When to go au Kenya ?
You can visit Kenya almost all year round. Dry season or rainy season, each has its advantages and disadvantages. The main drawback is the budget, which will have to be increased in high season. During the rains, prices are practically halved, lodge occupancy drops drastically and the parks and reserves are emptied of tourists, but the animals are still there and the savannah is as beautiful as ever!
The weather in Kenya varies from an average of 12 to 24°C in Nairobi (with an annual average of over 20°C) and from 22 to 30°C in Mombasa (with an average of over 25°C). In the central highlands, nights can be cold.
The best times to go on safari in Kenya are in January and February, and August-September. These are the times when the great wildebeest migration of millions of animals between the Masai Mara and the Serengeti plains takes place, approximately between July and September in one direction, and December-January in the other. Ideally, one should avoid the two rainy seasons, the long one between April and June, and the short one between November and December, during which some roads are impassable and the animals less visible in the national parks.
Travel au Kenya
Ideas for holidays and week-end breaks au Kenya
Une semaine au Kenya suffit à réaliser un premier safari en Afrique dans des conditions de rêve. Il est même possible de faire une petite extension sur l'une des plages paradisiaques de la côte. Mais qu’on se le dise, deux semaines c’est quand même mieux pour avoir un aperçu des principales richesses du pays, visiter Nairobi, les parcs d’Amboseli et de Maasaï Mara, la vallée du Rift et le lac de Nakuru, la réserve de Samburu, celle de Tsavo, la région du Mont Kenya, puis les plus belles zones de la côte swahilie : Mombasa, Diani, ainsi que Watamu et l’île de Lamu. Si l’on ne veut pas courir, on peut prendre plus de temps en certains endroits, et par exemple préférer la côte sud ou nord, le Mont Kenya ou les Aberdares, Samburu ou Tsavo. Trois semaines permettent d’approfondir ces lieux et d’entreprendre des excursions plus exigeantes en temps, notamment pour l’ascension du Mont Kenya ou la découverte du lac Turkana.
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Discover le Kenya
"I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills", so begins Karen Blixen's famous autobiographical novel, The African Farm (adapted for the screen by Sydney Pollack in 1985, in Out of Africa). And the story takes place in Kenya. Four decades later, this cult film continues to fuel the imagination. Kenya, the kingdom of safari, with over 60 parks and reserves, boasts grandiose, varied landscapes and abundant, easily observed wildlife. But it's also a history that dates back to the origins of mankind, a fascinating ethno-cultural diversity (no fewer than 40 ethnic groups and over 60 vernacular languages), preserved ancestral traditions, one of the most dynamic economies in sub-Saharan Africa, quality infrastructures, a multitude of little corners of paradise... The journey begins, discover Kenya!
