"Mombasa & once around the National Parks" Top 5 Page for this destination Kenya by Myndo

Kenya Travel Guide: 4,269 reviews and 11,448 photos

Kenya is a wonderful country with almost magical landscapes: imagine light blue waves and a beach full of palms. Imagine the majestic look of Kilimanjaro that towers over the clouds and has a crown of snow - and that in Africa.

Also there are the animals. Hopefully well preserved in the National Parks you can still find almost everything, from Antelopes, Lions, Cheetah, Leopard (if you are lucky), Elefants, Hyena, Rhinos, Hippos, Crocodiles and and and.

Just one thing: If you want to see them, you better take your time for it. One of the many 1- or 2 day safaris will mostly leave you unhappy, because you did not see enough and drove most of the time (yes, the distances can be vast). Take at least a five day safari, or leave it.

There are people who are happy staying on the Beach their whole holidays. Fine if that works for you, for me it is just plain boring.

On my sites you can find information about travelling around Kenya with the African Safari Club, its Camps, Hotels and the Parks they visit.
We stayed on the beach at Mombasa for about a week and had a 7 day Safari through Tsavo East, Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara and Kimana, ASC's own Park at the foot of the Kilimanjaro.
Of course ASC is a quite big tourist agency and they bring lots of Tourists in and through Kenya. This has pros and cons. For once it is comparingly cheap (I have looked at other Safari agencys before, they offer almost the same Safaris for over 4000 Swiss Francs per Person, ASC has it for 3500 including flight and hotel at the beach for a week). On the other hand you have experienced car drivers, the organisation is fairly well (especially for African conditions) and they don't do too big groups - especially on the safaris.

Beaches at Mombasa

Kilimanjaro

Pros and Cons

Pros:Landscape, Animals, Beach, etc
Cons:People are polite, but not outhand friendly.
In a nutshell:Safari means journey, - just do it!

Last visit to Kenya: Oct 2005
Intro Updated Mar 20, 2006
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alisha66 Dec 22, 2010 at 10:03 PM

Safari in Kenya is opening you to the wilderness, being close to the nature and the head on with wilds in the Africa. This is a startlingly beautiful land with some of the most magnificent wildlife. wildlifeworld360.com/safari-...
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amna07 Nov 9, 2010 at 1:37 PM

Good comment, im kenyan living in England,i love kenya i was there last month and the end of this year i will running tour tour companing, good luck
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Lilatravel May 28, 2010 at 11:58 PM

Lovely entries Juliana.I am going to Nairobi on 30th June. Very helpful tips.Thank you.
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septem May 2, 2010 at 12:16 PM

Lovely pages. Juliana
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volopolo Mar 21, 2008 at 1:10 PM

Fantastic picture!
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RafaelTheSecond Oct 21, 2007 at 10:22 AM

Fantastic reviews about Kenya! I am mad to visit Africa one day! :) Kenya seems to be spectacular!
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adema29 Aug 22, 2007 at 11:03 PM

Very interesting pages, useful information and nice pictures!
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nikoskaps Apr 5, 2007 at 5:10 AM

really great tips! nice travels to you
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davequ Jan 30, 2007 at 12:59 PM

Great tips. I would print many of them for a travel if I went there. Thanks for sharing.
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sourbugger Dec 3, 2006 at 7:39 AM

i would love to do a safri some time, what a brilliant page.