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Kenya National Parks and Game
Reserves
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Amboseli |
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The Amboseli ecosystem is typical of
the open savannah grassland habitats
of Eastern Africa, featuring open
wooded grasslands, rolling hills and
swamplands whilst the presence of
Mount Kilimanjaro creates a unique
selection of ecosystems found
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Tsavo |
| This is the
largest national park in Kenya
covering about 21,000 Km square, it
is in fact one of the largest parks
in the world.. it is divided into
two by the Mombasa – Nairobi
highway, to Tsavo East and Tsavo
west National Parks....Read
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Masai Mara |
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Mara is one
of the few places where you can
actually encounter a haven for
viewing a congregation of all sorts
of animals in a five mile radius. A
pride of lions can be spotted ready
to make a run for a kill, a cheetah
and its cub taking a nap on a rock,
a pair of ostriches walking the open
stretches of the savannah or a
gazelle g....Read
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Lake Nakuru |
| Lake Nakuru,
a strongly alkaline
lake 62 km2 in extent is set in a
picturesque landscape of surrounding
areas of marsh and grasslands
alternating with rocky cliffs and
outcrops, stretches of acacia
woodland and rocky hillsides covered
with a Euphorbia forest, this park
provides the visitor with images of
tens of thousands of flamingo joined
into a massive flock, forming a
pulsing pink swathe of life that
carpets the water....Read
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Samburu Game
Reserve |
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This game reserve is situated in the
Northern Province of Kenya. It is
rugged and a semi-arid. The river
Uaso Nyiro ('River of Brown Water'
in Samburu) is the lifeline and the
nerve center of this Reserve and is
bustling with a huge population of
crocodiles. This game reserve is
renowned for its rare species of
animals like – the long necked
gerenuk, gravy’s zebra, reticulated
giraffe, and the Beisa onyx.....Read
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Lake Baringo |
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Lake Baringo is well known for two
of its waters’ residents- Hippos and
Crocodiles. Other residents of the
Lake is fish and in abundance! as
result, an equal abundance of Fish
Eagles, cormorants and pelicans. The
lake is a well known birding
destination, with a local record set
at 300 species recorded in a single
hour at the Baringo Club. Boat trips
are the best way of exploring this
area.... Read More |
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Lake Bogoria |
| Lake Bogoria
lies at the beginning of Kenya’s
great Northern Wilderness and it is
the heart of an arid landscape, in
the shadow of the dramatic walls of
the Siracho Range. The alkaline
waters of the lake attract massive
flocks of Flamingo, and the lake is
often carpeted with pink. Hot Water
Geyser spewing steam The 32 sq km
lake is still volcanically
active,....
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Lake Naivasha |
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Lake Naivasha is freshwater lake,
fringed by thick papyrus. The lake
is almost 13kms across, with an
average depth of five metres.
Afternoon wind and storms can cause
the Lake to become suddenly rough
and produce high waves, the local Maasai christened
the lake Nai’posha meaning ''rough
water'', which was later mis-spelt
by the British as Naivasha....Read
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Mount Kenya and
the Aberdares National Parks |
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Mt. Kenya is an imposing extinct
volcano dominating the landscape of
the Kenyan Highlands, East of the
Rift. Mt. Kenya lies about 140 km
North, North-East of Nairobi with
its Northern flanks across the
Equator.
The park includes a variety of
habitats ranging from higher forest,
bamboo, alpine moorlands, glaciers,
tarns and glacial morains. The park
was inscribed by UNESCO as a World
Heritage Site in 1997 and is also a
Biosphere Reserve.....Read
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