Nairobi National Park
Located just 10 km from the capital, it covers 70 square kilometers of forest and grassy plains and has a population of 24 black rhinos.

Mount Kenya
Traveling through the Salient, you gradually climb in your vehicle to the National Park gate at a height of about 8000 feet. As you ascend, you see the vegetation change to tall cedars, Podo trees, thick Bamboo forest and varieties of Alpine trees. Wild mountain flowers bloom in a riot of color. Profuse bird-life (including such species as the scarlet tufted malachite sunbird) reside here. Despite the dense vegetation, you may have glimpses of elephant, buffalo, zebra, colobus monkey and waterbuck. At 10,000 feet in the upper tundra region you see the majestic peaks of Mt. Kenya, Batian and Nelion. "Trekking" lovers can climb Bation and Nelion peaks or even Lenana peak, 4985 meters. Taking the mountain lodge roads you can see elephants, black rhinoceros, cape buffalo, antelopes, wild boars and many other animals.

Aberdare National Park
covering 610 square kilometers. You can stay at Treetops or the Ark to observe the wild animals moving about at night.

Kenya's east coast
offers 500 km of white sand beaches lined with palm trees and separated from the Indian ocean by coral reefs.

Mombassa
Kenya's main port, Mombassa is a former Arab trading post founded in the 11th century. The Portuguese, who held it from the early 16th century, built Fort Jesus between 1593 and 1595 to counter the Turkish and Arab threat. In 1840 the city fell under the control of the Sultan of Zanzibar, and then in 1895 came under English domination.

Of course you'll visit Fort Jesus, the huge Portuguese defenses that dominate the town. But also visit the old neighborhoods, labyrinths where all the world's treasures come together: gold and silver jewelry, silks and saris, ivory and ebony carvings. Also see the unusual dazzlingly white Indian temple.

Mombassa is built on a coral island. The city is the departure point for many trips to the nature parks of Amboseli and Tsevo, the largest in eastern Africa.

Tsavo Park Safari
The Tsavo National Preserve is a huge park set aside for buffalo and elephants. Created in 1948 it covers 21,000 square kilometers and is the largest park in Kenya. The park is divided into two parts: Tsavo West, near Tanzania, and Tsavo East, further north. The park is famous for its "red" elephants because of the park soil, and its herds of zebras, giraffes and gazelles.

Amboseli
is the savanna that extends from the foot of Kilimanjaro whose immense mass looms over the whole region with its perpetually snow-covered peak. The rangers (drivers) will try to find the cheetahs, lions, rhinos, herds of elephants, giraffes, zebras and the many varieties of gazelles that are found in this park.

Masai-Mara
One of Kenya's most famous reserves in the southwest of the country along the Tanzanian border. Inside the reserve you'll find many animals, and it's a rare day when a black-maned lion isn't spotted. Cheetahs wander this prairie in search of prey, while elephants travel through the forests or come to cool off on the banks of the Mara river.

Northern Kenya

Reserves
The Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba reserves contain some rare animals and offer the chance to spot a leopard from a lodge in the middle of the night.

Meru national park is the residence of the lioness named Elsa who was in the film Born Free.

The Marsabit national reserve, famous for its elephants.

Lakes

• Lakes of the big reef valley
• Lake Baringo where the Njemps tribes fish in precarious papyrus boats among hippos and crocodiles.
• Lake Bogoria where dozens of pink flamingoes frolic among the hot springs.
• Lake Nakuru, a rhinoceros sanctuary where you can spot leopards during the day.
• Lake Naivasha, a weekend destination for city-dwellers.