MASAI
MARA GAME RESERVE
LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL
PARK (THE PINK LAKE)
LAKE NAIVASHA
LAKE ELEMENTAITA
LAKE BOGORIA
LAKE BARINGO
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MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
Virtually everyone who visits
Kenya goes to this 320-sq. km. of open grassland dotted with flat-topped
acacia trees. A visit to Mara is truly a staggering one, and which
is likely to have a profound effect on your own feeling of insignificance.
This is the Kenyan section of the Serengeti and animals are in
abundant. All year round, the Masai Mara, a living tapestry of
grassy savanna, spreading thorn trees, rounded hills and tall
gallery forests with its abundant wild life draw hundreds of thousands
of photographers and visitors from all over the world. The Mara
is home to millions of wild game such as wildebeest and gazelle
among others and are continuously tracked by Africa's great predators.
The annual migration of these animals is one of the most inspiring
sights on earth, and this is the dramatic life and death struggle
that tourists come to see. Other animals seen are lion, elephant,
cheeter, leopard, zebra, antelope, impala, Thomson gazelle, topi,
giraffe, baboon, jackal, warthog, rhino and hyena.
A visit to the Masai village, located inside the reserve. This
is a cultural village of the Masai tribe's people and it is an
ideal place to take video pictures, buy trinkets and beadwork.
Ballooning Safaris, Hot-air
ballooning at dawn as you drift quietly, is the best way of viewing
the savanna plains and the animals without the intrusion of vehicles
and the dozens of tourists.
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THE RIFT VALLEY LAKES
LAKE
NAKURU NATIONAL PARK (THE PINK LAKE)
This is 200-sq. km shallow Soda Lake lying in the volcanic strewn
Rift Valley and is one of a chain of lakes stretching the length
of Kenya from Tanzania to Ethiopia. It is world's greatest bird
spectacle with millions of pink flamingos and pelicans, birds
of prey like vulture, eagle and such animals as waterbuck and
black rhino, buffalo, Reedbuck, gazelle, leopard, hyrax, hippos,
velvet-monkey, Rothschild giraffe and baboon. This is an ideal
place for ornithologists and photographers.
LAKE
NAIVASHA
This is one of the Rift Valley's fresh water lakes with different
ecology from that of the soda lakes. It is also home to a large
variety of bird species. Main activities are fishing (both sport
and commercial fishing). The Crater Lake found here is magnificent
with lush green vegetation at the bottom of a beautiful volcanic
crater. HELL'S GATE Located in Naivasha area, is one of the lowland
parks on the country which you can walk through. The looming cliffs
and the Hell's Gate gorge itself are spectacular and home to a
variety of birds and such animals as zebra, baboons, Thomson gazelle,
antelope, cheeter, and leopard. Another main attraction is the
Fischer's Tower 25-m high calcium of volcanic rock. The Olkaria
Geothermal power station, which uses one of the hottest sources
of energy in the world, is also a spectacular site, with plumes
of steam rising into the air
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LAKE
ELEMENTAITA
This is a shallow soda lake in the Rift Valley with ecology similar
to that of Lake Nakuru. It is home to a large variety of birds
such as flamingos.
LAKE
BOGORIA
This is a shallow lake found in the Rift Valley, covering an area
of 30 square kilometer, with a depth of 9 meters and home to flamingos.
Other attractions are the HOT SPRINGS and GEYSERS (with the Hot
Springs boiling hot), gazelles, greater kudu, and impala. The
sheer face of the northeastern ends of the Aberdare Ranges dominates
the eastern side of the lake.
LAKE
BARINGO
This is a fresh water lake in the Rift Valley, covering an area
of 170 square kilometer, with a depth of 12 meters. KAMPI YA SAMAKI
is the center of exploration in lake Baringo. This is a spectacular
and mellow place to visit particularly with the Boating trips
to the islands such as the 'Devil's island' and also with the
bird walk, together with the various water sports available to
tourists.
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Kenya Game Reserves and National Parks
