Kenya Complete Guide 2026: Maasai Mara, Amboseli, Mombasa, Lamu and Mount Kenya
Browse more guides: Kenya travel | Africa destinations Kenya Complete Guide 2026: Maasai Mara, Amboseli, Mombasa, Lamu and Mount Kenya TL;DR I rate Kenya as the best first safari country in Africa, and I keep going back for the Great Migration in the Maasai Mara, elephants against Kilimanjaro in Amboseli, and the Swahili island of Lamu where the only traffic is donkeys and dhows. Kenya runs from sea level to 5,199m on Mount Kenya, with arid northern frontiers, equatorial highlands, rift valley lakes and a 1,420km coastline, so one trip can mix Big 5 game drives, beach time at Diani, and a UNESCO old town walk. The Maasai Mara National Reserve covers 1,510km² in the south west and connects to the Serengeti across the Tanzanian border. Roughly 1.5 million wildebeest move through between July and October, and the Mara River crossings are the renowned image of African wildlife. Amboseli gives elephants framed by Kilimanjaro. Tsavo East and West together cover around 22,000km², one of...