Tsavo East National Park

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Background Information … Tsavo East National Park. Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks together make up the biggest national park in Kenya at just under 22 000 sq km. In May 1948, a month after the park’s conception, Tsavo National Park was divided into east and west for administrative purposes. Named after the Tsavo […]

Tsavo West National Park

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Background Information … Tsavo West National Park is situated on Kenya’s southern border with Tanzania, located about 200km south-east of Nairobi. Combined with Tsavo East, this park forms one of the world’s largest game sanctuaries. The East and West parks are separated by the Mombasa/Nairobi road, and both work nicely on a circuit with Mombasa. […]

Amboseli National Park

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Background Information … Amboseli National Park embodies 5 main wildlife habitats: open plains, acacia woodland, rocky thorn bush, swamps, and marshlands. The park also covers a part of the Pleistocene lake basin, which is now dry. Within this basin is the temporary Lake Amboseli that floods during heavy rainfall. Although a very dry and arid […]

Meru National Park

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Background Information … Meru National Park is a forest reserve located 350km from Nairobi, east of Meru town. It is one of Kenya’s lesser-known parks, covering an area of 87 044 hectares. Meru is part of a complex of protected areas along the Tana River that includes the Bisanadi and Mwingi National Reserves, Kora National […]

Samburu National Reserve

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Background Information … Samburu National Reserve is a rugged and semi-desert park located in Samburu district in the Rift Valley Province in central Kenya. The park neighbors the homes of the Samburu tribe of Kenya, a tribe known for their remote culture, pastoral and nomadic way of life. Samburu National Reserve consists of a low […]

Lake Nakuru National Park

Lake Nakuru National Park

Background Information … An enormous geological fault-line, the Great Rift Valley divides Kenya neatly down the length of the country, separating east from west. Lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru are 2 of the many lakes that have formed in the region. Along the lengths of the Rift Valley are volcanoes, most now dormant. Lake Nakuru […]

Masai Mara National Reserve

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Background Information … Masai Mara National Reserve (also known as Masai Mara or The Mara) is situated within the Great Rift Valley in the southern part of Kenya. Measuring approximately 1510sq. kilometers (approx. 938sq. miles) in size, this unfenced savannah grassland is roughly 150 miles southeast of Nairobi. Maasai Mara derives its name from the […]

Aberdare National Park

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Background Information … Aberdare National Park is a high altitude national park created to protect the slopes and moorland of the Aberdare Mountains. The topography ranges from high moorland, hills and peaks to indigenous forest, ravines, streams and waterfalls. Due to its high altitude, the park is very rainy and misty, with roads that become […]