Kenya Parks and Reservers
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tanzania Parks and Reservers
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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