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A KenyaPlus category — our own grouping, not an official classification. Each destination page shows its facts with their information labels.
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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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Kajiado County
A national park in southern Kenya near the Tanzanian border, famous for its large elephant herds and views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak.
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Nakuru County
A national park around a very shallow, strongly alkaline lake, famous for its flamingos and a sanctuary for black rhinos.
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Taita Taveta County
A national park of about 13,747 km², gazetted in 1948 and managed by the Kenya Wildlife Service, known for its herds of dust-red elephants.
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Northern Kenya
A group of reserves in northern Kenya — Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba — known for wildlife that is uncommon elsewhere in Kenya, such as Grevy's zebra and the reticulated giraffe.
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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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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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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.
Who runs the reserve, when the migration usually arrives, how to get there by air or road, and what to confirm before you book.
Elephants and Kilimanjaro views, the court case over who manages the park, and the main airstrip's 2026 flood closure.
A shallow alkaline lake famous for flamingos, a rhino sanctuary, and what to check before you go.
One of Kenya's largest parks, between Nairobi and the coast — what sources confirm, and reaching it by train or road.
Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba — the Ewaso Ngiro river, Grevy's zebra and reticulated giraffe, and planning a long journey north.
Kenya's highland park of moorland and bamboo forest: elephants, black rhinos, bongo, over 250 bird species, trout fishing and camping.
Kenya's second-largest national park — springs under the lava, the rhino sanctuary, Lake Jipe, and reaching it by road or train.
A quieter park east of Meru town — the rhino sanctuary, thirteen rivers, and the story of Elsa the lioness.
