Kenya Safaris
In General, Kenya is once known as the heart of Africa, bordered to the north by South Sudan and Ethiopia, to the east by Somalia and the Indian Ocean, to the south by Tanzania and to the west by Lake Victoria and Uganda. More so, it’s land is divided horizontally by the Equator and vertically by longitude 38 degrees E.
More fact, Kenya is a country found in East Africa, sunned for its scenic landscapes and vast wildlife preserves. More so, its Indian Ocean coast provided historically important ports by which goods from Arabian and Asian traders took over the continent for many centuries. Take note, the coast holds some of the finest beaches in Africa especially in Mombasa cities, a historic Centre that has contributed much to the musical and culinary heritage of the country and tourism has become a great impact to Kenya’s economy.
In fact, the best way to enjoy Kenya’s outstanding beauty of wildlife safaris is to book with reliable tour company knowing all the benefits of tourism; If you don’t hesitate can trust us Achieve Global Safaris with your Kenya Wildlife Safaris -we are good in designing reliable Kenya Safari packages that suit all types of travelers and age groups as we pay attention to time, safety, budget constraints. We are team flexible enough to incorporate last minute changes. Achieve Global Safaris we are private tour company based in Bukoto few drives away from Kampala the capital city of Uganda; We organizes private tours, student tours and research groups, small group tours and large group departures of up to 50 to 100 people. We are committed in whatever we do – responsible tourism for sustainable development and we try to focus through use of fuel efficient and well-maintained vehicles, use of eco-friendly safari lodges and beautiful camps as well as supporting conservation organizations Kenya Wildlife Trust ‘’KWT’’ it is dedicated to support three of Kenya’s most important ecosystems; Greater Mara, Samburu – Laikipia and Amboseli- Tsavo. Kenya Wildlife Safaris – the annual wildebeest migration event in Masai Mara National Reserve which usually occur from the month of June to July and game drive in other outstanding parks like Masai Mara, Amboseli National Park, Tsavo National Parks, Sambura and birding in Lake Nakuru National Park among others all these are prime attractions for Kenya Safaris and dominantly make up most of our Kenya Safari packages. Fact is that Keanya boosts with over 23 magical national park and over 18 reserves that offers extended holidays -according on the number of days you wish to enjoy your safari including game viewing of different wildlife ‘’big fives’’ – Black rhino, Buffalo, lions, Elephants, Leopard, Giraffe, Cheetah, Giraffe, Hippo, Hyena, White Rhino, Wild dog, Zebra ,Wildebeest among others and bucket of notable birds – thousands of flamingoes in Lake Nakuru national Park. Generally, our safari parks and Kenya game reserves are the perfect places that one shouldn’t miss to visit during a safari in Kenya. For personalized care, smaller groups are great ideal for wildlife safaris – wildebeest migration event which starts from July to Mid -October and other safari holidays.
Our strength is in organizing unforgettable Kenya Safaris Tours like Wildlife viewing and birding ours, they are being organized under our local knowledge of the area we operate, professionalism and years of experience in the tourism industry. We achieve at organizing custom – Kenya safaris, Uganda Safaris and Rwanda Safaris as we work around your needs to come up with the best tailored safari package and holiday trips that fit your budget. Besides our regular safari’s circuits, we have also introduced walking safaris that can be organized as independent activities or combined with other safari adventure to create more memorable experience. Horse back riding in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Unique cultural experience of Maasai people, Game drive viewing in Amboseli -Masai Mara -Tsavo National parks, Birdwatching in Lake Nakuru National Park, Wildebeest Migration event in Masai Mara among others.
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Amboseli National Park
Amboseli National Park is home of the Africa Elephant and lies in the foot hills of the magnificent Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa’s highest peak. It is one of the Kenya’s most popular parks and got its name ‘Amboseli’ from a Maasai word meaning salty dust. More so, the park is one of the best places in Africa to view world’s largest population of elephants up close.
Travelers who are nature lovers during their safari here, can explore five different habitats ranging from the dried-up bed of Lake Amboseli, wetlands with Sulphur springs, woodlands and the savannah. You can also visit the local Maasai community who live around the park and experience their authentic culture.
Attractions in Amboseli National Park
The park hosts half world’s largest herds of elephants which can be easily observed while on game drive.
Mount Kilimanjaro which lies in the foot hills of the park and it gives clear view during morning hours.
Big five mammals; Lion Elephant, Buffalos, Leopards and Rhino
Observations Hills which permits gain view of the endless park especially the swamps and elephants.
Swamp below observation hill hosts many elephants ,hippos ,buffaloes and various bird species like pelican ,Egyptians goose
Contemporary Maasai culture and indigenous lifestyle.
