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The Masai Mara stretching into the Serengeti in Tanzania is one of the world’s premier game parks, home to the largest concentration of the big cats of Africa and the world - famous annual migration of more than a million wildebeest, acknowledged as the seventh wonder of the world.  Measuring 1,510 square kilometers, the Mara is fascinating to explore. With so much to explore in the mottled land of the Mara, we invite you ‘Mara kwa Mara’ as we say in Kiswahili our national language, time and time again to explore its different facets.Stay at Mara Explorer,Mara Intrepid,Siana Springs

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Set in the northern arid region of Kenya with a tapestry of dry plains, river and mountains, Samburu is spectacular for its unique flora and fauna with the iconic loaf shaped mountain, Lolokowe rising above the terrain . This dryland game country depends on the flow of the Uaso Nyiro River for its very breath.The northern region is famed for its Samburu specials – the Beisa oryx with its sharp pointed  horns, the Reticulated giraffe, the Grevy’s zebra, the long necked Gerenuk antelope and the Somali ostrich.Besides these unique species, Samburu is also home to large herds of elephants and prides of lions as well as the more secretive leopards and cheetah. For bird lovers this is heaven to put the not often birds on your list with many lifers seen for the first time. Stay at Samburu Intrepids

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The Great Rift Valley is one of the greatest natural structures on earth, visible from outer space, stretching 5,500 kilometers, spanning two continents from Jordan in the Middle East to Mozambique in Africa.On the Eburru, a mountain that the Maasai call Ol Donyo Opurru, meaning mountain of smoke, overlooking Lake Naivasha famous for its birdlife.You can stay at The Great Rift Valley Lodge

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Tsavo West National Park on the foot of Africa’s tallest mountain and the world’s tallest free standing mountain, Kilimanjaro, is full of stunning structures au naturel like the amazing Mzima Springs, where the waters of Kilimanjaro emerge crytal clear in a pool from where you can stare at hippos and crocodiles in the underwater observatory. Or you can climb Poacher’s Outlook and stare at the wide expanse of the wildeness or go into the Shetani Caves formed during a recent volcanic upheavel.Tsavo captured the world with its tales of the infamous man-eaters of Tsavo, the maneless lion pair who killed many a worker laying down the historical Uganda Railway at the end of the 19th century, that was to open the interior of East Africa. You can still see the big cats and the mega herbivores of Africa in one of Africa’s largest game parks.Stay at Voyager Ziwani 

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Mombasa is one of the oldest cities in the world, continuously inhabited for 1,500 years putting it in the same league as the famous historic cities of the world, Baghdad, Cairo, Rome and London. Strategically placed between the trade routes of Asia and Europe, in the medieval days, anyone who had control over it was in a powerful position to control the sea faring routes.  The Portuguese invaders fought the Arabs and the Africans and built the 500-year-old Fort Jesus, which still stands sentinel at the harbour with narrow alleys leading into the historical Old Stone Town.Stay at Voyager Beach Resort

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The Lamu archipelago is full of intrigue and beguiling beauty.Lamu Island on the East Coast of Africa was once a thriving port and center of trade on the East African Coast. Lamu town, which takes its name from the island, traces its history to many centuries back and its historical Stone Town is a World Heritage Site, full of narrow alleys, Swahili stone houses and the wooden carved doors that are gazetted under the Kenyan law.On the southwestern tip of the island on Kipungani Channel where the warm tropical waters lap to the shore and the sun and moon travel across an expansive sky.  Kipungani means “the place of fresh air” and this is the ultimate for those who want a Robinson Crusoe adventure but with luxury as a criteria.Stay at Kipungani Explorer Lamu