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 The Park is part of the Aberdare Mountain Range, which forms the steep eastern edge of the Rift Valley. It lays approx 180kms north of Nairobi and has an altitude of 7,000 to 14,000 ft.
The scenery in this region is spectacular and impressive as is the range of wildlife. Due to the dense forest vegetation, you will need to do some searching for the wildlife, but there are also many purposes built game viewing lodges. Game to be found in the park includes; elephant, lion, black rhino, waterbuck, gazelle, giant forest hog, genet cats, leopard, buffalo and the rare spiral-horned antelope known as the bongo.
Includes two lodges, Treetops and the Ark which both provide night game viewing facilities. There are also three self-catering sites ("bandas"), eight tented campsites and one public campsite. |
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 Amboseli National Park, although small, at approx 395 sq km, is one of Kenya's most popular parks.
The views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, coupled with the variety of game to be found, draws the visitors in. |
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 The Marsabit National Reserve lies in northern Kenya in a densely forested mountain park, being home two beautiful crater lakes. |
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 The park is located approx 230kms from Nairobi off the main Mombasa-Nairobi road and has three rivers flowing through it, the Galana, the Athi and the Tsavo attracting large concentrations of game including buffalo, rhino, giraffe, zebra, lion, leopard, cheetah crocodile and many varieties of antelope.
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 This is one of Kenya's oldest and largest parks, but huge areas, mainly to the north of the Galana River, are completely closed to the public. The southern accessible area of the park includes the Kanderi Swamp and the Aruba Dam on the Voi river and has large concentrations of game including hippo, giant crocodiles lion, leopard, waterbuck, kudu, zebra and ostrich.
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 This is Kenya's most remote national park, lying right in the north of the country bordering with Lake Turkana.
The region is hot, dry and windswept, but surprising has a large variety of wildlife and birds.
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 Nairobi National Park is only 20 minutes drive from the city and is ideal if you only have a stopover in the city and want to experience some of Africa's game.
Because of it's location, there are many visitors, both tourists and residents but you are guaranteed to see an abundance of game, seemingly unaware and unafraid of humans. |
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 The National Park lies approximately 176kms northeast of Nairobi and covers an area of approximately 700 sq kms, with a landscape consisting mainly of forest and bare rock.
Mount Kenya is an extinct volcano straddled across the equator, and is Africa's second highest peak. |
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 The park is situated approximately 360km northeast of Nairobi and covers an area of 870 sq kms. This park was the setting for Joy Adamson's book "Born Free" and it remains one of Kenya's most unspoilt parks. The scenery is varied, wild and beautiful, from woodlands at 3,000 ft on the slope of Nyambeni Mountain Range to wide open plaints with many rivers running through.
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Lake Nakuru National Park |
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 The park entrance lies 6km from Nakuru town and the main attraction is Lake Nakuru, a shallow alkaline soda lake set beneath the high cliffs of the eastern Rift Valley.
It is an ornithologists' paradise offering the spectacular view of up to 2 million flamingos |
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