Amboseli National Park

amboseli park Amboseli National Park is located in Loitoktok District, Rift Valley Province of Kenya near the Tanzania border but further to the west making the park the best place to view the Mountain Kilimanjaro. It is 140km south of Nairobi. The Park covers an area of 39, 206 hectares. It is also the second most popular national park after the Maasai Mara National Reserve

The ecosystem mainly savannah grassland spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. The marshlands and rich grasses of the central area have large concentrations of game view. Amboseli’s vegetation stretches from the savannah plains, acacia woodlands, swamps and marshes.

The park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants among other wildlife species like the buffaloes, zebras, Lions and gazelles with 400 species of birds including water birds, pelicans, kingfishers, crakes etc. Other attractions of the park include opportunities to meet the Maasai and spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro.

The park protects two of the five main swamps, and includes a dried-up Pleistocene lake and semi-arid vegetation.

Lake Nakuru National Park

lake Nakuru

Lake Nakuru is one of the lakes of the Rift Valley and is located in the southern region of Nakuru , Kenya, at an altitude of 1754 m above sea level. It lies within the Lake Nakuru National Park.

Maasai Mara

maasai mara

The Masai Mara game reserve (or Maasai Mara) is a large nature reserve located in the southwestern part of Kenya, the plains of the Serengeti. Administratively, the eastern part of the district of Narok and Western District Transmara.

Serengeti National Park

serengeti

The Serengeti National Park is one of the most important protected areas in East Africa. It has an area of 14,763 km ², and is located in the north of Tanzania, bordered to the north by the Kenyan border, where it is continuous with the Maasai Mara National Reserve and borders other important wildlife reserves. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981.

Tsavo National Park

tsavo national park

With a total area of 21,812 km ², Tsavo is the largest natural park in the country. Belongs to a system of parks which includes the adjacent National Park Chyulu hills , the nature reserve Ngai Ndethia and the nature reserve of South Kitui , with a total area of over 23,000 km ² (equal to the entire Tuscany).