Parks & Reserves
Highlights
See Elephants and Mt Kilimanjaro in Amboseli NP
Amboseli National Park is one of East Africa’s classic safari destinations. Although relatively compact compared to many other Kenyan reserves, it is cast on the grandest scale. There are few other places...
Visit the Maasai and Learn About Their Culture
From the Masai Mara National Reserve to Amboseli National Park, the southern Kenyan interior lies in the very heart of Maasai country. It is a region where tradition informs every aspect of life, from...
Watch Birds in Savannah, Forests and Wetlands
Kenya’s bird checklist is exceeded in Africa only by the much larger Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighboring Tanzania. For newbies, the savannahs of Amboseli and Masai Mara showcase widespread...
Safari Tours
4-Day Lake Naivasha to Amboseli and Mt Kilimanjaro
Kenya: Private tour -
You Visit: Nairobi (Start), Lake Naivasha (Naivasha), Amboseli NP, Nairobi Airport (End)
5-Day Nairobi Amboseli Tsavo & Kenya Coast Lodge Safari
Kenya: Private tour -
You Visit: Nairobi (Start), Masai Mara NR, Amboseli NP, Tsavo West NP, Tsavo East NP, Mombasa (End)
4-Day Tsavo West, Tsavo East, and Amboseli Safari
Kenya: Private tour -
You Visit: Mombasa (Start), Tsavo West NP, Amboseli NP, Tsavo East NP, Mombasa (End)
Expert Reviews
Elephants Under the Snows of Kilimanjaro
Amboseli National Park is one of the classic parks of Kenya and a staple on most Kenyan safari circuits. Quite rightly it’s best known for its elephants and there are large herds of big tuskers here (these are some of the best studied elephants in Africa) who are completely unfazed by cars,...
Elephants!
Amboseli is the location for those classic images of herds of elephants below Mt Kilimanjaro. Having said that, it is surprisingly difficult to get that iconic shot of a cloud-free mountaintop with elephants nicely spaced out in the foreground. Some of Africa’s last big tusker elephants roam here....
Giant Tuskers in the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
I have two dominant images of Amboseli. The first is the spectacular view of snow-capped Kilimanjaro, which most frequently emerges from its cloudy blanket at dusk or dawn. True, Africa’s highest mountain actually lies across the border in Tanzania, but there are few places where it is seen to...
User Reviews
Review about Amboseli National Park by Jasmine Tsai
Amboseli was very rewarding for me, especially because Mount Kilimanjaro showed up clearly. I can imagine the experience feeling very different when the mountain is hidden by clouds, since it is such a big part of the scenery there.
Review about Amboseli National Park by Ernie Ginting
Amboseli is a place for elephant lovers. And Mount Kilimanjaro view as background is iconic!
Review about Amboseli National Park by Ninose Shigeru
The animals were, of course, magnificent. Though I could only see it in the morning, Kilimanjaro was beautiful. And when you go to Lake Amboseli, a landscape like a Windows PC desktop photo spreads out before your eyes.