ABOUT KENYA

From the country where the ‘safari’ originated one can discover a beautiful diversity of landscapes, a myriad of animal, bird and plant life and fascinating traditional culture and warrior tribes.

Kenya contains almost every known land form, from true glacial ice to arid desert, mountain massifs to sprawling savannahs, large lakes and dense forest. The Great Rift Valley, its floor littered with beautiful lakes and extinct volcanoes, cuts through this land from North to South. Mt. Kenya (at 17,058ft/5,199m) with its dramatic snow-capped peaks stands sentinel above rolling grassland plains and the intriguing semi-desert wilderness much further to the North. Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa and source of the Nile dominates the South West of the country and Lake Turkana with its palaentological history and haunting landscapes borders the North.

To the South and South East, Kenya meets the Indian Ocean in a brilliant blaze of blue where the crystal-clear azure waters caress fine white sands and amazing coral reefs harbour another safari-world under the warm waves running up & down 480Kms of pristine beaches.

However, Kenya’s ultimate attraction is its concentration of spectacular wildlife found in its 48 National Parks, Reserves, Marine Parks and Game Sanctuaries.

Whether it be the greatest game show on earth with the annual Wildebeest migration or the world’s greatest ornithological spectacle of millions of Flamingoes on shimmering Lake Nakuru, Kenya’s Flora and Fauna is captivating to even the most seasoned traveller.

Recreating the history of the country’s earliest settlers and explorers – Denys Finch Hatton, Karen Blixen, Lord Delamere, Elspeth Huxley and Ernest Hemingway- to name but a few can be done in privacy and away from the crowds. With an excellent variety of privately owned bush homesteads, small hideaway lodges and nights under canvas in exclusive permanent or mobile camps, it’s possible to experience the magic of the country as it was in days gone by.

With safaris on offer that include walking, fly-fishing, Camel trekking and riding it’s possible to experience Kenya and Tanzania the way our forefathers discovered this continent of adventure.