35-50 years of age
A Gem of Southern Africa
Zimbabwe away from the big cities in the unspoilt bush is a true wildlife and nature enthusiast's paradise. We visited the Victoria Falls area. The upsetting thing is that everything is charged for in US dollars which make it expensive. River rafting the 18 rapids on the Zambezi with the experienced guides make the trip a pleasure. Who has done 5 grade 5 rapids in one day? The safari lodges and hotel serve great food and it is recommended to visit a few for different dining experiences. The elephant back experience and the hot air balloon flight over Victoria Falls was magnificent. We stayed for two weeks in this area and it still felt not long enough. Petrol/ gas is a problem and one should fill up as often as possible if self driving. Great lodges, guesthouses and B&B's in the area with lots of friendly locals.
35-50 years of age
Review about Lake Nakuru National Park by Kinyanjui Hager
Lions on trees, thousands of flamingoes on the lake, rhinos ..... a one day trip to see a great variety.
35-50 years of age
Review about Hell's Gate National Park by Kinyanjui Hager
Not a big park, but you can get close to the animals and you can walk free around. A walk to the gorge and to the hot springs should not be missed.
35-50 years of age
Review about Nairobi National Park by Kinyanjui Hager
Just next to the capital, Nairobi NP offers an astonishing high diversity of wildlife and might be the only place where you can capture a photo with giraffs and skyskratchers in the background.
35-50 years of age
Review about Meru National Park by Kinyanjui Hager
A big park in which you have your peace. Wildlife hides sometime in the bushes and trees. It has nice rivers with hipos and Adamson´s Falls at its far corner.
35-50 years of age
Review about Masai Mara National Reserve by Kinyanjui Hager
Thousands of wildbeasts and zebras, wide landscapes, all kind of bird of pray, a great experience.
35-50 years of age
Review about Amboseli National Park by Kinyanjui Hager
A very scenic park at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro with wide open ares. Wildlife of all kind is easily spotted. Elefants, buffalos and lions can´t be missed. It porvides up to high standard accomodation but the number of visitors is quite high.
35-50 years of age
Review about Aberdare National Park by Kinyanjui Hager
Aberdare has wonderful landscapes and lots of beautyful waterfalls. It is a perfect place for hiking.
35-50 years of age
It is a country for itself
Tsavo East is a amazing park if you are not after big herds of game. There are various possibilitys of watching Tsavo red elefants at the rivers along Voi River and Galana River. Especially the remote route at the shores of Galana River and later Tsavo River provides adventurous game watch possibilities on elefants going to the river, hipopotamus, crocodiles and giraff. There the wildlife is not accustumned to visitors, so they are much more attentive than at more frequently visited sites of the park. However, here a good 4x4 vehicle with a experienced driver is definitly required and you should not enter this road after 3 o´clock to get back to the main roads in time before sunset.
The part between Voi River and Galana River offers not too much of game but highly interesting views on bush landscape and escarpments in the distance. Ostriches and other plain game can be seen. Riverine forest along the road hide baboons and elefant families. The rock formations at Luggard Falls are interesting.
The park provides sufficient accomodation inside and outside its borders. A very pleasant place to stay is the Man Eater´s Camp at Tsavo.
The character of Tsavo West is much different from its Eastern brother. Landscapes are more mountainous and hilly, especially to the side of Ngulia Hills. The vulcanic history cannot be overseen. Wildlife needs to be spotted between the trees, but is easily found around waterholes. Mzima Springs is a highlight with its hipos and and waterdrinking elefants especially in the late afternoon. Spending sunrise on Poacher´s Lookout rewards the early hour with fantastic views on Mount Kilimanjaro. Spending the night in a tented camp inside the park makes you feel the sounds of the African bush.
Both parks not overloaded by visitors due to their vast size.
20-35 years of age
Lifetimes of memories
Hi,
Myself and my wife stayed here on our honeymoon. It is one of the smaller reserves but comes has all the animals and includes the big 5.
We had a amazing experience and would recomend it to friends, the staff are very knowledgable and helpful. They know the reserve wll and the pattern of the animals are so there is not too much trekking about. We had some really special moments with the lions,walking a couple of feet behind us.
The accomodation is lovely very colonial (leeuwenbosch) and the food is great.
There's a nice pool for relaxing and unwinding after a hard day on the reserve.