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LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
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Lake Nakuru is a very shallow strongly alkaline lake 62 km2 in extent. It is set in a picturesque landscape of surrounding woodland and grassland next to Nakuru town. The landscape includes areas of marsh and grasslands alternating with rocky cliffs and outcrops, stretches of acacia woodland and rocky hillsides covered with a Euphorbia forest on the eastern perimeter. The park covers an area of 188 Km2.
» Major attractions
Flamingo (Greater and Lesser) and other water birds including a variety of terrestrial birds numbering about 450 species in total.
Mammals: 56 different species including white rhinos and the elusive leopards.
View-points: Lion hill, Baboon cliff and Out of Africa
Waterfalls: Makalia
Unique vegetation: About 550 different plant species including the unique and biggest euphorbia forest in Africa, Picturesque landscape and yellow acacia woodlands. |
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SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE
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Samburu National Reserve is located north of Nairobi, and was established in the 1970's. Samburu National Reserve is adjacent to the Buffalo Springs National Reserve. Samburu Reserve is 105 Km2 in size; Temperature during the day is refreshingly hot, especially if you had a rough winter in your home country, but tends to cool during the night.
Samburu National Reserve is very peaceful, and attracts animals because of River Uaaso Nyiro (meaning "brown water" and pronounced U-aa-so-Nyee-ro) that runs through it and the mixture of acacia, riverine forest, thorn trees and grass vegetation. The Uaaso Nyiro flows from the Kenyan highlands, and completes down stream at the famous Lorian Swamp.
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There is a wide variety of animal and bird life seen at Samburu National Reserve. Animals commonly seen are elephants, lions, cheetahs, grevy's zebras, unusual reticulated giraffes, long necked gerenuks, buffalos, Beisa Oryx, grants gazelles, dikdiks and waterbucks. Unfortunately, all the rhino population was eliminated here because of heavy poaching. There are over 350 varieties of birds. These include the famous Somali Ostriches (distinguished by their unique purple/blue legs during mating season), kingfishers,
humming birds, eagles, guinea fowls and vultures.
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AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
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 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 km2, and forms part of the much larger 3,000 Km2 Amboseli ecosystem. Large concentrations of wildlife,
especially elephants, occur here in the dry season, making Amboseli a popular tourist destination..
The climate is mainly hot and dry. Amboseli is in the rain shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The maximum average temperature of the warmest month is 33°C during the day, while that of the coldest is 27-28°C.
» MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Meru, Observation Hill which allows an overall view of the whole park especially the swamps and elephants, Contemporary Maasai culture and indigenous lifestyle
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TSAVO WEST NATIONAL PARK
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 Tsavo West National Park covers 7065 km2, approximately 30% of Kenya's area under parks, and contains a diversity of habitats, wildlife and a mountainous scenic landscape.
There are numerous rocky outcrops and ridges and part of the park, towards the Chyulu Hills, is of recent volcanic origin with lava flows and ash cones including the Shetani lava flow. In the south western corner on the Kenya Tanzania border is Lake Jipe, part of which is in the park. This lake is fed by runoff from Mt. Kilimanjaro and the North Pare mountains.
At Mzima Springs, in the North of the park, water that has filtered underground from the Chyulu Hills gushes from below a lava ridge into a series of clear pools. Temperature ranges from 20 - 30ºC and rainfall from 200mm - 700mm.
» MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
Recent volcanoes, lava flows and caves with potential for geological and cave exploration, and hiking. Mzima Springs & underwater hippo watching, Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary, Lake Jipe, Mt. Kilimanjaro, elephant, rhino, diverse bird and plant species.
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The Masai Mara National Reserve, which lies South West of Nairobi, is slightly over 1500 Km2. This reserve is one of the most famous game reserves in the world and has been names one of the Seven Wonders of the World in a poll of experts conducted by ABC Television’s Good Morning America Show. The reserve is covered in grassland, bushes,
thickets and patches of dense forest. The reserve is separate from the vast Serengeti
National Park of Tanzania by the Kenya/Tanzania border. But the animals do not know the boundaries and large numbers of them such as wildebeests, zebras and gazelles migrate to and fro at certain seasons of the year. 
