TOURS AND SAFARIS

Maasai Mara
Now is the perfect time to plan your safari into Kenya. With more than a million and a half wildebeest packed in one edge of the game reserve, the game viewing should be spectacular in the famed Masai Mara. Oasis Travel Agencies offers dozens of scheduled safaris with nights in Masai Mara. We also have a broad range of fly-in packages allowing you to select a lodge or camp that suits your taste and budget and spend as much time as you want viewing this marvel of nature. You might even be there in time for a river crossing. Don't miss it. Talk to us now.

Lake Nakuru National Park


Lake Nakuru, a shallow alkaline body of water, lies on a apaved road, making it an easy three-hour drive from Nairobi, 100 miles south. Flamingos, often more than 1 million, literally turn its shores pink, a world famous spectacle, while feeding on the abundant algae that thrives in the warm waters. Large numbers of pelicans concentrate by the fresh-water streams that flow into the lake. More than 400 other species, including African fish eagles, white-winged black terns, stilts, avocets, ducks, and in the American winter, the migrant waders, reside on the lake and in the park, too.

The national park surrounds the lake, offering wide ecological diversity, from lakeshore, woodland, and grassy plains to rocky escarpments and ridges. Recently enlarged to provide a sanctuary for the black rhinoceros, now it boasts one of the largest concentrations of rhinoceros in the country (both black rhino and white rhino). A number of Rothschild's giraffes, relocated for safety from western Kenya, live in the park. Here, waterbucks, zebras, and Cape buffalos are common. Like the lions of Lake Manyara, Lake Nakuru National Park’s lions are often seen in the acacia trees. Leopards are sighted frequently, as well, this park being one of the places visitors have the best chance of glimpsing these elusive big cats. The bushlands offer elands, warthogs, impalas, mountain reedbucks, and dik diks, while rock hyraxes and klipspringers occupy the cliffs and escarpment.

Tsavo National Parks

Tsavo is one of Kenya's oldest established national parks: covering approximately 40 per cent of the total area of all Kenya's wildlife parks. It is accredited as one of the world's leading biodiversity strongholds, with bushy grassland and open plains alternate with semi-arid acacia scrub and woodlands. Green swathes cross the park where river banks give rise to lush vegetation. North of Galana is a true wilderness.

Tsavo-East is recommended for photographers with its fabulous light and unbelievable views, in particular the Mudanda Rock and the Yatta Plateau, the world's largest lava flow. Lugards Falls on the Galana River are remarkable for the shaped water-worn rocks. About 500 bird species have been recorded in the area, including migratory birds of prey, while buzzards stop at Tsavo-East during their long flight south.

In Tsavo-West the landscape is mainly hilly bush country with the scenic Ngulia escarpment and riverine forest along the Tsavo River. At Mzima, fresh water springs gush from below ground and form a series of crystal clear pools inhabited by hippo and crocodile. A viewing observatory allows visitors to see the underwater life.

Most of the well known wildlife species are found within Tsavo and you are likely to see elephant, lion, buffalo, hippo, zebra, waterbuck, impala, hartebeest, lesser kudu, gerenuk, vervet monkey, baboon, jackal, crocodile and small mammals including mongoose, hyrax, dik dik and the nocturnal porcupine. Cheetah, leopard, rhino and the rare Hunter's Hartebeest or Hirola are also present in Tsavo but harder to see. Tsavo is home to some of the largest elephant herds in Kenya and they often appear to be coloured red after having dust baths and blowing the vivid red dust through their trunks all over their bodies.

In 1900 the notorious "Man Eaters of Tsavo", man-eating lions preyed on railway workers building the great Uganda Railway from Mombasa to Kampala. The carriage from which they pulled a traveller is on display at the Nairobi Railway Museum. Tsavo West also has important historical connections as a major battleground in World War I where British and German troops battled for supremacy in East Africa.

The park offers tremendous views with diverse habitats ranging from mountains, river forests, plains, lakes and wooded grassland. Its plains border with Tanzania. Game includes: leopard, cheetah, buffalo, rhino, elephant, giraffe, zebra, lion, plains game, crocodile and small mammals including mongoose, hyrax, dik dik and the nocturnal porcupine.

Samburu and shaba Game reserves

The lovely Shaba Game Reserve is seldom visited yet very pretty. This Game Reserve is a rugged wilderness featuring bubbling hot springs, rolling savannah, miles of scrub & desert and the Ewaso Nyiro River which supports a diversity of wildlife.

You are most likely to find the reticulated giraffe, Grevy's zebra, the Beisa oryx,the blue legged Somali ostrich, waterbuck, Grant's gazelles, dik dik, duiker, olive baboons, lions, spotted and striped hyenas and leopards. In the river many crocodiles feed on the abundant wildlife.

Samburu
The first thing you'll notice on a Samburu safari is that it is worlds apart from the other parks in Kenya. It's not particularly well-known and as a result is less crowded than most reserves. Samburu National Reserve is situated on the banks of the Ewaso Ngiro River in the dry northern reaches of Kenya. It is a hot and arid area characterised by a parched landscape of hills and plains.

The Ewaso Nyiro River is the lifeblood of the area, especially during the dry season when it draws wildlife to its waters .

The presence of the river - and its shady trees - attracts plenty of wildlife. Giraffe, buffalo, waterbuck and zebra (including the endangered Grevy's zebra) from the surrounding savannah plains trek to the water. Lion, leopard and cheetah are also quite easy to spot, thanks in part to the lack of grass cover.
Samburu is also home to large herds of elephants, and the reserve is well known for providing the opportunity to see wildlife that only lives in the dry north of Kenya. Be on the look out for gerenuks - these odd, yet distinguished looking, gazelle have long necks, and stand on their hind legs to feed.
For the birders, around 365 species have been recorded and the river area is particularly rewarding.

Amboseli National park

The Amboseli is a place of wide dry plains, where boundless horizons are tucked into the corners of the sheltering sky. Amboseli is particularly renowned for its large herds of elephants, including some
impressively tusked bulls that are drawn to the park's lush swamplands.But the even greater giant that rules over these plains is a mountain. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's largest mountain, lies just over the border in Tanzania, but the most impressive views of its snow- capped peak are to be found on the Amboseli side. The early light of dawn turns the mountain a dark hue of purple, shading the famous "Snows of Kilimanjaro" an ethereal pink. The sight of Kilimanjaro rising high above the herds of elephant crossing Amboseli's plains is a classic African image.
Herds of wildebeest, zebra and impala also graze on the open plains. Amboseli's acacia forests make for good birding, and they also serve as home to many small mammals. Cheetahs are another frequent visitor. The park is centered around a large hill, with fantastic views of the surrounding plains, and is often crossed by whirlwinds that send columns of dust into the sky.
The area surrounding the park is home to many Maasai community
ts southern boundary running along the Tanzanian border .

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