Wildlife

Kenya is widely regarded as the world’s safari epicenter, with some of the greatest diversity and concentrations of wildlife on the planet. Kenya is home to the “Big Five,” which include the lion, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, and leopard. Apart from the “Big Five”, Kenya is also home to gazelles, impalas, antelope, zebras, wildebeest, waterbucks and Maasai giraffes. Cat families include cheetahs, the smaller serval, civets and the caracal. Primates in Kenya include olive and yellow baboons as well as colobus, vervet and golden monkeys. The country is home to over 1,135 bird species, including the world’s largest bird, the ostrich.