Activities in Amboseli National Park
They include; Birdwatching, Camping, Game viewing, Photography, scenic
Birdwatching
Amboseli is known as a bird viewing paradise all year round including the residents and migratory bird species which fill the park from November to April, which is most wet months in the year but rewarding time to see bucket of unique birds such as Pangani longclaw, Rufous chatterer, African swamphen, Greater flamingo, Hartlaub bustard, Lesser flamingo, Long-toed lapwing, Eurasian thick-knee, Dickinson’s kestrel among others.
Game drive in Amboseli National Park
Game drives in Amboseli is the majorly done activity in the park and best done during the dry season starting from July to October which is the best time for game drives; Animals to see during safari include lions, hippos, elephants, buffalos, kudus, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, wildebeests, zebras, giraffes, and gazelles many more.
How to get there
By Road; The main road into the park is from Nairobi via Namanga ‘’240kilometers’’ on the Nairobi – use Arusha Road, through Meshanani Gate.
You can use road from Nairobi via Email ‘’228kilometers’’ on the Nairobi – Mombasa Road. Access from Mombasa mainly through Tsavo West National Park via Kimana ‘’Olkelunyiet Gate’’.
By Air; The park offers a single airstrip for light aircrafts at Empisel gate. Other airstrips appear at Kilimanjaro Buffalo lodge and Namanga town.
Amboseli Park Entry Fees;
The park entry fees are entitled KSH860 for adult -East African Citizens, Children pay Ksh215 and residents pay Khs 860 an adult and children pay Ksh 215.
The nonresident pays USD60 per person an adult and children pay USD35 per person.
Accommodation;
Amboseli National Park hosts comfortable accommodation facilities arranging from Luxury, Mid-range and budget – lodges to campsites; Kilimanjaro Guest House, Simba cottages, Chui cottages, Amboseli campsite as well as privately Owned lodges; Oltukai lodge, Amboseli Serana Lodge and Tortilis Tented Lodge.
Lake Nakuru National Park
Lake Nakuru National Park is a beautiful wildlife haven, located along the great rift valley and surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland. Visitors who visit the park can enjoy a bucket of ecological diversity and varied habitats that range from Lake Nakuru itself to the surrounding escarpment and picturesque ridges. The park is a magical for bird watching, hiking, picnic and game drives among others.
Attractions in Lake Nakuru National Park
The flamingo ‘’greater and lesser’’ and other water birds including a variety of terrestrial birds about 450 species in total. Some of the list of birds to see includes; Common ostrich, Lesser flamingo, Grey crowned crane, Flamingo, Yellow-billed stork, Bustards among others.
The park hosts over 56 different mammal species including white rhinos, waterbucks among others.
It offers view points for the tourists in the park; lion hill, Baboon cliff and out of Africa.
Hills includes; Enasoit, Honeymoon, Lion hill ridge
Waterfalls like makalia
Unique vegetation; The park offers about 550 different plant species including the unique and biggest euphorbia forest in Africa, yellow acacia woodlands and picturesque landscape.
Cycle with rhino event every September yearly
Where to stay;
Lake Nakuru National Park has got a lot of classic accommodation facilities ranging from luxury, Mid-range and budget – lodges and campsites including; Lake Nakuru lodge, Sarova Lion Hill, Lodge, The cliff Hotel, Flamingo Hill Camp as well as perfect campsite like Makalia campsite, Reedbuck campsite, Naishi, Rhino, Chui and Baboon Cliff among others.
Getting there;
By road; Lake Nakuru has got a tarmac road that connect with Nairobi, a distance of 156 kilometers northwest of Nairobi on the main A104 road. The easiest route to access into the park is via the main gate ,4 kilometer from Nakuru Town Centre.
It is also possible to enter the park from the main Nairobi Nakuru Road at Lanet Gate.
The Nderit Gate is used by tourists accessing the park from Masai Mara or Elementaita.
Airstrips; You can access the park from Wilson Airport to Naishi airstrip services for tourism and park activities.
Lake Nakuru – park agates; It offers lanet and Nderit gates both located on the larger part of the park on the Eastern side. Then the old main gate lies on the Northern Western side of the park and still accessible though at certain times water rises and cannot allow you to make a ful circuit to connect to the Eastern side. Only visitors with tickets are permitted to access both sides of the park without paying extra changes.
Tsavo West National Park
The park ranks with stunning land of lava, springs, man- eaters and magical sunset. Well, Tsavo West is beautiful rugged wilderness and has savannah ecosystem composed of open grasslands, scrublands and Acacia woodlands, belts of riverine vegetation and rocky ridges such as the poacher’s lookout where visitors can see the teeming herds of animals in the plains below. It also offers the most fabulous game viewing in the world and attractions like rhino, elephant, hippos, lions, cheetah, leopards, buffaloes, diverse plant and species of birds including the threatened corncrake and near threatened Basra Reed Warbler among others.
