Safari in Africa: Travel to Kenya and Tanzania

Africa is home to the safari and among all the nations in the continent, Kenya and Tanzania stand out some of the top safari countries in Africa. Many people from around the world are drawn to these two countries in droves as they seek out to discover what they have to offer. Many companies customize safari itineraries where visitors are able to sample what the countries have to offer.

The Big Five, ie Lions, Buffaloes, Elephants, Rhinos and the Leopard can be found in these two countries. Visitors to any of these two countries will not be disappointed as they host countless wild animals spread across many national parks, game reserves and conservancies. For those that love taking photos, they will have plenty to do because some of the parks are teeming with attractive looking birds like the flamingos. Other natural attractions in Kenya and Tanzania include waterfalls, lakes and mountains.

The highest rated and most popular parks to visit In Kenya include: The Maasai Mara game reserve famed for holding the annual wildebeest migration recently named seventh wonder of the world and is referred to as the greatest natural phenomenon.

The park is home to the big five and also home to other species of mammals, reptiles and over 485 species of birds. Here you will also get to see a huge concentration of migratory herbivores including zebras, topis, hippos,giraffes and over 250,000 zebras. The best time to go visit Masai Mara would be the months of July and October.

Another famous park in Kenya is the Amboseli national park. This park is home to over fifty three species of carnivores and herbivores. The most prominent of these is the over 1000 African elephants that roam freely in its plains. Other wild animals that can be found here include giraffes, wildebeests, impalas, gerenuks, hyenas, bats, baboons and about four hundred and twenty five species of birds. the best time to go on a visit to this park would be the months of January-February and June to September because these are the dry seasons here.

The third famous park in Kenya is the Lake Nakuru national park that is home to millions of flamingos and pelicans. It is also home to the endangered rhinos including the black and white rhinos which can be seen on the shores of the lake.

Other wild animals that roam the plains of Lake Nakuru include zebras, the endangered Rothschild Giraffe, waterbucks and bufallos. If you want to explore other parks in Kenya, these would include the Tsavo National park, Mt Kenya national park, Lake Baringo, Lake Bogoria among others. Truly, Kenya is a blessed nation.

In Tanzania, Serengeti National park stands out as the most famous in this country. This park also plays a part in the Great Wildebeest Migration and its actually bigger than Masai Mara. The park comfortably holds over 1 million wildebeests and over 300,000 thompsons gazelles and 200,000 zebras.

The park is also home to the eland, warthogs, lions, hippos, leopards, rhinos among many other. the best time for you to go on safari to Serengeti would be the months of December to June.

The other famous park in Tanzania is the Ngorongoro Crater found within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The crater is home to over 25,000 large animals and nearly half of these are zebras and wildebeests. The other animals are bufallos, elands, warthogs and hartbeests.

Resulting from these astonishingly large numbers of herbivores, the crater also numbers one of the largest predator populations in Africa which includes lions and spotted hyena. The other notable species is that of the large elephant population, most of which are bulls due to the relative scarcity of food for the breeding herds.

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