The fact being that Kenya is one of the best countries in Africa for one to take his or her ecotours from; here are some of the guidelines on how to have an excellent tour in Kenya and where to go for your tour as soon as you access the country. Kenya is located in the Easter section of Africa together with Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

Booking with only the best tour agencies to organize and plan for your tour will let you have a nice tour since good agencies have got friendly and professional guides who will offer you best services thus having a nice time while in Kenya for your ecotours. The Ecotours Kenya is among the best agencies and mostly used for planning Kenya tours on behalf of its clients since it offers good and immediate services. If you decide to book with this agency, you will get the best from your Kenya tour minus getting disappointments especially when you consult it earlier before your dates of accessing Kenya.

The agency offers all sorts of safari tours either luxury safari tours or even budget safari tours however even though you use the agency for budget tours, it will make sure that you can’t even realize that you are having a budget tour by booking for you best budget accommodations for your stay while in Kenya plus providing you good 4x4 vehicles such as Land Cruiser, Prado, Rav4, Super custom, Safari vans, Coaster buses and many others according to your choice. All the agency’s vehicles are highly serviced thus giving you best tours in Kenya.

There are many places in Kenya where one can choose on where to go for his or her eco tour holiday depending on what he or she will want to see while in Kenya. Though many people (tourists) realize only Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya but there are also other places for one to enjoy his or her eco safari tour holiday from. Below is a shortlist on where one can enjoy his safari tour from while in Kenya:

  • Maasai Mara National Park: It is definitely one of Africa’s top Parks especially in need of wildlife safaris due to its large population of wildlife. The annual migration of Wildebeests from the Serengeti plains in Tanzania is absolutely the most spectacular thing in the Park since during this migration which takes place from July to October of every year; a lot of wildlife species are seen in large amounts migrating from the Serengeti plains to access the Maasai Mara National Park/Reserve. Thousands of Thomson’s gazelles and Zebras migrate together with millions of Wildebeests to access the Park of which through this migration a traveler gets more chances of viewing a variety of wildlife which is indeed amazing and interesting. Large numbers of Crocodiles and hippos are seen at the shores of Mara River plus all Africa’s big five species such as; African (Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Rhinos and Buffaloes) all exist in the Park and in large numbers together with over 470 bird species.
  • Amboseli National Park: By no doubt it is Kenya’s second best Park after Maasai Mara. The Park is mostly known for keeping Africa’s elephants in an excessive amount and it resides them in high numbers more than any other Park in Africa. Large numbers of African Lions and Cape buffaloes also reside in the Park in high amounts plus many other animals and a view to over 400 bird species.
  • Tsavo National Park: The Park is divided into two sections (Tsavo east and Tsavo west) by a railway and a road which pass through the Park leaving the eastern section to be apart away from the western section though they still remain on the same conservation area thus to access any of the two sections from the other section it is just a need of crossing the railway or a road. The dominant residents in the Park are the Tsavo Lions which are resided in an excessive number (about 675 Lions) thus being the Kenyan Park to keep the highest number of Lions. All Africa’s big five are present in the Park such as; Lions, Buffaloes, Elephants, Rhinos and Leopards together with over 500 bird species. Other present animals in the Park; Warthogs, aardwolf, Water bucks, Impalas, Cheetahs, Hyenas, Jackals, Zebras, Masai giraffes, Duikers and Hartebeests and many others.
  • Lake Nakuru National Park: Few kilometers away from Nakuru town is where this Park is nestled. For a traveler visiting Kenya minus a visit to this Park will have not attained a complete tour to be honest. For the birders this would be your first choice whenever you are planning for both African birding tour and a Kenyan one. At the shores of Lake Nakuru are millions of Flamingos and at the Baboon cliff is the best place for viewing and enjoying this excessive number of Flamingos plus other bird species found in the Park. Black and White Rhinos, Huge pythons, Water bucks and Rothschild’s giraffes are greatly present in the Park. Other famous inhabitants are; Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs and many others.
  • Samburu National Reserve: It is one of Kenya’s pride and one of the mostly visited Parks in Kenya due to its distinct inhabitants more so; the Lions, Elephants, Leopards, Buffaloes and Rhinos (Africa’s big five) which most travelers enjoy viewing. Crocodiles, Reticulated giraffes, Grevy’s Zebras, Hippos, Impalas and Water bucks are also resided in the Park plus many others.
  • Other Parks and Reserves in Kenya include; ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK, ARABUKO SOKOKE NATIONAL PARK, CENTRAL ISLAND NATIONAL PARK, CHYULU HILLS NATIONAL PARK, HELL’S GATE NATIONAL PARK, KISITE-MPUNGUTI MARINE NATIONAL PARK, MALKA-MARI NATIONAL PARK, MARINDI MARINE NATIONAL PARK, MARSABIT NATIONAL PARK, MERU NATIONAL PARK, MOMBASA NATIONAL PARK, NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK, MOUNT KENYA NATIONAL PARK, MOUNT ELGON NATIONAL PARK, RUMA NATIONAL PARK and many others.
  • Kenya is also composed of many white sand beaches where travelers will go for their luxurious moments and leisure times after doing the various activities in the Parks. Most of the beaches are found in Mombasa and some of them include; Nyali beach, Diani beach, Shanzu beach, Kikambala beach and others of which they are constituted at the Indian Ocean.
  • After the exceptional wildlife safaris in Kenya, you can still go for the tracking of the rare endangered Mountain gorillas in Uganda which is too close to Kenya thus you can add the gorilla tracking on your Kenya travel package which will be arranged for you by the Eco Tours Kenya. Uganda protects the most population of Mountain gorillas in the World in its two national parks (Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park) of which you need to own a gorilla permit in order to spot these endangered primates. A Uganda gorilla permit will still be booked for you by the tour agency and it costs US$ 600 with the Park entrance being inclusive thus you will not need to pay for the Park entrance in order to access it as long as you owe a Uganda gorilla permit.

Popular activities to do on a Kenya eco tour:

  1. Game viewing
  2. Game drives
  3. Nature walks
  4. Bird watching
  5. Balloon safaris (in Maasai Mara national reserve)
  6. Cultural encounters (especially the Masai people)
  7. Game drives
  8. Mountain climbing
  9. Nairobi city tours
  10. Road tripping