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The major Kenya activity is the safari and there are many ways for it. Camel safaris - in the Samburu and Turkana tribal areas between Isiolo and Lake Turkana - must rate as the most unforgettable. The country's most talked about game park is the quintessential Masai Mara National Reserve west of Nairobi. Other highly rated parks include the Amboseli for its black rhinos, the dense Kakamega with its 330-plus species of birds and the equally fecund Lake Baringo.
For trekking, Mt Kenya tends to be the place but less trampled hiking vistas include Mt Elgon on the Ugandan border, and even the Ngong Hills near Nairobi. Kenya is famous for its game-fishing opportunities off the coast around Malindi, and white-water rafting on the blood-curdling Athi/Galana River is becoming increasingly popular. For a superb, silent aerial overview of the Serengeti, several lodges in the Masai Mara National Reserve offer ballooning. Around coastal towns such as Malindi and the Lamu Archipelago, there's plenty of diving, windsurfing and good old beach lazing to be had.
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