At only 4kms from Nakuru town and covering an area of 180sq kms Lake Nakuru is a world famous bird and rhino sanctuary. The park encompasses Lake Nakuru, a rift valley soda lake, and two forests – acacia and euphorbia forests. Millions of flamingoes paint this park with its shimmering pink color. Other birds include […]
Aberdare National Park is a high altitude national park created to protect the slopes and moorland of the Aberdare Mountains. The park is a perfect location for topography enthusiasts and for viewing Kenya’s animals and birds. The topography ranges from high moorland, hills and peaks to indigenous forest, ravines, streams and waterfalls. Due to its […]
Wilderness Hike across the Chyulu hills en-route to Tsavo West. This program incorporates a bush trek in the remote Chyulu hills followed by a visit to the sprawling Tsavo Park with your guides ensuring that you do not get to miss out on the wildlife spectacle. As you trek in the hills and bush, […]
Rising steeply from the side of the Great Rift Valley, the Crater Highlands are some of the most impressive range of volcanoes in Tanzania. With the vast savanna plains of the Serengeti on its west and the rift valley floor with Lake Manyara on the east, the crater highlands offers one of the most beautiful […]
This beautiful park stretches south east of Lake Manyara around the Tarangire River. During dry season, particularly between August and October, it has one of the highest concentrations of wildlife of many of the country’s parks. Large herds of zebra, wildebeest, hartebeest and elephant can be found here until October when the short wet season […]
With a surface area of only 318sq km, this park has such a diverse terrain that its animal and bird life is so impressive. Large areas of ground-water forest with giant fig and mahogany trees alternate with acacia woodland and more open places, all well watered. This park is famous for its tree-climbing lions. Other […]
Mto wa Mbu a Swahili word meaning a river of mosquitoes is located north of Lake Manyara and makes a good base for visiting the park at the same time exploring various cultural activities. This former waste land used to be the grazing fields for the Maasai people. This land was reclaimed by through aid […]
L. Eyasi, a salt lake lying between the Eyasi Escarpment in the north (an ancient fault line that is part of the rift valley system) and the Kidero mountains in the south. It is a hot dry area around which the Hadzabe (also known as Hadzapi or Tindiga) people who are believed to have lived […]
At 4566m, Mt. Meru is a spectacular classic volcanic cone, formed by the volcanic action associated with the creation of the Great Rift Valley. The circular wall of the summit crater was broken by subsequent thermal explosions to make today’s horse-shoe shape, and more recent volcanic activity has created the ash cone that stands inside […]
Just over the border, in Tanzania, the square silhouette of Kilimanjaro marks the highest point of the Africa and the tallest free standing mountain in the world. It is referred to as the roof of Africa rising 5895m and easily accessed from Arusha (Tanzania). Every year thousands of visitors, inspired by the words of Karen […]