| For many travelers, a safari is the main reason | | | | center. |
| for visiting Kenya. Safaris are typically done in one | | | | The Big Five |
| the Kenya wildlife resorts. This presents many | | | | Many tourists are very eager to see all of the Big |
| travelers with a difficult questions: "Which national | | | | Five: rhinos, lions, leopards, elephants and |
| park is best suited for my interests?" This article | | | | buffaloes. Then your logical choice would be Masai |
| gives some tips and ideas. | | | | Mara National Reserve, which is Kenya's most |
| An important choice is between beautiful scenery | | | | popular park. This is also where the annual |
| or animal viewing. Because animals tend to hide in | | | | Wildebeest Migration takes place. Masai Mara is |
| the bush, parks with a lot of open plains give | | | | also relatively close to Nairobi, where most |
| much more chances of seeing all big animals. This | | | | tourists fly in. |
| goes for example for Masai Mara and Tsavo East. | | | | The disadvantage is that, together with Amboseli, |
| Parks with a huge and vibrant flora, such as | | | | this park is crowded with tourists during the high |
| Aberdare and Meru National Park, are less suitable | | | | seasons (July-August and December-January). |
| for animal viewing. | | | | You'll probably end with a lot of |
| Limit Your Traveling Time | | | | lions-in-front-of-a-jeep photo's. |
| Another thing to look out of, is traveling time. | | | | Walking And Trekking |
| Kenyan roads are often very bad, and it can take | | | | Aberdare and Mount Elgon National Park are great |
| whole days to get from one Kenya wildlife resort | | | | for walking and trekking. Mount Elgon is Kenya's |
| to the next. If you want to include more wildlife | | | | second biggest mountain, but as most trekkers |
| resorts in your safari itinerary, as many travelers | | | | are more interested in claiming that they've |
| do, then you have to inquire with your tour | | | | climbed the biggest mountain (Mount Kenya) only |
| operator, or you'll spend your valuable safari time | | | | few people come here. It's a great option if you |
| being being totally shaken at 15 miles per hour. | | | | like to have a whole park practically to yourself. If |
| Many tourists fly in through Nairobi and want to | | | | that's important to you, also consider little visited |
| combine a safari tour with a stay at one of | | | | wildlife resorts as Saiwa Swamp National Park. It's |
| Kenya's beautiful white sand beaches at the Indian | | | | small and not very quick to reach, but beautiful |
| Ocean. In that case, a safari in Tsavo East of | | | | and tranquil. |
| Tsavo West is a good option, as most safari | | | | Many visitors also come to Kenya for it's huge |
| companies in Nairobi offer the possibility to end | | | | bird variety. Bird watching can be done best in |
| the safari in Mombasa, Kenya's second city at the | | | | Mount Elgon National Park, Lake Nakuru or |
| coast. From there, many of the best beach | | | | Samburu. In Lake Nakuru, you'll also get to see |
| resorts can be reached in an hour or two. | | | | the huge pink flamingo population, although due to |
| If you have little time, then Nairobi National Park is | | | | quick changes between droughts and heavy rains, |
| clearly the best. This is one of the few full-blown | | | | there's can be huge changes in the number of |
| wildlife resorts on the planet which lies just outside | | | | flamingos present. |
| a world capital. Nairobi National Park has all the | | | | All in all, there's a Kenya wildlife resort for every |
| features of a real Kenya wildlife resorts, and an | | | | taste and interest. But it's wise to prepare |
| impressive variety in animals. Yet it can be | | | | yourself well, so you'll not end up regretting the |
| reached with a 30-minute taxi ride from the city | | | | choice you've made. |