East Africa Safari Experience, For as long as I can remember, the Africa I read so much about was based on East Africa. I always thought of Africa as having giraffes standing under acacia trees and elephants with Kilimanjaro in the background. That was before I visited Namibia and Botswana and saw their natural beauty. It would be a long time before I could visit the place that shaped my thoughts about Africa.A little nervousness filled me as I planned my first trip to East Africa. At the time, I was a guide in Botswana. I was afraid that seeing the “crowds” of tourists roaming the fields would ruin my idea of the African wilderness.

What I found was nothing like what I had imagined as a child! East Africa is more than just pictures on a postcard. I did see a giraffe silhouetted under an acacia tree, and elephants still walk by Kilimanjaro in the background.

Since then, I’ve led groups through East Africa, and it was from the people in those groups that I learned more about what Kenya and Tanzania mean to our understanding of the desert.

Nairobi

Nairobi, the city of Kenya, was my first stop. This is where most East African safaris begin and end. There was a hotel where I stayed. It was just like I had imagined it from reading Hemingway and Ruark. The hotel still has a lot of its old-fashioned charm.

It wasn’t pretty in Nairobi, but it had character, and there was life around every turn. Children as young as three and four years old were begging for food or money on the streets. Old men sat by the side of the road fixing clothes on their old “Singer” sewing machines. Women would carry a month’s worth of laundry on their heads while carrying a baby on their backs, and men would proudly wear shiny shoes with torn pants and jackets. K.E.

The Best Show in the World

The Masai Mara/Serengeti environment is home to one of the best shows on earth: the migration of the wildebeest. Every year, millions of animals follow the seasons across the plains, making the show one of the best in the world. It’s impossible to say for sure when the herds will pass through a certain place because their path is determined by the rain.

“I didn’t think it was worth coming to the Mara when you said we wouldn’t see the migrations, but now that I’ve seen how much wildlife there is, I know it’s not just about the migrations.” B.K.

To see the migrations is an event that words can’t describe. The mind is dulled by the sound of constant yelling and the sheer size of the event. The ancient tragedies that are happening in front of you have stained the vast grass fields.

Among the other Kenyan parks that caught my

In my mind, Amboseli National Park and Tsavo National Park were both places where I could see animals silhouetted against Mount Kilimanjaro and where the great herds of the past are back to their former glory. Amboseli is mostly made up of open fields that are great for watching animals.

Mount Kenya, Africa’s second-highest peak, is north of the drier Samburu. This is where the grevy’s zebra and the reticulated giraffe live, which have unique patterns. Here you can also learn about the culture of the Samburu people, who still live close to the land and follow their old ways even though they have been influenced by western culture.

The Masai, who live farther to the south, depend a lot on tourists, and so do the Samburu. You can plan trips to villages where you can learn about the culture and buy traditional goods.

Going to Tanzania

Tanzania still moves to the beat of an old song, from the epic Serengeti and Mount Kilimanjaro to the Ngorogoro Crater and Olduvai Gorge. You can connect the Serengeti to the Masai Mara in Kenya. It is here that the movements are so amazing that they take your mind off of things. You will feel emotionally drained by the movements, no matter what sights you have seen or how long you have lived in the wild parts of Africa.