Kenya Parks and Reserves
It’s not a legend
I’d heard people talking about it and even in some occasion I’d watched some scenes on documentaries, but I thought it was almost impossible to see it in a Safari.
Preparing our Safari
Yesterday we met for the first time to talk about our next Safari. In this occasion we are going to travel with our friends Arantza y Joxe. Even if the tour was originally planned for last year, it is now that their dream will come true.
Mountain gorillas
Consult us by the extensions to Rwanda to visit the mountain gorillas.
Kibo and Endless Plain Safari
This thrilling Safari takes the traveller to the jewels of Northern Tanzania and includes the mythic Amboseli National Park in Kenya, home to the towering snow-capped Kilimanjaro dominating the savanna. It is a 11-day Safari.
Masais and Ngorongoro Crater Safari
15 days of intense feelings and unforgettable experiences. This is a complete Safari through the most emblematic parts of Kenya and Tanzania.
A celebration with friends
When you plan your Safari, some personal events (birthdays, wedding anniversary ...) may coincide during the trip. Sometimes we even share other travellers´s celebrations over the dinners in the hotels.
Colonial Safari
Complete and luxurious Safari visiting the best of Kenya. It lasts 15 days and goes past Nairobi – Ol Pejeta Ranch (Laikipia) – Samburu National Reserve – Aberdare National Park – Lake Nakuru National Park – Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara Game Reserve – Amboseli National Park (Kilimanjaro) and West Tsavo National Park.
Great North Safari
The most complete journey through Northern Tanzania, all in one. Fourteen unforgettable days full of emotions.
Essence of Tanzania Safari
This stunning Safari takes the traveller to the magic jewels of Northern Tanzania. A nine-day Safari full of emotions.
Masai Mara National Reserve
Masai Mara is considered by many to be one of Kenya’s finest Game Reserves. The rolling grasslands offer ideal game viewing and photographic opportunities and the grassy plains are broken by rocky outcrops which are a favourite midday resting places for Lion, for which the Mara is famous.
Samburu National Reserve
Samburu Game Reserve is situated in the hot and arid fringes of Kenya’s vast Northern Frontier District and covers an area of 104 square km on the northern bank of Ewaso Nyiro River.
Amboseli National Park
This Park provides visitors with one of the most impressive and dreamt views of Kenya. Mount Kilimanjaro – 5,985m high- stands over the plains boasting its perpetual snows.
Lake Nakuru National Park
Lake Nakuru National Park, which covers an area of 188 square kilometers, is world famous for its spectacular aquatic and terrestrial birdlife of international reputation.
Samburus and Masais Safari
This thrilling Safari will take us from Nairobi to Aberdare National Park, Samburu and Masai lands and the Rift Valley: Nakuru, Baringo, Naivasha. It is an 11-day-Safari.
Beaches
To round off an unforgettable Safari we would like to suggest a stay in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, where swimming, scuba diving, reefs, off-shore fishing, seeing multicoloured fishes or just letting time go by, are some of the activities available.
Bushmen of Tanzania Safari
This stunning Safari provides you with the opportunity to visit the mythic parks of Northern Tanzania and to experience the feeling of a dip in old times which are not passed but still quite real. The visit to the Bushmen in Lake Eyasi will leave a big mark on you. This and much more in just 11 days.
Lake Naivasha
The highest and purest of the Great Rift Valley lakes, Lake Naivasha lies approximately 80 km west of Nairobi on the floor of the rift.
Aberdare National Park
Majestic Peaks, Moorlands and Falls. The Aberdare National Park covers the higher areas of the Aberdare Mountain Range of central Kenya. The topography is diverse with deep ravines that cut through the forested eastern and western slopes.
Mount Kenya National Park
Mt. Kenya National Park is located to the east of the Great Rift Valley, about 175km North-East of Nairobi. The ecosystem lies in the Central and Eastern provinces of Kenya. At 5,199m the mountain is the second highest peak in Africa.
Serengeti National Park
It is quite possible that for more than half the population of the planet the name Serengeti is as well-known as Paris, Bombay or New York.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Someone once called it The Eden of Africa. It is a huge natural amphitheater 21 km in diameter.
Lake Baringo
Lake Baringo is part of the Great Rift Valley, a strip of land bordered by a chain of lakes, a haven of beauty in harsh, rugged but majestic surroundings.
Lake Bogoria
Lake Bogoria lies just south of Lake Baringo, but it contrasts sharply with Baringo’s green and lush surroundings.
Lake Manyara National Park
We can see in Lake Manyara, like in many other lakes in Tanzania, the characteristic pink color of Flamingoes. It is a wildlife sanctuary stretching 320 square km. Buffaloes, Elephants, Hippos and Gazelles are found as well Pelicans and Storks.
Marungu route – 7 days (mount Kilimanjaro)
Day 1 - Departure from Nairobi to Arusha by bus to arrive at East African Suites, where we will have some briefing on the climb before dinner. Bed and breakfast.
Masais and Kibo Safari
Eleven unforgettable days between Masai Mara, Amboseli National Park and the lakes of the Rift Valley in order to complete a wonderful Safari.
East Tsavo National Park
The Joint mass of Tsavo West and Tsavo East National Parks forms one of the largest National parks in the world and covers a massive 4% of Kenya’s total land area.
Tarangire National Park
Herds of up to 300 Elephants scrape the dry river bed looking for ground water, while Wildebeests, Zebras, Buffalos, Impalas, Gazelles and Elands gather around the lagoons. It is the biggest concentration of animals outside the Serengeti’s ecosystem and one of the few places in Tanzania where Onyxes and Gerenuks can be seen.
