Kenya (Overview)
- The “original” safari destination with the most beautiful variety of landscapes in Africa. The lakes of the Great Rift Valley contrast with the rugged Laikipia plateau and the Masai Mara, home to the most consistently good game viewing in Africa.
- Listen to the palm trees swishing their fan-shaped leaves in the breeze, inhale the fragrant scent of frangipani, gaze at the colourful and vibrant bougainvillaea and laze on the white sandy beaches of this famous coast line. Lamu island is still unspoilt and much less busy than Zanzibar.
- Whacky designs for many amazing lodges, expensive mobile safaris, brilliant value bush camps, small islands on rift valley lakes, hotels/lodges on the coast to be chosen with care and a few private houses to rent.
- April and May generally to be avoided with the long rains omnipresent. But there are exceptions to this “rule” ( ie Lamu in April is still often perfect) and low-season rates make for some good bargains.
- Good network of light aircraft transfers, charters. Closed vehicles with roof hatches in national parks, open vehicles on private concessions. Walking, boating, riding, diving, camels, balloon safaris. Tribal interaction.
- Combines well with Tanzania.
