Kenya overview & wildlife notes Geography: Kenya is composed of four different geographic regions: Lake Victoria Basin, the Rift Valley and Highlands, the Eastern Highlands and the coast. Its highest point is Mount Kenya, which at 17,058 feet is the second highest peak in Africa after Mount Kilimanjaro. Key attractions: We believe that Kenya’s key attraction is its incredible variety and density of game. It really is quite spectacular and if your main reason for a safari is game viewing, Kenya would be our top recommendation. It is difficult to summarise Kenya’s other key attractions, since the country offers such a variety of fantastic places to visit. However, many regions are extremely busy. Generally, the most well known areas are the most popular in terms of visitor numbers. Over the following pages, we tell you about those less well known places that we believe are infinitely more exciting and rewarding as destinations for a Safari Drive journey. Population: 33.8 million people. The population is distributed very unevenly – in regions to the north population density is barely 3 inhabitants per mile2 compared to 150 per mile2 in the rich and fertile western areas. When to go: The climate varies so much. Since Kenya is equatorial, temperatures within regions vary little during the year but differences between the regions are enormous owing to variations in wind patterns and altitude. Temperatures are generally higher from January to March. The rainy season is roughly April, May and November. We would be happy to discuss with you the best times to go in more detail. 54

The solitude of the north Our Kenyan journeys start at Loisaba, a luxury lodge set in 60,000 hectares of privately owned, pristine, African bushland. Loisaba is not just a place of beauty and variety, it is a practical project in sustainable land use with a mixture of natural bush and working cattle farm. Our guests here will see a very special side of this magical country. At Loisaba, there are no game park rules, no caged animals, no hoards of tourists and no end of possibilities for you to explore. We suggest a few nights staying in the lodge and camping at their remote and private campsite. Lake Nakuru & Lake Bogoria From our Loisaba base, you could head across the Laikipia Plateau and down into the Rift Valley at Lake Nakuru, whose shoreline is fringed by thousands of flamingos. Here, there is a secluded and private camping area, where you may well see game visiting you in the camp, with the roof tent providing the perfect viewing platform. The Lake Bogoria Reserve has boiling hot springs and another fabulous camp. There are also rhinos and flamingos here. Our other recommendations The highlands of the Aberdares are where rainforests give seclusion to thousands of elephant and buffalo as well as other unusual species of game, birds and amazing wild flowers. Not far away is the game rich Lewa Conservancy with 64 rhino and the community project of Il Ngwezi, where you can camp on the local Samburu tribe’s land. The little-visited Meru National Park has a wonderful lodge at Elsa’s Kopje and the private campsites along the Tana River offer peace and tranquillity in the heart of this serene and undisturbed park. All have outstanding game viewing. S A F A R I D R I V E 0 1 4 8 8 7 1 1 4 0 55