The startling contrasts of landscape and
the outstanding natural beauty of Kenya
must be seen to be believed.

Nowhere on earth can claim such a
dense profusion of wildlife in such
spectacular surroundings. From the
legendary wilderness of Tsavo, the
majestic peak of Kilimanjaro, the rain
forests of Mount Kenya to the stunning
savannah of the Masai Mara - Thaba
Mmoyo Safaris welcomes you to this
glorious country.

The Masai Mara
Like in the Serengeti, the wildebeest are
the dominant inhabitant of the Masai
Mara, and their numbers are estimated in
the millions. Around July of each year
these ungainly animals migrate in a vast
ensemble north from the Serengeti plains
in search of fresh pasture, and return to
the south around October. The Great
Migration is one of the most impressive
natural events worldwide, involving an
immensity of hervibores: some 1,300,000
Wildebeest, 360,000 Thomson's Gazelle,
and 191,000 Zebra. These numerous
migrants are followed along their annual,
circular route by a block of hungry
predators, most notably lions and hyena.

Mount Kenya
To the ancient Kikuyu and Kamba tribe
members viewing Mount Kenya from a
distance, the rocks and glaciers that form
the peaks, resembled the black and white
plumage of a male ostrich. The Kikuyu
named the mountain “Kirinyaga” that
means “the area of the ostrich”.
Mount Kenya is the country's highest
mountain. Sitting astride the equator its
icy summit reaches to 5199m (17,058 ft).
All of the mountain above the 3200m
contour forms a national park. In fact the
mountain consists of three principal
zones; the rocky peak area, actually an
eroded volcanic plug, with its mantle of
glaciers and snowfields; the alpine zone
with its distinctive giant vegetation; and
the vast gentle lower slopes drenched in
mountain forest and bamboo jungle.



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