A Look At Ngong House

Ever heard of Karen Blixen? Well for those who haven’t, Karen Blixen was a Danish author also known under her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel. Blixen wrote works both in Danish and in English. She is best known, at least in English, for Out of Africa, her account of living in Kenya, and one of her stories, Babette’s Feast, both of which have been adapted into highly acclaimed, Academy Award-winning motion pictures. Read more

Lake Masek Tented Camp

Find exclusivity and luxury at Lake Masek Luxury Tented Lodge situated in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. This unique location is home to the Wildebeest Migration from December to April each year.

So where is Lake Masek? you ask, Lake Masek is situated at the Ndutu Plains in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, south of the Serengeti Plains. This unique location is witness to the Wildebeest Migration. There is wildlife such as lion, leopard, cheetah and elephants all year around for those who aint wildebeest funs like me. Read more

What Do You Know About Meru National Park?

Talk to most people about Kenya National parks and the masai mara comes up. But Kenya has lots of other national parks each unique in its own right.

Meru National Park is a Kenyan forest reserve located east of Meru, 350 km from Nairobi. Covering an area of 87,044 hectares,it is one the lesser known parks of Kenya. It has abundant rainfall, 635-762 mm in the west of the park and 305-356 mm in the east.The rainfall results in tall grass and lush swamps, which make it difficult to spot game. It has a wide range of wild beasts like elephant, hippopotamus, lion, leopard, cheetah, black rhinoceros and some rare antelopes. Read more

Kibale National Park

As the best safari destination for chimpanzee tracking in Africa, Kibale national park also the most accessible of Uganda’s major rainforests contains one of the loveliest and most varied tracts of tropical forest in Uganda. This is home to a host of forest wildlife, most famously 13 species of primate including chimpanzees.

These delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. Read more

Mt Elgon National Park

At the foot of Mt Elgon is about 470 km from Nairobi and has an area of 169 km sq. The National park was established in October 1967 and gazetted as a national park in April 1968.

The Mountain Elgon, is a massive solitary volcanic mountain on the border of eastern Uganda and western Kenya. Its vast form, eighty kilometres in diameter, rises 3070m above the surrounding plains, providing welcome relief in more than one sense of the word and making it the second highest mountain in Kenya. Read more

Kakamega Forest

Western Kenya borders Rift Valley and Nyanza with Kakamega town being  the provincial headquaters of the region which is home to the abaluyia community.

In Shinyalu Division of Kakamega District, is a world famous equatorial rainforest known for its diversity of bird and insect life. Its uniqueness has made consevation its top priority. Step into the Kakamega forest and you definetly get the feeling that you are in an African Amazon.

This rainforest the only on of its kind in Kenya covers an area of 240 square kilometers and has more than 380 different types of plants and 400 species of butterfly, many of which can only be found here. Read more

Great Places In Africa To Ask Her To Marry Me

So you’re in love and ready to propose.

But you’re the sort of person who likes doing things a little differently. Sure, you still want romance and an unforgettable experience - so where to?

Come to Africa: you won’t be disappointed by the variety of amazing places in which to pop The Question. Read more

Laikipia Plateau

Made famous by Kuki Gallman’s ‘I Dreamed of Africa’, the Laikipia Plateau is located in central Kenya and sweeps from Mount Kenya, all the way east, to the rim of the Great Rift Valley. Originally, the area consisted mainly of cattle ranches and farms, but the economic viability of wildlife tourism soon came to light amongst locals. Consequently, farmers, ranchers and local tribesman partnered up in the 1990’s to establish a wildlife conservation area that now stretches over 800,000 hectares of savannah. Presently, several of the biggest ranches operate as private game reserves - some of which are among the most luxurious in Africa. Read more

Facts That Influence Visits To Serengeti

One of the best known wildlife sanctuaries of the world, Serengeti National Park attracts approximately 150,000 visitors a year. In addition to this, there are millions who only dream of coming here even once in their life. Serengeti’s main attraction are its wild animals, which roam in the vast East African grassland settings created by grass plains, savanna woodland, and volcanic massifs. The lions, rhinos, leopards, monkeys, elephants, and dozens of other fascinating animal species of the park also get to enjoy small rivers and swamp areas, which also give them vital water resources. Read more

Mount Elgon National Park

The boundary of Mount Elgon National Park in Kenya is at 2,200m above sea level, and things just get higher from there. The free-standing Mount Elgon is the dominant feature of this landscape for miles around.

The mountain’s true peak - Wagagai (4,321m) is located outside Mount Elgon National Park, in Uganda. But Koitoboss Peak is located in the park, and it’s flat and located at 4,155m, though the highest peak in Kenya is nearby Sudek at 4,310m. Another notable feature of the park are the cliffs of Endebess Bluff at 2,563m. Read more

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