Top 4 destinations to visit in Kenya in 2018
1. Lake Nakuru National Park
Lake Nakuru National Park is located on the floor of the Great Rift Valley. The National park is known for its huge pink flamingoes. The visitors enjoy the ecological diversity and the beautiful escarpment. Apart from bird watching, Lake Nakuru National Park is known for game drives, hiking, camping, and picnic.
The birds cover almost a third of the park area with more than 450 species since its establishment in 1961. Apart from the birds, the park also has euphorbia candelabrum forest that it protects and brings out the best of the arid landscape. Leopards, Warthogs, waterbuck, pythons, lions and white rhinos are some of the animals found in the park.
2. Maasai Mara National Reserve
Maasai Mara National Reserve is one of the most beautiful game reserves in the world. Maasai Mara extends to Serengeti in Tanzania forming a path for migration of the wild beast between the two countries. The park is well known for Migration of the wildebeest as they travel from and to Serengeti from July through October. The reserve has been maintained from the way in was in the 90s giving the perfect view of predator sighting and killings. This is made possible by the large populations of the Lion, Leopard, and cheetah in the reserve. The river is also occupied by the hippos and crocodiles
3. Tsavo National Park
Tsavo National park is the largest park in Kenya is in the midway between Nairobi and Mombasa. Tsavo is said to be the largest as it comprises of 4 % of the country’s area and has a diversity of attractions’ waterfalls, volcanic hills; lava rock plateau, rivers and Savannah also encompass wildlife. The park is divided in two Tsavo West and Tsavo East.
Tsavo West is well known for its beautiful scenery in the northern part of the park like the Mzima Springs that is natural spring full of hip[pos and crocodiles, Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary and Chaimu Crater
Tsavo East is well known for wildlife like large Elephants rolling and bathing in the dust and many others like the Yatta plateau world’s longest lava flow, Lugard falls and many more beautiful sights one would not want to miss.
4. Malindi
Malindi is well known by European visitors for its beautiful beach resort and sunbathing at the white sand. Malindi has a great trading history and beautiful diversified culture. What amazes the tourists most is the historic and modern tourist destination in the area.
Some of the great places in Malindi are the Watamu Beach, Watamu Marine National Parks, Historic town Church of St Francis, Jami Mosque and the two pillar tombs.
