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The Mara is regarded as Kenya’s finest wildlife park. It is certainly the most famous and the most visited. It offers breathtaking scenery and prolific wildlife. The gentle rolling grasslands seem to teem with animals in every direction. This is particularly true when the migrating herds of wildebeest arrive, usually between July and October. Even when the vast herds have left, the park supports a year-round population of lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo and zebra while the rivers are home to hippos and crocodiles.
Amboseli means “place of water” in Masai and although the park appears to be dry and dusty, numerous underground streams feed two clear-water springs in the heart of the park. The park is dominated by the snow-capped Mt. Kilimanjaro and is an important homeland for the Masai. Wildlife is plentiful and elephant, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, buffalo, rhino, lion, leopard and antelope may be seen.
The reserve lies 200 miles north of Nairobi in the lands of the Samburu people. The rugged hills and undulating plains are home to a wide variety of animals including elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena and species that are found only north of the equator, including Grevy’s zebra, Beisa onyx and reticulated giraffe.
The park lies 150 miles from Nairobi, just off the main Nairobi/Mombasa road. The area is scenically attractive with landscapes ranging from mountains, river forests and lakes to wooded grasslands. Wildlife is plentiful and includes all the major big game. Bird life is also prolific with over 600 species identified. Fed by underground streams, the Mazima Springs are a major attraction, both for wildlife and tourists.
Lake Nakuru National Park was created to protect its stunning flocks of lesser flamingo, which literally turn its shores pink. The park spans an attractive range of wooded and bush grassland around the lake offering wide ecological diversity, from lake water, woodland to the rocky escarpments and ridges. Notable game within the lake includes hippo and clawless otters. On the shores roam waterbuck, Bohor's Reedbuck and zebra. The woodlands and forest are now home to both black and white rhino.
Mt. Kenya National Park is located to the east of the Great Rift Valley, about 175km North-East of Nairobi. The ecosystem lies in Central and Eastern provinces of Kenya. At 5,199m the mountain is the second highest peak in Africa. The park is a pristine wilderness, home to rare and endangered species of animals.
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