Kenya & Tanzania offer a wide choice of activities both above and below the water including some of the most stunning safari parks in the world. When constructing your holiday itinerary we can include a Kenya or Tanzanian safari (or both) starting at just 2 nights. Safaris depart from Mombasa or Nairobi in Kenya and from Arusha or Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

Masai Mara National Reserve covers 1670 sq km, at between 1500 and 2100m above sea level. It's an extension of Tanzania's great Serengeti National Park and it is probably the most famous reserve in Kenya. The landscape is gently rolling grassland with the Mara river running from north to south through the park and then turns westwards to Lake Victoria. The Masai Mara offers breathtaking views, an extraordinary density of animals including the "Big Five", and many varieties of plains game.

The Masai Tribespeople of the Mara plains still cling to their traditional way of life to a great extent and it is possible to visit their villages or even to go on a walking safari with them. The Masai Mara and adjoining Loita plains form the northernmost part of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. The wildebeest population is now about 1.3 million. Together with the associated herds of 200,000 zebra and half a million Thomsons gazelle they form a vast assemblage of ungulates whose annual movement through the ecosystem is known as the great migration . The sight of hundreds of thousands of these animals moving together through the seas of grass must rank as one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on earth. The wildebeest herds congregate and stream en masse through the longer grass plains and onto the western corridor. As their food supply diminishes, the herds move into the northern Serengeti woodlands and the Masai Mara.

The first wildebeest usually arrive in the Mara in June or July and most remain there until late October. Apart from the seasonal migration, game viewing is excellent year round. Wildlife includes: elephant, black rhino, buffalo, plains zebra, hartebeest and the big cats; the rivers are home to hippo and crocodiles. Bird life, Over 500 resident and migratory species of birds are listed for the Masai Mara, a fascinating and diverse array ranging from the enormous ostrich to tiny, colorful sunbirds.

Lake Nakuru National Park is just outside Nakuru town in central Kenya and is famous for the excellent birdlife. It is about 220 sq km in size, and dominated by Lake Nakuru which is fringed by swamps and surrounded by dry savannah. The upper areas are forested and the park has been declared a black rhino sanctuary. Although the most popular reason for visiting is the wonderful sight of hundreds of thousands of flamingos coloring the lake pink. Wildlife in the park is also prolific: Hippos, Rothschild’s giraffe, black and white rhinos,buffalo,black & white colobus monkey, leopard, hyena and lion are all seen on regular basis. There are more than 450 other species of birds in the park aside of the flamingo.