The remote Katavi National Park is perhaps the least visited national park in Tanzania, despite being the third largest. This true wilderness is in the isolated southwest of Tanzania, and is mostly dense woodland. The Katuma River and its floodplains including the seasonal Lakes Katavi and Chada are the most […]
Mt Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and, rising elegantly out of the plains, is also the highest freestanding mountain in the world. Standing at 5,900 meters, Mt Kilimanjaro can be seen from much of both Kenya and Tanzania. Over 25,000 people try to reach the summit every year, […]
Originally called Saba Game Reserve by the German colonial authorities in 1910, the park was renamed Rungwa Game Reserve by the British in 1946. Now merged with Kizigo, Muhesi and Usangu Game Reserves, and the Mbomipa Wildlife Management Area, the whole area is known as Ruaha and is the largest […]
Mt Meru, sister mountain to the more famous Mt Kilimanjaro, rises from Arusha National Park. Standing at over 4,500 meters, Mt Meru is the second highest peak in Tanzania and the fifth highest in Africa. Hiking on Mt Meru, and climbing its peak, are both popular activities in the park. […]
Mikumi National Park is the fourth largest park in Tanzania and measures 3,230km2. Together with the huge Selous Game Reserve, with which it shares a border, the huge wilderness area and unique ecosystem are 75,000km2. In the centre of Mikumi, the Mkata floodplain has plentiful wildlife including lion, elephant, buffalo, […]
Lake Manyara National Park was described by The famous author Ernest Hemingway, as ‘the loveliest I had seen in Africa’. Lake Manyara National Park measures 330km2 of which around 200km2 comprises the lake, depending on the season and the water levels. Lake Manyara stretches for about 50km along the base […]
Selous Game Reserve is the second largest game reserve in the world and East Africa’s largest protected area which covers an area of 54,600km2. The reserve was named after Sir Frederick Selous, a renowned big game hunter who died in the area while fighting against the Germans during World War […]
Tarangire National Park is the sixth largest national park in Tanzania,has an area of about 2,800km2. The park is named for the Tarangiri River, the only source of water for the area’s animals during the dry season, which causes thousands of animals to migrate to the park from nearby wildlife […]
The Ngorongoro Crater is the sixth largest unbroken caldera in the world, formed when a volcano erupted then collapsed about three million years ago. The crater has an area of 260km2 and a depth of 610 meters; its base is covered by savannah plains, lakes, marshes and acacia woodlands. The […]
The Serengeti National Park is Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park. Together with the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya and the surrounding conservancies and group ranches, the Serengeti National Park forms the Serengeti Mara ecosystem, an area of about 40,000km2. This area of savannah plains, lush springs, roaring […]
Known as the healing lake, Lake Bogoria springs from therapeutic hot geysers. At least 18 geysers supply the lake, more than any other lake in Africa. The lake is saline and alkaline and lies in a volcanic region of the Great Rift Valley. Attracting large numbers of lesser flamingos, Lake […]
Nairobi is feted as being the only city in the world with a national park within its borders. The sensation of watching lions or rhinos in the wild before a backdrop of skyscrapers is unique to Nairobi and seems implausible yet exciting. 100 species of animals including lion, leopard, hyena, […]
Lake Magadi is a soda lake at the southern end of the Kenyan section of the Great Rift Valley. Known as a saline pan, the lake is fed by saline hot springs of about 85°C that heat its waters to around 45°C. This lovely lake gleams white with salt, and […]
Solio Game Reserve was the first rhino sanctuary in the world, named after a Maasai chief. In 1970 Courtland Parfet, the owner of Solio, then a cattle ranch, set aside some of his land for conservation, imported five rhinos and started breeding rhinos. As populations of rhinos the world over […]
Originally designated one national park, Tsavo National Park was one of the largest national parks in the world: a huge tract of land between Nairobi and the coast. Even though they have been divided, the two parks are still enormous: Tsavo East is 13,747km2 while Tsavo West is 7,065km2. Both […]
Remote Meru National Park is a forested and lush park. The rolling slopes are home to a range of wildlife including all the big five and all the big cats. At 870km2, the park is one of the larger parks in Kenya. With a combination of thorny bush land, wooded […]
The award winning Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is one of Kenya’s leaders in wildlife conservation, sustainable development and responsible tourism. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lewa is a sanctuary for black and white rhinos. Having started out in 1983 as the Ngare Sergoi Rhino Sanctuary with an area of only 5,000 […]
Unique amongst Kenya’s wildlife regions in that it has no national parks, Laikipia is a well-kept secret. With several wildlife sanctuaries, countless conservation enterprises and the highest number of endangered species in Kenya, the region is a conservationist’s haven. The eight rhino sanctuaries in the area together hold over half […]
Popular as a weekend retreat for Nairobians, Lake Naivasha has history, wildlife and a wealth of activities. This beautiful lake, one of the largest in the Great Rift Valley, is surrounded by wildlife and attracts a diverse selection of birdlife including water birds and migrants. Pods of hippos live in […]
Lake Nakuru National Park lies deep in the Great Rift Valley, the lovely Lake Nakuru often glows pink from the flocks of flamingos that amass on its surface. Lake Nakuru is a band of gleaming water stretching down the centre of Lake Nakuru National Park. The park is a rhino […]
Gateway to the north of Kenya, Samburu National Reserve is stark, arid and striking. The reserve boasts its own big five – found only in dry terrain – reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, Beisa oryx and the gerenuk. Samburu is particularly known for its arresting vistas and rock formations. […]
Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the highest freestanding mountain in the world, towers over Amboseli National Park from across the border in Tanzania. The mountain and its snow-topped peaks make a stunning backdrop to the many attractions of this park. Amboseli is known for the huge herds of […]
The Maasai Mara, Kenya’s best known reserve, is most famous for the Great Migration. One of the seven natural wonders of the world, the Great Migration is an annual cycle of animal migration around the Maasai Mara in Kenya and the Serengeti in Tanzania. The Maasai Mara has one of […]
