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SAMBURU NATIONAL PARK
Samburu National Park is in the northen circuit, it covers 165km squared, it has a spectacular scenic beauty, rivers and forests. It is an area where the local people have a rich and colorful heritage. Samburu is inhabited by abundance in rare northern specialist game adapted to the semi arid conditions.
Samburu National park is Known for the special 5, namely: Gerenuk, Gravy Zebra, Reticulated Giraffe, Somali Ostrich and the Beisa Oryx. The park is a semi desert with a rugged hilly terrain, with great rocky kopjes and it have numerous permanent springs supporting the abundant wildlife. It was one of the two areas in which conservationists George Adamson and Joy Adamson raised Elsa the Lioness made famous in the best selling book and award winning movie ‘Born free’. It is also a home of Kamunyak, a lioness famous for adopting Oryx).This park has also 450 species of birds like African Darter, Great Egret, White-headed Vulture, Martial Eagle and the Yellow-billed Ox-pecker among others.
TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK
Tsavo East National Park is in the coastal circuit, its one of Kenya’s oldest and largest National Parks in Kenya at the eastern edge of the inland plateau. Here you find bushy grasslands and rocky open plains alternating with semi-arid acacia scrub and woodland, with the Galana River cutting a green swathe across the park. The seasonal Voi and Tiva rivers are important to the northern and southern portions of the park, as there is little other surface water. Mudanda Rock is a great spectacle of this park as this outcrop is a water catchment area which feeds a natural dam where hundreds of elephants come to drink and bathe during the dry season. Views are exceptional and it is a good place to sit and watch game. Ancient volcanic activity is evident at the Yatta Plateau a long flat-topped lava ridge on the western border of Tsavo East. In this park there are special elephant called red elephant which you cannot find in other parks and different species of birds. You will see other animals like Lions, Giraffes, Zebras, Gazelles, Buffaloes, Waterbucks, Impalas among others.
TSAVO WEST NATIONAL PARK
Tsavo West National park is in the southern circuit, its current size is 9065km², the name Tsavo means Slaughter in Kamba language.
This parks offers tremendous views and diverse habitats ranging from mountains, river forests, plains, lakes and wooded grassland there are varieties of landscapes, from swamps and natural springs to rocky peaks, extinct volcanic cones, to rolling plains and sharp reddish outcrops. It is especially attractive at the end of the rains when the countryside turns green. Mzima Springs is pool of natural spring water that attracts a lot of game and there is even an underwater hippo-viewing hide.
Tsavo west national park is also known for its ‘Roaring Rocks’, which if climbed gives good view to see eagles and buzzards that whirl around these cliffs. It has also volcanic formations (Shetani Lava Flow) Mzima Springs where Hippos, Fish and Crocodiles are seen from the underwater hide, there is the Rhino Sanctuary. You will spot Elephants, Giraffes, variety bird life, and of course the Rhino and beautiful mountains. This park is known for its maneater lions who ate the labourers who were building the iron bridge across the river (next to the highway between Tsavo East National Park and Tsavo West National Park).
ABERDARES NATIONAL PARK
Aberdare national park is in the central circuit, it was named aberdares by Joseph Thomson who was an explorer in honor of Lord aberdare who at that time was the president of Royal geographical society
It is a high altitude national park created to protect the slopes and moorland of the Aberdare Mountains. This park is a perfect location for topography enthusiasts and for viewing Kenya’s animals and birds. It is a home for elephants, black rhinos, leopards, spotted hyenas, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, buffalos, warthogs and bushbucks among others. It homes 250 bird species like Jackson’s Francolin, Sparrow hawks, goshawks, eagles