Safaris

Wildlife safaris in Kenya

Kenya is the ideal location for an African wildlife trip. Plains herbivores and carnivores interact with uncommon and endangered species in practically every designated wilderness area in the nation. Birdlife, both little and large, raptors, insects, plants, and fruit eaters are abundant in the skies, flora, and lakes. The unique wildlife of Kenya will delight, surprise, and excite you, bring along your wish list from the ocean, land, and avian species. One of the top Kenyan natural tourist locations, Masai Mara National Reserve and its private Mara conservancies, offers heart-pounding thrill.

The huge Great Migration passes through the reserve between July and October. The tranquil savannah plains are turned into a thunderous centre of activity as over a million wildebeests, thousands of zebras, elands, and gazelles traverse the terrain. Huge herds of animals move to the northern grazing areas in search of fresh pasture and water, and their journey is identified by lingering dust clouds. The voyage is fraught with perils and difficulties, such as attentive lions, leopards, and cheetahs hiding in the grasslands, as well as the crocodile-infested Mara River that provides front-row seats to the world’s finest spectacle “The Great Migration “ many tour operators organise great migration safaris especially on the edges of Mara River where the animals are crossing offering the spectacular scenery.

Prey animals have a reason to be wary of the stealthy predators of Amboseli National Park farther south! A mother elephant extends her wide ears forward and suddenly releases a nearly audible blast from her trunk. The family’s other elephants halt all movement and assemble around the tiny calves.

Two more powerful elephants flee the group’s protection and sprint into the high grasslands. The lioness hunter suddenly emerges from cover and moves in the opposite direction. The elephants resume grazing once the danger to their young has been eliminated. You raise your camera to record a breath taking image of the kind, gentle giants against the snow-capped summits of Mount Kilimanjaro in the borders of Tanzania as the clouds part over the mountain during midday.

Not all endangered animals in Kenya are mammals. There are numerous unique bird species that you can observe, including the martial eagle, southern white-faced owl, palm nut vultures, tana river cisticola, yellow-billed oxpecker, hinde’s babbler, and williams’ lark. Kenya’s lakes are home to hundreds of different bird species, making it a popular location for excellent avi-fauna trips in Eastern Africa. The environment and wildlife of the Great Rift Valley lakes have won over even the conservation community, gaining several of them the renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site, RAMSAR, and Important Bird Area designations.

Each lake offers a different birdwatching safaris experience, but Lake Nakuru National Park and Lake Bogoria National Reserve are two of the most amazing and breath taking birdwatching destinations because of its amazing flamingos. One of nature’s most breath taking pictures is the result of the specific properties of the alkaline water, which encourage the growth of particular algae. A vibrant pink feathered blanket forms as millions of lesser and greater flamingoes consume the algae. It’s amazing to watch such a large flock of birds feed, but wait until they take to the skies! In close proximity to Lake Turkana in Sibiloi National Park to the far north and Lake Victoria to the far west with other tour safaris attractions in Rift Valley being Lake Elementaita, Lake Baringo, Lake Naivasha, and Lake Magadi.

The Lewa Conservancy and Mount Kenya National Park, both of which are included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, are centred around the recognisable Mount Kenya. Although Mount Kenya’s majestic summit may be the dominant feature in the area, the tiny critters tucked away in its lower slope forests transport you into a perceptive microcosm! You are fascinated by the sapiens-like behaviours of Sykes’ monkeys, black and white colobus, and olive baboons. Smaller inhabitants dart in and out of the plants and rocks.

You might come across a rock hyrax, Rüppell’s root rat, big Kenya mole, or other creatures that cling to the earth. Take a moment to observe the plains, mountains, and woodlands nearby, though; you might come across zebras, buffalos, duikers, elands, bushbucks, waterbucks, and other medium-sized animals there. Explore Aberdare National Park to find uncommon bongos and enormous forest pigs! Lesser kudus, caracals, and aardwolves could be encountered during your kenya safari tours to east of Mount Kenya in Meru National Park.

Every visitor has a unique, unadulterated safari experience in Kenya when they see one of the country’s rare and endangered species grazing freely. Northern Kenya is where you’ll find such an amazing and unforgettable adventure! Although Laikipia’s private conservancies are notable for having the second-highest concentration of wildlife in Kenya, it is the presence of rare and endangered species that truly sets this wilderness apart from all others. The reticulated giraffe, grevy’s zebra, jackson’s hartebeest, beisa oryx, and many other uncommon species are all found here.

In actuality, 70% of the Grevy’s zebra population and more than half of Kenya’s black rhinos live in Laikipia. Watch for the unique black and brown coats and elongated, round ears of a vicious hunter. African wild dogs  as you go through a private conservancy with kenya wildlife tours. These animals are flourishing here. Samburu National Park, Shaba National Reserve and Buffalo Springs National Reserves are accessible from Laikipia to the north-east.

The Samburu Special Five, which includes Somali ostriches, Grevy’s zebras, Beisa oryxes, Gerenuks, and reticulated giraffes, are shown here in the presence of approaching predators. Watch how the age-old tale of predator and prey plays out in front of your eyes in the Samburu wilderness. Your anticipation grows as you observe a lone cheetah’s agility and stealth. She watches a zebra foal closely, waiting for the ideal opportunity to strike this is the normal routine of the Kenyan wild. The new born zebra is only a few days old and is going to face a task that will test its lack of expertise with the dangers of the savannah.

Kenya’s Tsavo West National Park, one of the world’s most beautiful biodiversity locations, is bordered to the southeast by the Chyulu Hills. The wildernesses make up a portion of the world’s largest animal sanctuaries, along with its sister park Tsavo East National Park, which is located nearby. The elephant population in these two parks is among the largest in the entire country, and the pachyderms’ greyish skin turns reddish-brown when they dust themselves with the red soil. Along with its infamous man-eaters from earlier incidents, Tsavo Parks are also home to prides of mane less lions.

Elephants, giraffes, zebras, hyenas, lions, wild dogs, leopards, cheetahs, and many other species live in the highlands and more rocky regions of the Namunyak Conservancy and Matthews Mountains Range. With spotted-neck otters at Lake Victoria, rare sable and roan antelopes in Shimba Hills National Reserve, bull elephants and other animals outlined against Mount Kilimanjaro in Chyulu Hills National Park, and more than 400 different types of butterflies fluttering through the vegetation in Kakamega Forest National Reserve, the wildlife experiences in Kenya are practically endless! Kenya boasts a wide variety of wildlife, making it a great place for everyone to go on their ideal safari.