Kenya Tours & Safaris

A cool mountain range of bamboo, moorland and tumbling waterfalls. Famous tree lodges let you watch elephant, buffalo and the rare bongo at floodlit waterholes overnight.

Iconic vista of tuskers walking with the roof of Africa behind them. Compact park, superb photography.

Rolling volcanic hills between Tsavo and Amboseli, cloaked in green grass and cloud forest, with the vast Leviathan lava caves and clear Kilimanjaro views.

A long stretch of powder-white sand and warm turquoise water south of Mombasa, backed by palms and coral reef. Kitesurfing, diving, dhow cruises and colobus monkeys in the coastal forest.

Two beloved Nairobi conservation stops: hand-feed endangered Rothschild giraffe from a raised platform, then watch orphaned elephant calves at their milk feed and mud bath.

One of the few Kenyan parks you can explore on foot or by bicycle. Towering red cliffs, Fischer's Tower, a steamy gorge and geothermal springs beneath the Rift Valley escarpment.

A remnant of the great Guineo-Congolian rainforest that once spanned Africa. Rare birds, seven primate species, butterflies, snakes and giant hardwood trees on well-marked trails.

Kenya's lakeside city on Winam Gulf, known for hippo boat trips at Dunga, impala sanctuary walks, fresh tilapia and spectacular sunsets over Lake Victoria.

A dramatic soda lake below the Siracho escarpment where geysers and boiling springs steam along the shore and lesser flamingos gather in huge numbers.

A freshwater Rift Valley lake fringed by yellow fever trees and papyrus. Boat rides among hippos and fish eagles, and a short walk-safari on Crescent Island.

A shallow alkaline lake ringed by acacia forest and cliffs, Lake Nakuru is a rhino sanctuary and one of the best places in Kenya for flamingos, pelicans, Rothschild giraffe and tree-climbing lions.

The world's largest desert lake, a startling jade expanse fringed by black lava and volcanic islands. Cradle of Mankind fossil sites and Turkana, El Molo and Samburu cultures.

A UNESCO World Heritage site and the oldest continuously inhabited Swahili settlement in East Africa. Coral stone houses, carved doors, donkeys instead of cars and dhows on the channel.

Endless rolling grasslands, the wildebeest migration from July to October, and the highest big-cat density in Africa.

A mist-covered volcanic mountain of forest and crater lakes rising from the searing Chalbi Desert, with big-tusked elephants, camel caravans and rich northern cultures.

Lush, remote and beautifully watered, Meru is where Elsa the lioness of Born Free was raised. Fourteen rivers, doum palms and a rhino sanctuary make it a rewarding off-grid safari.

Kenya's coastal capital, where a 16th-century Portuguese fortress guards a maze of Swahili, Arab and Indian streets full of spice shops, balconies and carved doors.

A glacier-capped equatorial mountain rising above bamboo forest and alpine moorland. Trek the Sirimon, Naro Moru or Chogoria routes to Point Lenana, or explore the foothills and tarns.

A dormant stratovolcano with a forested crater and a rim trail offering some of the best Rift Valley views in Kenya. A steep but manageable half-day climb from Naivasha.

The world's only national park inside a capital city. Lions, rhinos, buffalo and giraffe roam open grassland with Nairobi's towers on the horizon — an easy half-day safari.

A leading conservancy on the Laikipia plains with the largest black rhino population in East Africa, the last two northern white rhinos, and a chimpanzee sanctuary.

Semi-arid country along the Ewaso Nyiro river, home to species found nowhere else in Kenya's south: Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, beisa oryx and Somali ostrich.

Green hills of forest and grassland just inland from Diani, holding Kenya's only sable antelope population, elephants, and the pretty Sheldrick Falls.

Tsavo is Kenya's largest protected area, split into Tsavo East's vast open plains and Tsavo West's volcanic hills and springs. Famous for red-dust elephants, the Yatta Plateau, Mzima Springs and Lugard Falls.

Protected marine parks with shallow coral gardens, turtle nesting beaches and mangrove creeks, alongside the historic Italian-flavoured town of Malindi and Gede ruins.