Park Guides
Every park, honestly explained.
Planning notes for 18 parks, reserves and conservancies across Kenya and Tanzania — the right season, the realistic sightings, the number of nights we would actually book.
Kenya
Kenyan parks, reserves & conservancies
Maasai Mara National Reserve
Open plains, unrivalled predator density and the Mara River crossings.
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Amboseli National Park
Big-tusked elephant families beneath Kilimanjaro.
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Tsavo East & Tsavo West
Kenya's biggest wilderness — red elephants, lava country and Mzima Springs.
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Lake Nakuru National Park
A fenced rhino stronghold on a soda lake in the Rift.
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Samburu, Buffalo Springs & Shaba
Dry northern country with species you will not see further south.
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Ol Pejeta Conservancy
East Africa's largest black rhino sanctuary, with Mount Kenya behind it.
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Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
A UNESCO-listed conservancy with exclusive, low-volume game viewing.
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Nairobi National Park
Rhino, lion and giraffe with a skyline behind them.
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Meru National Park
Lush, wild and refreshingly empty.
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Aberdare National Park
Cloud forest, waterfalls and floodlit waterhole lodges.
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Mount Kenya National Park
Africa's second-highest peak, and its most rewarding non-technical trek.
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Tanzania
Tanzanian parks & conservation areas
Serengeti National Park
Endless plains and a migration that never stops moving.
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area
A collapsed caldera holding a year-round concentration of wildlife.
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Tarangire National Park
Baobabs, dry-season elephant herds and a river that holds everything together.
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Lake Manyara National Park
Groundwater forest, an escarpment backdrop and tree-climbing lions.
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Ruaha National Park
Tanzania's largest park, and one of its emptiest.
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Nyerere National Park (Selous)
Boat safaris, walking and wild dog in a river-and-lake wilderness.
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Arusha National Park
Momella lakes, Mount Meru and the best walking near town.
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