West Tsavo National Park
The Park is 7,065 square kilometres, smaller than its brother East Tsavo (11,750 square km), and it is located on south eastern Kenya, 240km from Nairobi along the western side of Mombassa -Nairobi highway. The savanna ecosystem comprises open grasslands, scrublands, and Acacia woodlands, belts of riverine vegetation and rocky ridges.
Arusha National Park
Arusha is the Safari Capital of Northern Tanzania, and the National Park which bears its name is a jewel with many carats which often goes unnoticed for the travellers.
A happy nap
The Elephant families you often meet in the safaris they might look similar but if you pay the attention these incredible animals deserve, you can share with them some really pleasant moments. In this last Safari we have experienced new episodes never lived before with them.
Meru National Park
Meru lies to the east of Mount Kenya and is famous as the place where Elsa, the lioness of Joy Adamson’s book ‘Born Free’, was returned to the wilds. Of all of Kenya’s parks, Meru presents the widest variety of landscapes and habitats.
Lake Eyasi
On arrival, one has the feeling that the world has stopped and there is no civilization. We are in Bushmen Hadzaland. Even today they keep their old traditions such as hunting with bow and poisoned arrows, technique they learn from early age.
Lake Natron
It is the most important breeding ground for Flamingoes. It is here where Flamingoes from Lake Nakuru and other lakes gather between July and October.
Malindi Marine National Reserve
Malindi Marine Park and Reserve lie between Lat. 3o and 4o south, about 118 km from Mombassa town. It is located to the south of Malindi town, and it is endowed with magnificent resources such as fringing reefs, coral gardens in the lagoons, sea grass beds, mangroves, mudflats, and high fish diversity, marine mammals (e.g. dolphins), turtles and various species of shorebirds.
Zanzibar
Known as Spices Island, Zanzibar was the center of slave trade in east Africa and the base for David Livingstone’s expeditions towards inland Africa, which was still unexplored.
Lamu Archipelago
A magical place, Lamu is a historical town with many old buildings, narrow streets and a friendly Arab population. It has long been a trading centre and as far back the 11th Century dhows sailed along the East African coast to Arabia, Persia and India.
Machame Route – 6 Days
Day 1 – Departure from Nairobi to Arusha by bus to arrive at East African Suites, where we will have some briefing on the climb. Bed and breakfast.
Sirimon Route – 5 days
Day 1 – Early departure from Nairobi. Breakfast on the road and arrival at the park’s gate. Easy climb as far as Judmaier camp located at 3300 m, in order to get used to the conditions. Dinner and night.
Naro Moru route – 3 days (mount Kenya)
This volcanic mountain stretches along the equator and rises up to 5,199m. It is the ideal route for the hiker to see some of the highest peaks of Mount Kenya, the Batian and the Nelion.
Mount Neru
Day 1 – Arrival by bus at East African Suites in Arusha. Briefing on the climb. Dinner and night.
Beyond beauty
At this stage you all know that my favourite animal is the Cheetah (Duma in Swahili), but I must admit that Leopards are beautiful too, and if you are lucky enough to find one that allows you to contemplate him, grab the moment because that is a Nature present.
Giving way
When we started our last Safari, the Annual Migration from Tanzania towards Masai Mara in Kenya had just begun, but since it was still a bit early, we were not particularly expecting to meet any Wildebest or Zebras´ herds.
Touching smiles
If you are a traveller like me, surely you´ll find it by yourself, but in case you are in a hurry during the journey from one Park to another, I would like to mention it to you now because without it your trip will be incomplete, and you´ll have missed some magic moments in a Safari.
A promise is a promise
When I talked to you about the Crowned Lapwind ìs mum and her chicks, I told you that after enjoying with their company and leaving them safe and sound, we were extremely lucky to see something that we had never seen before in our previous Safaris.
The little ones are also important
I´ve already told you that during my Safaris I enjoy very much observing all the animals I have the opportunity to encounter, not only the most desired ones. Besides, you only have to pay attention and Nature will always reward you in an extraordinary way.
When an image says it all
During the journeys between the Parks and their breaks, you´ll have the opportunity to observe the life in the towns and villages you encounter.
Incredible Moments
One does not always have the opportunity to live extraordinary moments; sometimes we look for them intensely and we never find them, and others they simply happen when you less expect them, though I wonder, they might not happen just by chance.
Tanzania Parks and Reserves
Serengeti National Park
It is quite possible that for more than half the population of the planet the name Serengeti is as well-known as Paris, Bombay or New York.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Someone once called it The Eden of Africa. It is a huge natural amphitheater 21 km in diameter.
Lake Manyara National Park
We can see in Lake Manyara, like in many other lakes in Tanzania, the characteristic pink color of Flamingoes. It is a wildlife sanctuary stretching 320 square km. Buffaloes, Elephants, Hippos and Gazelles are found as well Pelicans and Storks.
Tarangire National Park
Herds of up to 300 Elephants scrape the dry river bed looking for ground water, while Wildebeests, Zebras, Buffalos, Impalas, Gazelles and Elands gather around the lagoons. It is the biggest concentration of animals outside the Serengeti’s ecosystem and one of the few places in Tanzania where Onyxes and Gerenuks can be seen.
Arusha National Park
Arusha is the Safari Capital of Northern Tanzania, and the National Park which bears its name is a jewel with many carats which often goes unnoticed for the travellers.
Lake Eyasi
On arrival, one has the feeling that the world has stopped and there is no civilization. We are in Bushmen Hadzaland. Even today they keep their old traditions such as hunting with bow and poisoned arrows, technique they learn from early age.
Lake Natron
It is the most important breeding ground for Flamingoes. It is here where Flamingoes from Lake Nakuru and other lakes gather between July and October.
Zanzibar
Known as Spices Island, Zanzibar was the center of slave trade in east Africa and the base for David Livingstone’s expeditions towards inland Africa, which was still unexplored.
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