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THE
MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
The Mara is widely considered to be
Africa’s greatest wildlife reserve and was voted in 2007 the
eighth wonder of the world. The Mara comprises 200 sq miles of
open plains, woodlands and riverine forest. Contiguous with the
plains of the Serengeti, the Mara is home to a breathtaking
array of life. The vast grassland plains are scattered with
herds of Zebra, Giraffe, Gazelle, and Topi. The Acacia forests
abound with Birdlife and Monkeys. Elephants and Buffalo wallow
in the wide Musiara Swamp. The source of water been Mara and
Talek rivers are brimming with Hippos and Crocodiles. Mara is
probably the best serviced of all Kenyan Parks and Reserves with
a wide range of Accommodation for any budget. The Reserve is a
popular attraction with keen appreciation of nature. The reserve
is ideal for game drives, weddings, nature walks, glimpse of the
maasai culture, bush meals by the river and a lifetime
experience of eye bird game drive eye view on a balloon
safaris.
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Amboseli National Park
Amboseli means “a dust pan” in Maasai
language. The park is crossed by whirlwinds that send winding
columns of dust into the sky thus called Amboseli by the local
people.
Amboseli is a place of wide dry plains
where the horizons stretch into the furthest distance and
becomes one with the sky. The most spectacular sunrise and
sunset are seen here. Imagine painting and visualizing a 1000
sunset and sunrise!! For a true African evening, try a sundowner
in one of the Amboseli hills.
This is the land of the giants.
Amboseli is renowned for its large herds of
elephants including some impressively tusked bulls all drawn to
the series of large lush swamplands courtesy of Mt.
Kilimanjaro. read
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SAMBURU
, SHABA AND BUFFALO SPRINGS:
Its takes
approximately 6 hours to drive to Samburu National Reserve from
Nairobi. Located about 340km North of Nairobi. Samburu is a
semi-arid region and water is scarce the only source of water is
he Ewaso Nyiro River that supports three great Northern Reserve,
Samburu Buffalo Springs and Shaba. This is a
spectacular country of rugged terrain set against a backdrop of
mighty hills and covering an area of about 300sqkm
Along the
Ewaso Nyiro is a riverline forest forming a contrast of the arid
thorn studded plains. Large herds of elephants are drawn into
the reserve by the promise of water. During the dry season,
elephants use their tasks to dig deep into the dry river beds to
unearth the precious commodity. There waterholes then become a
meeting point for other game thus creating a grand reception for
visitors to come there. read
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LAKE NAKURU
NATIONAL PARK
Nakuru is the provincial
capital of
Kenya's
Rift
Valley
province;
it lies in the volcano strewn Rift Valley and hosts about
500,000 inhabitants, at an altitude about 1850 m above sea
level
Nakuru which means a dust
bowl in the Masai language is the home to Lake Nakuru. This is
the one eight lakes which stretch the length of Kenya from
Tanzania to Ethiopia. Lake Nakuru forms part of the 188sqkm of
Lake Nakuru National park. This is a bird watchers paradise. It
is an alkaline/salty water lake housing over a million
flamingoes thus giving Nakuru a pinkish colour wash.
The park is also a rhino
sanctuary, it has a both the black (hook lipped) and white
(wide-mouth) Rhinos. Apart from elephants which are absent here,
one can spot the big four among other different species. read
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NAIROBI
NATIONAL PARK
A little over a hundred years ago there was
literally nothing here except swampland. Game roamed free a
cross the plains and the only people inhabiting the area were
Masai grazing their cattle.
The greatest milestone in the rapid growth
of Nairobi was Mombasa Uganda Railway in 1896. The railway
builders wanted a resting place and a supply depot from the
coast before they continued to the Highlands.
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