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“Out on the safaris, I had seen a herd of buffalo, one hundred and twenty nine of them, come out of the morning mist under a copper sky, one by one, as if the dark and massive iron-like animals with the mighty horizontally swung horns were not approaching, but were being created before my eyes and sent out as they were finished. I had seen a herd of elephant travelling through the dense native forest, where the sunlight is strewn down between the thick creepers in small spots and patches, pacing along as if they had an appointment at the end of the world. It was in giant size, the border of a very old, infinitely precious Persian carpet, in the dyes of green, yellow, and black and brown. I had time after time watched the progression across the plain of the giraffe, in their queer inimitable, vegetative gracefulness, as if it were not a herd of animals but a family of rare, long-stemmed, speckled gigantic flowers slowly advancing.”
Karen Blixen – Out of Africa.
What Karen Blixen poetically describes is exactly what one feels at the constant, mesmerizing renewal of the African bush. Kenya is a land of stunning contrasts - from its snow-capped peaks and meandering, lazy brown rivers, to its open yellow plains and stark desert scrubland - its lush, tropical coast and highland plantations to its magnificent wildlife and friendly peoples. A land of grandeur, beauty and vibrant color.
Watch from your luxury tented camp as the sun rises over the eastern Mara. Relax with a chilled glass of wine as the sun sets behind Mt Meru, lighting the snows of Kilimanjaro or the evening light playing on the blue mountains of the Wharguess in Samburu after a day spent watching the teeming wildlife. In this place of the legendary, old time hunting safaris, of trade routes and explorers we will help you construct your dream safari.
The great diversity of ecosystems in 56 national parks and reserves across the country explains the richness of its fauna and flora. Kenya is the home of more than 80 main species of mammals, from lion, leopard, cheetah, rhino, elephant, hippo, buffalo and giraffe to the smallest of antelope no bigger than a rabbit! Birdlife is profuse with over 1000 species.
With more than 40 ethnic groups of Bantu, Nilotic and Cushitic people, Kenya is a microcosm of Africa’s culture. People from different parts of the continent have migrated to Kenya for centuries, each contributing their own cultures and languages, creating a colorful mosaic of differing races.
Many people have fallen in love with this fascinating and spellbinding country including such well known writers as Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Kessel, Theodore Roosevelt, Robert Ruark and of course Karen Blixen.
Kimbla-Mantana African Safaris
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