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5 places. Places where at least 4 of the Big Five are on record in our checked sources, most first.
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Narok County
A reserve in southwestern Kenya, the northern part of the Mara–Serengeti ecosystem shared with Tanzania, known for the Great Migration of wildebeest and zebras.
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Taita-Taveta County
Kenya's second-largest national park, about 9,065 km² in Taita-Taveta County, with the Big Five, more than 600 recorded bird species and a volcanic landscape of lava flows and springs.
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Nairobi City County
Kenya's capital city, with Nairobi National Park — home to the endangered black rhino — a short drive from the central business district.
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Central Kenyan highlands
A national park of about 766 km² in the Aberdare (Nyandarua) mountains, gazetted in 1950 and managed by the Kenya Wildlife Service, with moorland, bamboo forest and forested ravines.
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Eastern Kenya, east of Meru town
A national park of about 870 km², 350 km from Nairobi, protected since 1966 and managed by the Kenya Wildlife Service — where George and Joy Adamson raised Elsa the lioness.
