| h1> | | | | watching the animals. Although Kenya enjoys a |
| A safari vacation in Kenya is undoubtedly an | | | | tropical climate towards the coast, and a more |
| African holiday never to forget. A vacation or | | | | arid climate further inland towards the rising |
| safari in Africa, particularly in Kenya, remains one | | | | highlands and plains, it does experience two rainy |
| of the most popular and memorable experiences | | | | seasons. The longest of these takes place |
| one can ever possibly undertake.Although the | | | | between April and June, with most of the rain |
| majority of your memories of Kenya will be | | | | tending to fall during the afternoons. Between |
| animal related, there is much to enjoy and to | | | | October and December there can be a slightly |
| appreciate that is not in wild and arid plains of the | | | | shorter rainy season. |
| highlands. A safari vacation in Kenya is | | | | The best months for a safari vacation in Kenya |
| undoubtedly an African holiday never to forget. A | | | | can be between June and September, as it is |
| vacation or safari in Africa, particularly in Kenya, | | | | during this period that the annual animal migration |
| remains one of the most popular and memorable | | | | takes place, with hundreds of thousands of blue |
| experiences one can ever possibly undertake. It is | | | | wildebeest journeying across the plains. This is |
| more than simply a vacation — it is an | | | | often captured by film crews who travel here |
| exploration of the origins of Man, and an | | | | especially for this remarkable footage. Imagine |
| appreciation of some of the glorious and iconic | | | | being there, yourself, with a guide to take you to |
| animals in the world, within their true habitat. From | | | | the best locations where you can watch one of |
| lions and leopards to elephants and wildebeest, a | | | | the most incredible and awe inspiring natural |
| Kenyan safari is the ultimate in exotic | | | | events taking place before your very eyes. |
| experiences, and will create tales and memories | | | | Africa is a vast continent, accounting for a fifth of |
| to share and enjoy for the rest of your life. | | | | the entire land mass of the Earth, and Kenya |
| Although the majority of your memories of | | | | itself occupies well over half a million square |
| Kenya will be animal related, there is much to | | | | kilometers. Because of the sheer scale, it is easy |
| enjoy and to appreciate that is not in wild and arid | | | | to forget, as you look out through the crisp white |
| plains of the highlands. Indeed, you would be well | | | | curtains at your window towards the peaks in the |
| advised to spend at least a day or two in Nairobi, | | | | distance, that the tallest of those peaks is |
| the capital city of Kenya. If you have ever read | | | | Kilimanjaro itself, the highest peak in Africa, the |
| Karen Blixen’s famous book, Out of | | | | top of which is almost 20,000 feet above sea |
| Africa’, you will enjoy visiting her house | | | | level. |
| here, built in 1912, and exploring many of the | | | | It’s unlikely that, on even a luxury holiday |
| scenes and locations described in the book, and | | | | in Kenya, you’ll wish to scramble up the |
| the subsequent film adaptation of course. | | | | mountain, since its beauty can be appreciated |
| Also in Nairobi you will find a number of animal | | | | from all around, but should you be interested, |
| sanctuaries, such as the one for elephants, and | | | | Kilimanjaro offers every possible climate on earth, |
| the one for giraffes. Seeing these animals up so | | | | from the arid dryness of the base, through tropic |
| close, and especially watching the adorable young | | | | regions, and towards the top there are |
| animals cavorting around, is a real pleasure. If you | | | | monumental glaciers and snow that lasts all year |
| are fortunate enough to have the luxury of a | | | | round. Perhaps just as astonishing is the fact that |
| good guide, they will be able to take you through | | | | there is mobile phone reception at the top |
| the city, allowing you the time to appreciate the | | | | — the highest mobile reception in the world! |
| many cultural, historical and natural wonders on | | | | If at all possible, make sure you book an |
| offer, whilst also ensuring you get to see a broad | | | | excursion to see the Great Rift Valley, 6000 |
| slice of Kenyan life. | | | | kilometers of breathtaking scenery. To make the |
| Naturally, much of your holiday here will be spent | | | | most of this, there is only one way to appreciate |
| either on safari, or at least excursions into the | | | | it fully — and that is to book a flight. Flying |
| highlands and plains to watch the animals in the | | | | across the immense trough, with a guide to help |
| wild. It will be necessary to remind yourself | | | | identify the features and aspects to you, will be |
| frequently that you are not watching a natural | | | | something you will remember for a very long |
| history program on television, but that you are | | | | time. |
| just a short distance away from the very real | | | | Whether you choose unrivaled views a full safari, |
| kings of the African plain. Watching lions, giraffes, | | | | or a holiday with safari excursions, Kenya will |
| elephants, leopards and wildebeest in their natural | | | | provide you with outstanding, and, opportunities |
| habitat, and surrounded by wild, open landscape | | | | and experiences, with all the best of Africa on |
| that stretches to the distant mountains on the | | | | hand for your pleasure. Always remember to look |
| horizon, will require plenty of spare film in your | | | | at the stars at night — the African plains |
| camera. | | | | have a secret that will stay with you forever. A |
| Not surprisingly, many film crews and top | | | | safari vacation in Kenya is, to most, the ultimate |
| naturalists come here, although it’s well | | | | in adventure vacations: an African holiday never |
| worth knowing when the best seasons are for | | | | to forget. |