Road Warrior Safari - The Rugged Roads of Kenya Self Drive Tour
By Straus Karl Heinz | November 11, 2008
Want to know how to test your driving skills on the rough road of Africa?
This is your chance to not only have the adventure of a lifetime by having fun but also improve on your driving skills at the same time on the rough African roads in Kenya. You get to drive through the Kenyan wild and see its wildlife and rest your aching muscles at luxurious tented camps. Your family can join in the fun where they will get to enjoy fun and games.
We have created programs for these kinds of tour. One of this off road safari runs from Nairobi to Mombasa and the maximum number of people in each group is 4. Drivers need to carry a valid driving license from their country of origin as well as have sufficient driving experience.
Exciting Eight Days Drive from Mombasa
You will drive from Mombasa to Malindi through the beautiful tropical countryside, with little rivers, hills, farmland and villages deep in Giriama land.
After you pass Malindi, you head over to Tsavo East National Park and the Yatta Plateau. This landscape is quite huge and has a rich mix of wildlife which makes it an exciting place to drive through. You pass through bushy grasslands and vast open plains which alternates with semi-arid acacia scrubs and savanna.
From the savannah of Tsavo East you will enter Tsavo West National Park with its open plains acacia woodlands, rocky ridges, outcrops, extensive ranges and isolated hills as well as rivers. Towards the Chyulu Hills, there are the remains of recent volcanic activities with lava flows and ash cones including the Shetani lava flow. On clear days there a beautiful views of Mt Kilimanajro, which is also dominating the view from the Chyulu Hills which are the youngest volcano mountain range of Africa.
In this region you feel the magic that Africa brings and the mountains here are only about 500 years old. The hills have a variety of vegetation plus wildlife and the hills in this place are more or less undisturbed. Driving a car in this place is quite demanding as we have patches of montane forests that give way to rough grasslands and thicket.
8 Days from Nairobi
Your Africa driving experience starts at Lewa in Laikipia rgion. This is in the Northern part of Kenya and this vast land covers an area of approximately 2,000,00o acres of unblemished wilderness. The region has icy mountains, forest and savanna. This region has a huge array of wildlife to see and as a drver you will experience total freedom in this place
When you pass Laikipia, you then drive into Shaba National Reserve in the Northern Frontier District. This is a rugged land good for off road driving and it has the Ewaso River and its tributaries that meander through the land. Shaba National reserve is blessed with abudant wildlife so you wont be disappointed.
Meru National Park is the last area you drive into and this is a wild and beautiful area. It straddles the equator and bisected by thirteen rivers and some mountain streams.. Meru National park has a diverse scenery starting from the woodlands that are found on the slopes on Nyambeni on the North Eastern side of Mount Kenya to the open plains that have riverbanks that wander and dotted with doum palms.
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