 Covering an area of over 1,500 square km, the Masai Mara National Reserve is one of the most popular tourism destinations in Kenya. The reserve is located in the Great Rift Valley in primarily open grassland. Wildlife tends to be most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment...
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The Mara is known as one of the finest wildlife destinations in the World. There is an excellent chance of seeing the Big 5
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South Turkana National Reserve is a rugged and very beautiful expanse
of land with very few visitors consisting of dense thorn bushes and
riverine forests, the landscape has a great variety, especially away
from the seasonal riverbeds.
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The reserve consists mainly of patches of riperian forest extending for
16 km along the meandering course of the Lower Tana River, 350 km east
of Nairobi and 240 km north of Mombasa.
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There are some spectacular views to be had, although most of the
reserve is plains. Because of its remote location there are few
visitors.
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Together with the adjacent Samburu, and divided by the river Ewaso
Nyiro, the three reserves form a very popular tourist destination
because of the diverse wildlife populations they support.
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Mwingi has been designated a
Wilderness
Activity Zone by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) which allows for fly
camping, camel and horseback safaris as opportunities for traditional
game viewing are extremely limited...
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The reserve was gazetted in 1976 covering an area north-west of Kamburu Dam at the confluence of Tana and
Thiba rivers.
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Bisanadi National Reserve acts as a wildlife dispersal area for Meru National Park. It is a part of the Meru, Kora,
Mwingi and Bisanadi conservation area, adjacent to northeast boundary
of Meru, Isiolo district, covering an area of 606 square km.
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Kakamega Forest was established to protect Kenya’s only mid-altitude tropical rainforest – as the forest contains
many species found nowhere else in the country...
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This triangle of dense woodland and scrub is limited along its 65 km northern
boundary by the Tana River, which rises in the highlands between the
Aberdares and Mount Kenya, before commencing its 700 km passage to the
Indian Ocean.
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Shimba Hills were gazetted as a National Forest in 1903, grassland
areas were incorporated in 1924 and several subsequent extensions took
place to bring the reserve to its present size.
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Game Reserves in Kenya 