| Going on a wildlife safari holiday can be an exciting, but | | | | Students: $15 |
| expensive experience. However, by choosing to visit | | | | Wildlife: 'Big Five', gerenuk, hippo, cheetah, Masai giraffe, |
| wildlife reserves with cheaper entrance fees, you can | | | | plains zebra, wildebeest. |
| dramatically reduce costs (especially for those in large | | | | Meru National Park |
| groups) and still see some awesome wildlife and have | | | | Adults: $50 |
| a great time! | | | | Children (Age 3-17): $25 |
| Kenya is not only home to some of the most amazing | | | | Students: $15 |
| National Parks in the world, but also to some of the | | | | Wildlife: 'Big Five', beisa oryx, eland, Grevy's zebra, |
| most breathtaking mountainous and lake-rich | | | | reticulated giraffe, lesser kudu, gerenuk. |
| landscapes. It is the wonderful mixture of beautiful | | | | Chyulu National Park |
| scenery and vibrant wildlife that attracts over a | | | | Adults: $50 |
| hundred thousand tourists who flock to Kenya annually. | | | | Children (Age 3-17): $25 |
| Many people choose to visit the more expensive | | | | Students: $15 |
| parks as they believe they will not be able to spot | | | | Wildlife: leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo, cheetah, |
| much wildlife at the cheaper parks. This may be true in | | | | gerenuk, Masai giraffe. |
| terms of spotting large predators in numbers, but the | | | | Hell's Gate National Park |
| cheaper parks are also inhabited by some wildlife that | | | | Adults: $25 |
| may not be spotted in the more expensive parks. To | | | | Children (Age 3-17): $10 |
| compare, here is a list of National Parks with their | | | | Students: $10 |
| entrance fees (high to low) and some of the wildlife | | | | Wildlife: Cape buffalo, impala, eland, reedbuck, |
| that can be seen in them. | | | | steenbok, plains zebra. |
| *FYI: The 'Big Five' consists of black rhino, Cape | | | | Shimba Hills National Park |
| buffalo, elephant, leopard and Masai lion. | | | | Adults: $20 |
| Amboseli National Park | | | | Children (Age 3-17): $10 |
| Adults: $60 | | | | Students: $10 |
| Children (Age 3-17): $30 | | | | Wildlife: Cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, Masai giraffe, |
| Students: $20 | | | | sable, duiker, Syke's monkey, hyena, bushbuck. |
| Wildlife: 'Big Five', crocodile, cheetah, Masai ostrich, | | | | Adding Lake Naivasha to your itinerary can make a |
| plains zebra, Masai and reticulated giraffe. | | | | huge difference to its cost. Due to it not being a listed |
| Lake Nakuru National Park | | | | National Park, it is completely free to enter. As well as |
| Adults: $60 | | | | the beautiful scenery on display and the magnificent |
| Children (Age 3-17): $30 | | | | lake that offers boating tours, there is also a great |
| Students: $20 | | | | range of wildlife that can be spotted, including; Cape |
| Wildlife: black and white rhino, Cape buffalo, leopard, | | | | buffalo, hippo, Masai and Rothschild's giraffe, hyena, |
| Masai lion, cheetah, black and white Colobus monkey, | | | | jackal and impala. Lake Naivasha is a bird watchers |
| hippo, jackal. | | | | haven with various species of heron, pelican, flamingo |
| Aberdare National Park | | | | and stork being present amongst the soaring birds of |
| Adults: $50 | | | | prey such as fish eagle, Verreauxs eagle and |
| Children (Age 3-17): $25 | | | | Rueppell's vulture. |
| Students: $15 | | | | Although it may sound strange, not all safaris need to |
| Wildlife: 'Big Five', black leopard, bongo, giant forest hog, | | | | be focused on the immediate gratification of spotting |
| olive baboon, warthog, serval cat. | | | | wildlife. There are also cultural experiences to be had, |
| Tsavo East National Park | | | | beautiful landscapes to see and hiking trips with local |
| Adults: $50 | | | | guides to participate in. The beauty of going on a |
| Children (Age 3-17): $25 | | | | private safari is that you can choose what you want |
| Students: $15 | | | | to do. |
| Wildlife: 'Big Five', African hunting dog, cheetah, | | | | So now you should have a better prospective of |
| crocodile, Grevy's zebra, hippo, Somali ostrich. | | | | which animal inhabitants demand the higher park |
| Tsavo West National Park | | | | entrance fees. This should give you some ideas to add |
| Adults: $50 | | | | your own customised safari itinerary. |
| Children (Age 3-17): $25 | | | | |