Kenya National Parks – Kenya Wildlife Safaris
About 8% of the Kenya’s land mass is protected area for wildlife conservation known as Kenya National Parks. Protected areas are gazetted landscapes/seascapes that have been surveyed, demarcated and gazetted either as Kenya National Parks and/or Kenya National Reserves. In Kenya, protected areas embrace various types of ecosystems namely: forests, wetlands, savannah, marine, arid and semi-arid zones.
The protected areas comprise 23 terrestrial Kenya National Parks, 28 terrestrial National Reserves, 4 marine National Parks, 6 marine National Reserves and 4 national sanctuaries. In addition, KWS manages over a hundred field stations/ outposts outside the protected areas. As noted above-protected areas in Kenya are categorized either as parks or reserves.
The distinction between the two categories is: in parks, there is complete protection of natural resources and the only activities allowed are tourism and research. On the other hand in reserves, human activities are allowed under specific conditions. These activities are for instance fishing in marine reserves or firewood collection in terrestrial reserves. it is worth mentioning that a lot of Kenya’s wildlife lives outside Protected Areas.
This is because most of the protected areas are not fully fenced, and hence wildlife moves freely in and out of these areas in search of pasture and water during certain periods within the year. When they move out of the protected areas causing human-wildlife conflict. This, therefore, requires that KWS embraces a strategic partnership with communities living near and in wildlife areas.
Most Visited Kenya National Parks / Where to go for Wildlife Safaris in Kenya?

Maasai Mara National Reserve: Masai Mara is the most famous and most visited reserve in Kenya. Since it is protected as a reserve and not as a national park, Masai Mara is not managed by Kenya Wildlife Service but by the local authorities, namely District Councils. The protection of this area, among other factors, favoured re-population of the territory by the Maasai tribes, who by virtue of the reserve status were put in charge of the reserve’s management through the District Councils

Amboseli National Reserve Kenya: Amboseli lies immediately North West of Mt. Kilimanjaro, on the border with Tanzania. Amboseli was established as a reserve in 1968 and gazetted as a National Park in 1974. The Park covers 392 kms and forms part of the much larger 3,000 Kms Amboseli ecosystem. Large concentrations of wildlife occur here in the dry season, making Amboseli a popular tourist destination

Samburu National Reserve Kenya: Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba are the most remote and inaccessible among the popular reserves located in Northern Kenya along the banks of the Ewaso Ngiro river. Shaba, the less visited of the three, is also the largest, with a total extension of 239 km. Samburu and Buffalo Springs are similar in surface area, 165 km and 128 km respectively. The area has been traditionally inhabited by the Samburu people, a nomad paranilotic tribe closely related to the Maasai

Lake Nakuru National Park: Lake Nakuru is a very strong alkaline lake 62 kms in extent. Since its gazetting in 1968 as a national park, both authorities and conservation organisations have kept on winning the battle to private property and human settlings, further broadening the park limits in 1968 and 1974 to its current extension of 188 kms. The park is easily accessible, since Nakuru is the fourth city in the country and the headtown of the Rift Valley. The park covers the lake and a land strip around the northern

Aberdare National Park: Created in 1950, Aberdare National Park is located in the Central Highlands. The landscape is made by the moorland, peaks and forest of the Kinangop Plateau in the South and the Salient rain forest in the East.

Mount Kenya National Park: Mt. Kenya is an imposing extinct volcano dominating the landscape of the Kenyan Central Highlands, east of the Rift. Mt. Kenya lies about 140 km North, North-East of Nairobi with its Northern flanks across the Equator.
Kenya Wildlife Safari Adventures
Being home to Walt Disney’s “Lion King”, it would be a shame not to spend at least a few days going on a Kenya safari here. There are so many game parks throughout this beautiful country; with each one having its own landscape, flora, and fauna.
Seeing the big 5 is an attraction for many visitors, which means; lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and rhinos. In addition to the big 5, you’ll be sure to see an incredible variety of wildlife roaming freely through the open savannah.
There are too many animals to mention here, but you’ll be sure to see many species of gazelles and antelopes, zebras, and different types of wild cats including cheetahs, mongooses, monkeys, bat-eared foxes, warthogs, hyenas, hippos, crocodiles, crested cranes and the extraordinary sight of lakes, literally pink with huge numbers of flamingoes.
Great Wildebeest Migration
One of the most amazing wildlife spectacles in the world is the annual wildebeest migration which happens in the Masai Mara game reserve. Literally, millions of these ungainly creatures attempt to cross the Mara River and escape the snapping jaws of hungry crocodiles. The sight and sound of this incredible event are ones that will last with you for a lifetime.

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How to reach Kenya for Safari by air
There are many international airlines reaching Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. The major airlines that fly to Nairobi from Europe include British Airways (London), KLM (Amsterdam), SN Brussels Airlines (Brussels), and Swiss/Cross air. From the USA, a connecting flight must be taken. Other international airlines that fly to Nairobi include El Al, Egypt airways, South African Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, Air Malawi, Air Zimbabwe, and Qantas. Only a couple of German airlines fly direct from Europe to Moi International Airport in Mombasa, from Munich (LTU) or Frankfurt (Condor).
Best Travel Period
The best time of the year to safari in Kenya is the boreal summer, from July to September. A second choice is the bore al winter from January to February. There are two rainy seasons, the “long rains” from March to June and the “short rains” from October to December. Seasonal rains condition both road communications and some cyclic wildlife movements. Wildlife is more abundant in Masai Mara during the boreal summer.
Luggage
We shall advise you to travel light as most of the trip will be on the Kenya safari vehicles. Remember your hand bag for the trekking.
Documents and Visa entry fees
Visas to Kenya can be obtained directly on entry and costs $50 for 90 days. The passport must be valid for at least six months starting from the date of entry.
Health requirements
It is advisable to have the vaccinations against yellow fever, hepatitis, typhus and tetanus. Risk of malaria is very reduced in Nairobi and the Highlands above 2,000 m, whereas the risk rises in the Indian Ocean coast. The malignant type of the illness, produced by Plasmodium falciparum, is the most frequent in Kenya. The usual prophylaxis consists of a combination of chloroquine and proguanyl, or otherwise drugs that combine the two compounds. Prophylaxis with mefloquine (Lariam) is specially recommended for high risk areas, given the presence of strains resistant to chlorine and Sulphadoxine – Pyrimetamine.