Kenya Safari Destinations & Parks
The Maasai Mara and the great migration, elephants beneath Kilimanjaro at Amboseli, Rift Valley adventures and highland peaks — a guide to Kenya's best national parks and reserves.
Kenya is the classic safari country — the Maasai Mara's plains and river crossings, Amboseli's elephants below Kilimanjaro, the dry-north Samburu ecosystem, and Rift Valley hikes and highland peaks for something more active. Here's where to focus your trip.
Kenya's national parks & reserves
Tap any destination for the full guide — highlights, best time, activities and access.
Maasai Mara
Big Five, the wildebeest migration, balloon rides and superb open-plains game viewing.
Amboseli
Great elephant herds framed by the snows of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Aberdare
Forested highlands with waterfalls, tree-hotels and rare montane wildlife.
Hell's Gate
Cycle, walk and rock-climb among gorges and towers near Lake Naivasha.
Buffalo Springs
Samburu "Special Five" and Ewaso Nyiro River wildlife in the dry north.
Mount Kenya
Africa's second-highest peak — hiking, climbing and highland wildlife.
Mount Longonot
A rewarding half-day crater hike above the Rift Valley floor.
Sibiloi
The "Cradle of Mankind" on remote Lake Turkana, rich in fossils and history.
Nairobi
City-edge park with rhinos, lions and giraffe against the capital's skyline.
Ol Pejeta
Home to the last northern white rhinos, a chimp sanctuary and the Big Five.
Tsavo East
Vast red-earth wilderness with dust-red elephants along the Galana River.
Tsavo West
Volcanic scenery, the crystal Mzima Springs and the Shetani lava flows.
Lake Naivasha
A freshwater Rift Valley lake with boat trips and walking safaris on Crescent Island.
Lake Nakuru
A rhino sanctuary and flamingo-fringed soda lake ringed by wooded escarpments.
Samburu
Arid-north reserve famed for the "Special Five" along the Ewaso Nyiro River.
Planned & guided by our team
Your Kenya safari is arranged by the same locally based East Africa team behind our Uganda and Rwanda trips — private vehicles, expert guides and support from arrival to departure.
Plan a Kenya safari
The Mara and the migration, Amboseli's elephants, the Samburu north or a Rift Valley adventure — tell us your plans and we'll build a private route around them.