Information on Aberdares National Park in Kenya.

1. General Information. The colonialists recognized the Aberdares as fertile grounds for the growth of coffee, tea, wheat and flowers who ultimately had no regard for the local population. As such the infamous Mau Mau leader and freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi had his headquarters in the thick forest of the Aberdare mountain range. The Aberdare National park forms part of the mountain ranges, which peak at a height of 4000m above sea level. The Aberdares are part of Kenya's well-known mountains.

Information on Samburu National Park in Kenya.

1. General Information. Samburu forms part of a large complex of National Reserve consisting of the former, Buffalo Springs and Shaba game reserves. The Ewaso Nyiro River flows in Samburu national reserve and is the lifeblood of the animals and the reserve. It is also a central feature of the landscape. Situated in the northern province of Kenya, this game reserve is semiarid and home to a myriad of animals.

ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK.  

TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK.  
This is a large park south east of Lake Manyara along the course of the Tarangire River and the swamplands and floodplains which field it from the east. The park fills with herds of zebra, Lions, wildebeest, kongoni, eland, lesser kudu, buffalo, giraffe, waterbuck, elephant, leopard and rhino.  

SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

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LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK (THE PINK LAKE). This is a 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 flamingoes (greater and lesser flamingoes)  and pelicans, birds of prey like vulture, eagle and such animals as waterbuck and black  and white rhino, buffalo, reedbuck, gazelle, leopard, hyrax, hippos, velvet-monkey, Rothschild giraffe and baboon.

Information on Mt Kenya National Park in Kenya.

1. General Information. Mount Kenya national park opened in December 1949, is located about 175kms from Nairobi city. It covering an extensive area of 715 sq kms at an altitude of between 11,000 and 17,058 ft. Mount Kenya, Africa's second highest mountain rises to 5199m. The 3200m mark upwards forms part of the national park. Surrounding the park is Mt Kenya national reserve covering an area of approximately 2095 sq kms. This park is unique for its diverse habitats.

This is a 392 sq. km park with a spectacular background of Africa'shighest peak; Mount Kilimanjaro which broods on the southern end of the park. Animals are easy to spot in this park and you stand the best chance of seeing most big games. Amboseli has a large concentration of elephant and such other game as lion, Buffalo, gazelle, cheetah, wildebeest, hyena, jackal, monkey, Masai giraffe, zebra and baboon. Animals are seen on much of the route to the park, which crosses archer plains where Masai tribes people tend their cattle in an age-old tradition.

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 - Mara ecosystem 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.