Hills Lodge gives you a great opportunity for great scenery views. The lodge overlooks a floodlight water hole, where it is possible to spot leopards and plenty of elephants coming for a drink in the evening. The lodge is also renowned for its night-time game viewing.
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Masai Mara National Reserve is an extension of the Serengeti in Tanzania. It is considered Kenya’s leading game reserve. Its spectacular hills and rolling grasslands support an amazing number of wildlife. It is in the Masai Mara where the latest wonder of the world occurs each year – the great wildebeest migration.
 In the months of June to October, unimaginable numbers of wildebeest, zebra and gazelles flood into the Masai Mara from the Serengeti where they gather to graze and relax on the Mara's plains. The Mara River is a permanent water source for the animals and so even when the very last wildebeest has set off for the southern Serengeti, massive herds of other wildlife animals remain.
Predators are abundant here. You will be able to encounter lions and other members of the Big 5 in almost every corner at the Mara. You can choose to do your safari in Masai Mara in a safari van or take a hot air balloon over the wide open savannas. A safari to Masai Mara combines well with Lake Nakuru National Park and Amboseli National Park to give you a thrilling safari experience.
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Approximately 60miles North West of Nairobi is the fresh water lake of Naivasha. A small jewel of the Rift Valley Lakes. Lake Naivasha, with its cool climate, has become a peaceful haven for Nairobi residents and tourists. Being a freshwater lake, and the surrounding fertile soil, this place has also turned to be a major production area for fruit, vegetables and flowers.
 A tour of Lake Naivasha is not complete without a visit to the nearby Hells Gate National Reserve, Crescent Island and the home of Joy Adamson (author of ‘Born Free’) situated about 10miles round the lake. Over 400 bird species have been recorded on the lake, making it an ideal destination for birdwatchers too. A boat ride on the lake gives you a great opportunity to see hippos and various species of fish.
A few miles north of Naivasha is the unique sanctuary of Lake Nakuru. A soda lake famous for its seasonal gatherings of lesser and greater flamingos in their millions. It is also a rhino sanctuary and home to the rare Rothschild giraffe, water buck, reed buck and various gazelles.
Game spotting is good on Lake Nakuru. A safari to Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha combines well with Masai Mara National Reserve to give you an experience of a lifetime!
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The Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Park is situated on the southern coast of Shimoni and Wasini Island in Kenya. The park covers 39 sq.km and is managed and protected by the Kenya Wildlife Service. This park, covering an area of four small islands surrounded by coral reef, has some of the best Snorkeling, diving and bird watching in Kenya.
 The main Snorkelling site, accessible by either dhow during high tides or walking from the beach at low tide is the fringing reef near Kisite Island in the center of the park.
Many of the diving sites fall within both the park & reserve. Behind Wasini Island there are two (2) currently uninhabited islands Mpunguti ya Chini & Mpunguti ya Juu.
Marine life is abundant here with approximately 250 types of fish. Humpback whales and whale sharks are seasonal.
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24km South of Malindi is Watamu Marine National Park.A part of a complex of marine and tidal habitats on Kenya’s North coast stretching from Malindi town to beyond the entrance of Mida creek. The park has various species of coral and abundant marine life. The 'Big Three Caves' situated at the entrance to Mida Creek, are the marine park's most exciting attraction.
 Mida creek is a large, almost land locked expanse of saline water, mangrove and intertidal mud. Its extensive forests are gazetted as forest reserves and the extreme western tip of Mida Creek is part of the Arabuko Sokoke Forest Reserve.
This area is strictly regulated by park rangers and visitors are limited in number.
For bird watching lovers, Whale Island is the ideal place to visit. Located at the park's southern end, this area can be explored by foot at low tide. Further inland from the creek, the tidal flats offer another birding adventure. Interested in a safari or excursion ……Click here.
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