Katavi National Park

Location: Katavi  is the 3rd largest park (4,471 sq km 1,727 sq miles), located in southwest of Tanzania east of Lake Tanganyika; within a truncated arm of the Rift Valley that terminates in the shallow, brooding expanse of Lake Rukwa. The headquarters is at Sitalike located at 40km (25 miles) south of Mpanda town. Main features: It is one of ...

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Kitulo Plateau National Park

Proposed Kitulo Plateau National Park Kitulo National Park covers 412.9 sq km (159 sq miles). Locals refer to the Kitulo Plateau as Bustani ya Mungu – The Garden of God – while botanists have dubbed it the Serengeti of Flowers, host to ‘one of the great floral spectacles of the world’. Kitulo is indeed a rare botanical marvel, home to a full ...

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WESTERN CIRCUIT AND NEW TOURIST DESTINATIONS

WESTERN CIRCUIT Attractions around Mwanza include a short boat excursion to Saa Nane Island (literally “eight o’clock island”) which has a large variety of reptiles and small game: a visit to the scruffy beach resorts on Ukerewe Island: and a visit to the Sukuma Museum (15km out of Mwanza on the Musoma road) where there is a spectacular drum collection. ...

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Zanzibar Island, A Tourist Paradise

Zanzibar is the largest and well knows as a Tourist Paradise or commonly the Spice Islands. Its very name conjures up images of doors and chests, narrow streets, coral reefs and faces from the four corners of the Indian Ocean. It has been rightly called the feel of the Equatorial sun linger seductively in the memory. Zanzibar was once a center ...

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Aberdares National Park

Altitude 7,000-14,000ft. Area 767 SQ kms. Distance from Nairobi 180 kms. Mweiga and Nyeri airstrip. Opened May 1950. Aberdares National Park is part of the Aberdares Mountain Range, a fascinating region of Kenya. Mountain ranges and peaks soar around 14000Ft, giving way to deep v shaped valleys with streams and rivers cascading over spectacular waterfalls- Ideal for landscape lovers. Game viewing is ...

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Amboseli National Reserve

Altitude 3,900-4,500ft. Area 392 sq kms, Opened April 1948 Amboseli (Meaning “Salty Dust” in Maasai) is a place of stark contrast. Amboseli National Reserve (formerly Amboseli National Park), located at the foot of Africa’s highest mountain, 5895m/19340ft Mount Kilimanjaro, is one of the most popular of Kenya’s National Parks. Amboseli National Reserve (formerly Amboseli National Park) lies some 240 kilometres ...

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Lake Nakuru National Park

Altitude 5,770ft. Area 188 SQ kms. Distance from Nairobi 157 kms Naishi Airstrip. Opened in 1968. The world famous Lake Nakuru was created as a National Park to protect its stunning flocks of lesser Flamingo. A beacon for leading ornithologists and scientists. The Park spans an attractive range of wooded and bush grassland around the lake offering wide ecological diversity ...

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Masai Mara National Park

The Masai Mara is regarded as the most favourite and is definitely the most popular game reserve in Kenya, having over 140,000 visitors per year. The reserve lies approx 270km west of Nairobi and covers an area of approximately 1,510 sq km, bordering with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. The landscaped is mostly open Savannah grasslands and acacia shrub land. Starting ...

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Mombasa Beach Holidays in Kenya

Mombasa Beach Holidays in Kenya is an exciting one because of the fact that Mombasa is an historic site. The Portuguese explorer called Vasco Da Gama landed on the shores of Mombasa, that was in 1498. The purpose of his exploration was to spread the Christian faith and to further expand Portugal’s trading area. His arrival to Mombasa was met with much ...

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Nairobi National Park

Nairobi National Park is only 20 minutes drive from the city and is ideal if you only have a stopover in the city and want to experience some of Africa’s game. Because of it’s location, there are many visitors, both tourists and residents but you are guaranteed to see an abundance of game, seemingly unaware and unafraid of humans. The elephant ...

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