Kenya Safaris Overview

Kenya is the country where safari first became popular and there are still some spectacular locations. Unfortunately the best wildlife park, Masai Mara (a northern extension of Tanzania’s Serengeti), often suffers from vehicle overcrowding and camps and lodges tend to be larger than in other safari destinations. The trade off is spectacular wildlife viewing with high concentrations of big cats as well as the seasonal highlight of migration river crossings. This is also a famed area for hot air balloon rides. Samburu and Amboseli are other famous parks that are very popular. Tsavo National Park is a wild area with far less visitation and there are some outstanding community based conservation areas such as Laikipia.

A trip to Kenya can easily combined with safari in Tanzania or Rwanda or Uganda for gorilla and chimp trekking.