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Safari in Kenya-Amboseli National Park

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Bill Cleveland — Leave a comment

Our final Kenyan Safari stop is Amboseli National Park, 151 square miles in size near the Kenya-Tanzania border in southern Kenya. Mt. Kilimanjaro is visible from this park as well as from our hotel, the Amboseli Sopa Lodge. Since we…

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Safari in Kenya-Masai Mara National Reserve

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Bill Cleveland — Leave a comment

The next stop on our Kenyan safari is Masai Mara National Reserve, a 583 square-mile reserve in southwestern Kenya adjacent to the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. The terrain is primarily open grassland, “spotted” with bushes, animals, and acacia trees. All members of the…

Safari in Kenya-Lake Nakuru National Park

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Bill Cleveland — Leave a comment

Our Kenyan Safari continues at Lake Nakuru National Park, a 73 square mile park created in 1961 around Lake Nakuru, an alkaline “soda lake” best known for its thousands (sometimes millions) of flamingos nesting along its shores. Andrew, our guide,…

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Safari in Kenya-Samburu National Reserve

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Bill Cleveland — 6 Comments

This post continues our Kenyan Safari with our visit to the Samburu National Reserve, which is 64 square miles in area and about 220 miles from Nairobi. Our guide, Andrew Mwenda, picked us up early at the Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel…