‘The greatest wildlife show on earth’
Kenya is named after Africa’s second highest mountain, Mount Kenya, which stands at 5,199m (17,057 feet) and even if the higher Mount Kilimanjaro (5,985m-19,340 feet) stands in neighbouring Tanzania, it is still best viewed from the plains of Amboseli in Kenya.
Straddling the Equator on the East Coast of Africa it is home to some of Africa’s best known tribes; the nomadic Maasai and Samburu, the Kikuyu farmers, the coastal Swahili and the remarkably athletic Kalenjin, who provide the best long and middle distance runners in the world.
The population is estimated at 41 millions, with the capital and largest city the high-altitude colonial-built Nairobi contributing nearly three millions and the main port and resort holiday destination, the ancient Swahili trading port of Mombasa, contributing almost a million. It is the world’s 47th largest country and the 33rd most populated.
This is a place for sunbathing, hiking, climbing, diving or riding. Above all, it is a place for safaris. Everywhere, the game-viewing is unsurpassed with elephants, lions, giraffe, rhino and a host of other animals joined by hundreds of species of glitter-winged birds.
The land of "Jambo!"
The Kenyan smile on welcoming overseas guests is renowned the world over! "Jambo bwana!" is not only a phrase found in song, poetry and prose, but also indelibly in the mind of those who have visited as a great testimony to the welcome they have received.
There is no doubt that the smile, skills and wonderful humility of the game driver rivals the wildlife experience as the highlight of any safari to Kenya.
Kenya
What To See & Do
- The Masai Mara during the great Wildebeest Migration
- Lamu, the historically famous Swahili town
- The Great Lakes of Kenya
- Private safaris in luxury tented camps
- Beach resorts on the Mombassa Coast
- A Hot-Air Baloon Safari over the Masai Mara
When To Go
Generally the climate is warm and humid at the coast, cool and humid in the central highlands, and hot and dry in the north and east. Across most of the country, rainfall is strongly seasonal, although its pattern, timing and extent vary greatly from place to place and from year to year.
Rainfall peaks in most areas are in November and April.
The hottest and driest months are January and February. The coolest are July and August.
The country receives a great deal of sunshine all year round and summer clothes are worn throughout the year.
Each June, over 1 million Wildebeest gather in the Serengeti to calve.
They slowly mass into a huge single herd, until the dry season withers their supply of fresh grass.
The scent of rain to the North begins to draw the herd throughout July, and soon the planet’s greatest animal migration is underway.
Rainfall peaks in most areas are in November and April.
The hottest and driest months are January and February. The coolest are July and August.
The country receives a great deal of sunshine all year round and summer clothes are worn throughout the year.
Each June, over 1 million Wildebeest gather in the Serengeti to calve.
They slowly mass into a huge single herd, until the dry season withers their supply of fresh grass.
The scent of rain to the North begins to draw the herd throughout July, and soon the planet’s greatest animal migration is underway.