Kenya Game Reserves

Kenya Game Reserves

Kenya is World renowned for its National Parks and Game Reserves, with the Masai Mara remaining the Pride of Kenya's wildlife scenario. Kenya offers visitors in the region of 40 national parks and game reserves on offer comprise Laikipia Plateau, Amboseli, Lamu Archipelago, Lake Nakuru, and the amazing Lake Victoria.

Kenya's diversity of habitats, wildlife, birdlife and people is represented in all of the countries protected areas and regions. One will experience this as one travels from area to area, habitats change, the people change as does the wildlife and birdlife sightings, this is what makes Kenya one of the top safari countries in Africa.

Of all the national parks and game reserves in Kenya, it is the annual Wildebeest migration in the Masai Mara (and Serengeti) that is rated as one of the most spectacular natural events on Earth.

Game Reserves In Kenya

  • Amboseli National Park

    Elephants roaming across vast grassy plains with the shadow of Mt Kilimanjaro in the background epitomizes the Amboseli National Park with its large population of these wandering giants.

  • Laikipia Plateau

    Lying on the edge of Northern Frontier, the Laikipia Plateau stretches from the slopes of Mt Kenya to the rim of the Great Rift Valley. The Laikipia region boasts one of the largest elephant populations on the planet.

  • Maasai Mara National Reserve

    Open savannahs provide the staging ground for the annual Wildebeest Great Migration making the Maasai Mara National Reserve one of the natural wonders of the world with the densest population of predators and herbivores.

  • Lake Naivasha National Park

    A freshwater lake, Naivasha (meaning 'rough water') is home to an incredible variety of bird species and there is a full effort to protect the wildlife although the lake suffered a lot in the past by tourism activities.

  • Lake Victoria

    The largest body of fresh water in Africa, the headwaters of the River Nile. Regarded as one of Africa's finest fishing lakes it is ideal for exploration by boat and is a paradise for birdwatchers.

  • Lamu Archipelago

    At the North & Southern ends of the Kenya coastline, idyllic, exclusive 'Robinson Crusoe' style hideaways. A truly isolated experience awaits for those keen of quiet beaches and idyllic snorkelling and diving opportunities.

  • Meru National Park

    This was the wilderness into which George & Joy Adamson released Elsa the lioness, creating the much-loved film Born Free. The Meru National Park is one of the wildest areas in Kenya offering amazing wildlife.
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