TOUR OVERVIEW
DATES: 17th to 26th May 2024
The Outback Experience presents a comprehensive tour like never before to Kenya’s best wildlife hotspots – Amboseli, Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru and the Maasai Mara. We guarantee it! This brilliant wildlife photography adventure is surely what dreams are made of.
We will be staying at the most amazing locations in all four parks, and will have access to stunning wildlife encounters. Guaranteed!
Amboseli National Park:
Amboseli is a photographers dream! The park is most famous for being the best place in the world to get really close to wild African elephants. The park also has stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world, and our mission during the two full day safaris, is to have some of Amboseli’s wildlife wonders serve as a stunning foreground to Mount Kilimanjaro.
Lake Naivasha National Park:
Lake Naivasha is a beautiful freshwater lake, fringed by thick papyrus.The lake is almost 13kms across, but its waters are shallow with an average depth of five meters. Afternoon wind and storms can cause the Lake to become suddenly rough and produce high waves.For this reason, the local Masai christened the lake Nai’posha meaning ”rough water”, which the British later misspelled as Naivasha. Much of the lake is surrounded by forests of the yellow barked Acacia Xanthophlea, known as the yellow fever tree. These forests abound with bird life, and Naivasha is known as a world class birding. Giraffes wander among the acacia, Buffalo wallow in the swamps . Colobus monkeys & other primates call from the treetops while the Lakes large hippo population sleeps the day out in the shallows.
Lake Nakuru National Park:
This 188 km² park is situated in the Great Rift Valley. It was created in 1968 to protect the huge flocks of over a million of the lesser flamingo that bred and nested at the edge of Lake Nakuru, giving it the characteristic pink rim that it is famous for. However, owing to flooding of this lake, there is no longer an abundance of pink flamingoes, but the park is still very rich in wildlife, and includes a rhino sanctuary for both black and white rhinos. The park is especially famous for its exceptional leopard sightings. Located at an altitude of 4,000-5,767 feet above sea level, it is a land of great ecological diversity – from lake water, woodland, bush grassland, to rocky ridges. The park is home to over 400 species of birds and is one of the few places to see the endangered white rhino. Other wildlife at the park includes lions, leopards, zebra, gazelles, eland, giraffe and the hyrax.
Masai Mara National Reserve:
Easily, the world’s most famous wildlife reserve, Masai Mara is a dream destination for any wildlife lover. Encompassing an area of 1510 km², the Masai Mara is nestled within the enormous Great Rift Valley and lies at the bottom of the Siria Escarpment. The terrain of the reserve is primarily open grassland, with seasonal rivulets.
The Masai Mara is perhaps most famous for its abundance of Africa’s “Big Five”, especially lions. The population of cheetahs is also high, however the black rhinoceros is severely threatened, with a population of only 40 recorded. Hippopotamuses are found in large groups in the Mara and Talek Rivers. Numerous antelope are also seen, including Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, impala, topi and Coke’s hartebeest. Large herds of zebra can also be found throughout the reserve. The plains are also home to the distinctive Masai Giraffe and there are good sightings of the large Roan antelope and the nocturnal bat-eared fox, usually a difficult sighting in other parts of Kenya. Additionally, over 450 species of birdlife have been identified in the park, including vultures, marabou stork, secretary bird, ground hornbill, crowned crane, ostrich, long-crested Eagle, and African pygmy-falcon.
So what are you waiting for? It’s time for Africa!
