Game Driving

Amboseli National Park

Amboseli is renowned for its elephant, so this is one of the main reasons to come here. The elephant at Amboseli have been studied by the likes Cynthia Moss for many years, so as well as being well habituated to vehicles, a good guide will know individuals and their family histories. From this perspective, the best place to game drive here is at Ol Kanjau with Mike Reiny
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Chyulu Hills

While the Chyulus aren't one of the high volume game areas, they can turn up some superb wildlife sightings, particularly when animals move into this area from neighbouring Amboseli, which is usually after there's been a bit of rain.
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Lewa Downs

Lewa is a great place to game drive, particularly if it's your fist visit to Africa, if you're travelling with children, or if you just want to get close to big game. Lewa is fenced on three sides, and this is done for sound conservation reasons, but it can make the experience feel a little tame at times. Other than that, there's really nowhere that can offer you such good opportunities to see Rhino in particular.
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Maasai Mara

The Maasai Mara National Reserve is probably Kenya's best place to game drive because of the sheer concentration of animals. As one guide put it to us, “you never get anywhere, you’re just stopping all the time – lions here, mongoose there, vultures, hippo , jackals…It’s hopeless, there’s too much game here!” Beyond the large numbers of resident animals, there’s the migration, a vast influx of animals from Tanzania’s Serengeti that crowd the plains with mind boggling numbers of wildebeest and zebra and all the inevitable predatory action including the Migration Crossings.

Justifiably therefore, the Maasai Mara National Reserve is Kenya’s most significant game area. This can come at a cost however. Because of the fantastic opportunities to view, photograph, film, the people flood in. So it’s absolutely vital that you choose the people who show you it very carefully. At best, you’ll have many incredible days out spending hours watching the best game moments that Africa can throw at you without others around.

The best camp in the Mara National Reserve itself is Rekero Tented Camp. Il Moran Camp is in a superb game location, but you may find it a little harder to escape from other vehicles here.
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Mara Conservation Area

The Mara Conservation Area lies North of the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The big distinction here is that unlike the the reserve, the Maasai can, and do graze their cattle here - in this sense it's similar to areas like Loliondo in Tanzania. This means that predators in particular are a little more edgy on occasion, but make no mistake, this area still holds some of the best game viewing in East Africa. In June and July, the Loita Migration comes into this area from the north east, so at this time game rivals the main reserve.
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Meru National Park

Game in Meru has been recovering at an amazing rate over the last few years, so, while you wouldn't come here expecting the high volumes of animals you get in some parts, it's now reasonable to expect to see a good number of the main mammal species, in particular, what they call the Northern five; Oryx, Grevy's Zebra, Gerenuk, lesser Kudu and Reticulated giraffe. Cats are present, but still difficult to find.
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Shaba

Shaba is, for the most part intensely dry, so the springs in the southern area of the park close to Joy's Camp are a major magnet to animals in the dry season. Like Meru National Park, this is somewhere to see the Northern 5 - Oryx, Grevy's Zebra, Gerenuk, lesser Kudu and Reticulated giraffe.
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