Attractions in Tsavo West National Park
Wildlife includes; Leopard, cheetah, wild dogs, Buffalo, Rhino, Elephant, Giraffe, Zebra, Lion, Crocodile, Mongoose, Hyrax, Diki dik, Lesser Kudu as well as Nocturnal porcupine and prolific birdlife which features 600 species including; Common Ostrich, Black-winged stilt, Vulturine guineafowl, African finfoot, African jacana, gray crowned crane many more.
The spectacle Mzima springs is the rewarding view of fifty million gallons of crystal-clear water gushing out of from the under parched lava rocks, forming the most beautiful scene in Africa.
Ancient lands of lions, in 1898 the Uganda railway construction which is abruptly halted by the two of the most voracious and insatiable man-eating lions which appeared upon the scene. And the over nine month waged intermittent warfare against the railway and all those connected with it in the vicinity of Tsavo.
A beautiful volcanic arena; molten lava that form Shetani lava spewed from the earth in the last 200 years ago and its fiery fury was done by locals to be work of the Devil.
Poacher’s lookout and roaring rocks; Tsavo West abound the spectacular vintage point from which to view the movement of the herds.
Remarkable game drives; The park offers some of the most memorable game viewing in the world.
Ngulia Sanctuary; This home is where the growing population of endangered black rhino are inching from certain extinction forced upon them by rampant poaching in the 1960s.
Lake Jipe, located astride Kenya and Tanzania border and is teeming with water life, bird watching which is the major activity done around the lake.
First world war site -East African Campaign- which was fought in the ‘’bundu’’ bush – the barely adventured wilderness of thorny scrub and dense forest of Tsavo west.
Activities in Tsavo West National Park; Game viewing, Cave exploration and underwater hippos and fish watching.
Where to stay?
Tsavo West National Park boosts with comfortable lodges and campsite with perfect amenities that suites your stay, ranges from Luxury, Mid-range and Budget including; Ngulia safari lodge, Kilaguni safari serena lodge, Kitani Severin safari camp-lodge, Finch Hatton’s Tented Lodge, Voyager safari camp, Kamboyo Campsite, Chyulu, Lake Jipe, Royal little, Kudu, Kenge campsite, Palm tree, Professional campsite among others.
Mount Kenya National Park
Mount Kenya refers as the second tallest mountain in Africa with the highest peak that rises 5,199 meters and scenery inhabited around is breath taking. The park is pristine wilderness with lakes, tarns, glaciers, dense forest, mineral springs and a selection of rare and endangered species of animals, high altitude adapted plains game and beautiful montane and alpine vegetation. During your safari here, can enjoy mountain climbing, camping and caving with the mountain’s rugged glacier -clad peaks offering the excellent backdrop.
The park features;
Wildlife includes; Elephants, tree hyrax, white tailed mongoose, suni, mole rat, bushbucks, water buck, bushbucks and Elands. Animals seen includes; leopard, bongo, giant forest hog.
Birds; there over 130 bird species have been recorded.
Important information for visitors/ Rules to the visitors;
All visitors should enter the park with a qualified and certified guide. Note, guides and potters must have identification cards issued by the park management.
Disposable plastic water bottles are not permitted in the park.
Guides and potters are not permitted to carry luggage that exceeds weight of 25KG.Visitors’s luggage must be weighed at the gate on entry
All visitors are required to check in and out of the park; it is done by recording personal information in the entry and exit books.
Attraction in Mount Kenya National Park
Pristine wilderness, lakes, tarn, glaciers and peaks of great beauty, geological diverse, mineral springs, rare and endangered species of animals, high altitude adapted plans game, forest, unique montane and alpine vegetation with 11 species of endemic plants.
Activities to do in Mount Kenya NP; Camping, Cave exploration, Mountain climbing and Game viewing.
Accommodations in Mount Kenya NP
There is no worry from where to stay on your safari to Mount Kenya -the park ranges with excellent lodges and campsites including; Kinondoni campsite, Road head, Mintos Hut &Campsite, Narumoru Gate Campsite, Met station campsite, Mackinder’s campsite, Austrian Hut campsite, Sirimon Gate, Judmaier, Shipton, Solo, Major campsite many more.
Getting there;
By road; From Nairobi to the park takes 175 kilometers – it can be accessed on Nanyuki-Isiolo road via Sirimon Track or Nyeri -Nanyuki road close Naro Moru. Mount Kenya park can also be accessed via Chogoria on the Embu-Meru Road, covering 150kilomters north of Nairobi.
Mountain climbing routes – without an official gate include;
Kamweti
Marania
Burguret
Themwe
Airstrips; The park’s closest commercial airstrip is Nanyuki.
