While on Kenya safari expect to watch the great migration of wildebeests in Maasai Mara. Therefore, arriving from the neighboring Serengeti Plains, millions of wildebeest, antelope and zebra — and the predators that follow them — thunder through Maasai Mara National Reserve between July and October during the Great Migration. The spectacle can be viewed on game drives, airplane or hot-air balloon flights, walking or horse back safaris.
Summit Mt Kenya
Rising to just over 17,000 feet (3,800 meters), Mt Kenya is the continent’s second highest peak. But the summit trails are far less crowded than its snowy counterpart (Kilimanjaro) across the border in Tanzania.
You’ll likely have the mountain all to your own during a trek that normally spans five days from start to finish (with four overnights on the mountain).
Roam with rhinos at Lewa
One of the great success stories of African rhino conservation, Lewa Conservancy in north-central Kenya has grown its black and white rhino population from just 15 in 1984 to more than 150 today.
Through a combination of armed patrols, fencing, technology, intelligence and interaction with local communities, Lewa has virtually eliminated rhino poaching.
Watch nature’s version of “Pretty in Pink”
More than 240 bird species frequent Lake Nakuru in the Great Rift Valley. But the most photogenic are the pink flamingos that descend upon the lake in flocks that sometimes number one to two million birds.
Rhino and lion are among the other denizens of the national park that surrounds the lake. Eight campsites and upscale Lake Nakuru Lodge provides luxury accommodation along the waterfront.
Get licked by a hungry giraffe
A wooden observation platform brings you literally face-to-face with rare and endangered Rothschild’s giraffes at the AFEW Giraffe Center on the outskirts of Nairobi. Feeding them and getting licked by their long, black tongues is part of the adventure.
Time trip in Mombasa’s Old Town
Founded in the 14th century by Swahili sultans, Kenya’s big port was later a Portuguese and British colonial bastion.
The Old Town retains its bygone ways, means and architecture, a warren of narrow streets flanked by mosques, coffee houses and homes with massive wooden doors — 16th-century Fort Jesus looming over all.
