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The parks where the safaris happen
The places Wildtouch knows best, across three countries — from the Mara's big cats to the Serengeti's plains and the forested volcanoes of Rwanda.
National Parks 17
Amboseli
Great elephant herds beneath the snows of Kilimanjaro
Tsavo East
Red-dust elephants on Kenya's vast, untamed eastern frontier
Tsavo West
Volcanic country, crystal springs and the hush of black rhino
Nairobi National Park
Lions and rhino on the doorstep of a capital city
Aberdare
Misty highland forest, open moorland and thundering waterfalls
Lake Nakuru
A Rift Valley jewel of flamingos and rhino
Meru
Born Free country — green, watered and gloriously remote
Hell's Gate
One of the few parks in Kenya where you can walk and cycle among the wildlife.
Mount Kenya
The continent's second crown, glittering on the Equator.
Mount Elgon
An ancient volcano of salt caves and silent moorland
Kakamega Forest
Kenya's last rainforest — birds, butterflies and rare forest monkeys
Chyulu Hills
Green volcanic hills, lava caves and safaris on foot and horseback
Saiwa Swamp
Kenya's smallest park, explored on foot for the swamp-dwelling sitatunga
Marsabit
A forested mountain of crater lakes rising from the desert
Mount Longonot
A dormant volcano with a crater-rim hike and sweeping Rift views.
Ruma
Kenya's last roan antelope, in a valley almost no one visits
Sibiloi
The Cradle of Mankind, on Lake Turkana's far desert shore
Reserves 5
Maasai Mara
Kenya's most celebrated wildlife reserve, and the stage for the migration
Samburu
The wild northern frontier and its Special Five
Buffalo Springs
The quiet south bank of Samburu's wild river
Shaba
Spring-fed wilderness in the lee of a black volcano.
Lake Bogoria
Steaming geysers, kudu country and a shore turned pink
Conservancies & protected areas 10
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Laikipia's rhino heartland, and home of the last northern white rhinos
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
A pioneering rhino sanctuary in the foothills north of Mount Kenya.
Loisaba Conservancy
A vast Laikipia wilderness of star-beds, elephant corridors and returning black rhino
Mara North Conservancy
Low-density wilderness on the Mara's wild northern edge
Mara Naboisho Conservancy
Coming together for the wild: big cats, walking and the night
Olare Motorogi Conservancy
A low-density Mara conservancy with exceptional big-cat viewing
Ol Kinyei Conservancy
One of the Mara's original conservancies — pristine, low-density, walking country.
Borana Conservancy
Fence-free rhino country in Laikipia, best met on horseback.
Solio
One of Africa's great rhino strongholds, ringed by mountains
Sera Conservancy
East Africa's first community-run rhino sanctuary, on foot
Coast & islands 3
National Parks 14
Serengeti
Endless plains and the engine of the Great Migration
Tarangire
Ancient baobabs and the dry season's great elephant gatherings
Lake Manyara
Tree-climbing lions, flamingos and the Rift escarpment
Arusha National Park
Mount Meru, crater forests and flamingo lakes on Arusha's doorstep
Nyerere National Park
Tanzania's vast southern wilderness, ribboned by the Rufiji
Ruaha
Tanzania's vast, wild south — baobabs, elephants and prides on the Great Ruaha
Mikumi
Southern Tanzania's open plains, a tarmac road away
Katavi
Tanzania's last great wilderness, where the herds run undisturbed
Mahale Mountains
Wild chimpanzees on a forested shore of Lake Tanganyika
Gombe
Jane Goodall's chimpanzees in one of Tanzania's smallest national parks
Saadani
The one Tanzanian park where the bush meets the sea
Udzungwa Mountains
Rainforest trails, hidden waterfalls and primates found nowhere else
Rubondo Island
A forested island sanctuary on Lake Victoria, far from anywhere.
Kitulo
The Garden of God — a high plateau that blooms like nowhere else
Conservancies & protected areas 1
National Parks 4
Volcanoes National Park
Mountain gorillas in the misted volcanoes of north-west Rwanda
Nyungwe
Ancient montane rainforest, chimpanzees and a canopy in the clouds
Akagera
Restored Big Five savanna and lake-strewn wetlands in eastern Rwanda
Gishwati-Mukura
Rwanda's youngest park, where a ravaged forest is healing
Safari destinations — good to know
- Is it safe to go on safari in Kenya and Tanzania?
- Yes — the parks are among the most reassuring places you'll travel, well away from the few regions governments advise against, and we plan every route around that. You're with an experienced guide in a private vehicle, staying at established camps. The usual city-sense applies in Nairobi and nowhere else feels risky.
- Are these safaris suitable for families with children?
- Yes, and one of the best trips a family can take together. We set the pace for younger travellers, choose lodges that welcome children, and keep drives the right length. Some activities have minimum ages — gorilla trekking in Rwanda is 15 and over — so tell us your children's ages and we'll build around everyone.
- What is a typical day on safari like?
- An early game drive in the golden light, a relaxed midday break through the heat, and an afternoon drive into the evening. You're in a private 4×4 with your own guide, so you set the rhythm — linger at a lion sighting, take a sunrise balloon flight, or a slow morning if you'd rather.
Still deciding? Tell us your dates and we'll advise — no obligation.