Best places to see wildlife in Kenya

Best places to see wildlife in Kenya : Kenya is the most attractive safari destination in the entire world in terms of the wildlife diversity. The country is blessed with the different wildlife that is various animal species and bird species, planning your next Kenya safari to the destination gives you the best wildlife safari experiences ever in your life. From the northern dry region to the highlands and plains to the coast, you can witness and explore a lot of wide number of the wildlife that makes your safari the most magnificent one. This article gives you the best safari destinations in Kenya that gives you the perfect sighting of the wildlife.

Best places to see wildlife in Kenya.

Tsavo national park.

Tsavo national park is the oldest and largest national park in Kenya. That covers an area of 22,800 square kilometers. Tsavo was split into two national parks that is Tsavo East national park and Tsavo West national park. Both the two national parks are attractive to the tourists who come to explore that is Tsavo West though it’s a bit mountainous it has got various attractions like the large numbers of animal species like the lions, giraffe, elephant, leopard, hippo and among others, Mzima springs and among others. There are various activities that the tourists enjoy for example like rock climbing, guided nature walks and among others.

Tsavo East also has got more attractions like wide numbers of the animal species like lions, big cats, and elephants and among others, Aruba Dam, Lugard falls, Mudanda rock, Yatta plateau and among others and various bird species that are over 500 bird species.

Maasai Mara National Reserve.

Maasai Mara National Reserve is the top safari destination in Kenya located in the south western Kenya. With the great natural wonders annually where the millions and millions of wildebeest, thousands of zebras, gazelles, impalas, and eland close the Mara River from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to Maasai Mara National Reserve in the period of July to October. The reserve is known for the big five safari mammals that is the lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino.

The reserve has other animal species that inhabit in the reserve like the cheetahs, hyenas, crocodiles, cheetahs and among others, as well there are various beautiful bird species found in the area like the flamingos, falcons, eagle, vultures, hornbill and among others, which makes the reserve too attractive.

Best places to see wildlife in Kenya
Maasai mara Wildlife

Nairobi National Park.

Kenya is the best safari destination, where it welcomes the tourists after landing in the destination with the wildlife, Nairobi national park is located only 7km from Nairobi capital city of Kenya. It’s the only country with the national park that is located close to the city. The park has got the four mammals over the big five mammals where it lacks the elephants due to the small size of the national park cannot harbor the elephants. The park has got the big cats like the lion, cheetah, leopard and among other animal species that includes the baboon, zebra, wildebeest, hartebeest, gazelle, black rhinoceros and among others without leaving the bird species.

The park has got the attractions including the Ivory burning site monument, animal orphanage and among others. The park is blessed with a quite number of attractions that the tourist should be excepting on the safari.

Amboseli national park.

Amboseli national park is located in the southeast in Kenya, it’s among the top most safari destination in Kenya where the tourists get to explore and encounter the Kenya’s free ranging lions. At the same time the park gives the magical spectacular view of Mount Kilimanjaro. It’s a home of the big five mammals and other animal species found includes the buffalo, zebra, giraffe, impala, and others plus the bird species. With the beautiful number of accommodation facilities which makes your safari meaningful.

Lake Nakuru National Park.

Lake Nakuru national park in Kenya is the attractive destination known for the bird species that do in habit around the shores of Lake Nakuru inside the park.The lake is known for the vast number of flamingos. Not only is the flamingos the park known as a birding paradise in Kenya. There are large number of animal species like the lions, rhinos, waterbuck, and cheetah and among others. Other bird species to be found in the park includes the kingfisher, herons, eagles and among others.

Samburu National Park.

Samburu National Park is located in the northern part of Kenya, where the park boasts the rare or special animal species that are not found anywhere else in the country like the reticulated giraffe, generuk, grevy’s zebra, Beisa Oryx, and Somali ostrich. The reserve has the big five animal species, big cats. Other animal species found in the reserve includes the warthog, baboon, waterbuck, gazelle, impala and among others. Samburu national reserve has got the bird species which makes the destination to be excellent for bird lovers.

Other best places to see the beautiful wildlife apart from the above includes, Hell’s gate national park, Meru Game Reserve, Kora national park and among others, this makes Kenya a great and too attractive destination that everyone should select as number one priority on a safari.

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