Kenya Self Drive Safari Experience: Self Drive East Africa.

There isn’t any better way to explore Africa’s extraordinary attractions like wildlife and scenery than driving at your own pace, and at your own leisure during a self-drive Safari

The experience takes you through different African countries in different sub-regions including Southern region, Northern region, Western Region and the Eastern region. Among the countries include the mighty Kenya which hosts various national parks, sanctuaries and reserves thus a great opportunity to encounter several animals in their comfort zones like the herds of elephants crossing in front of your wheel and the lions lounging on tree branches and along the roadside.

In the Eastern sub-region of Africa, Kenya is a country standing as the world’s 48^th largest country by area with coverage of 580,367 square kilometers. The country is a home to several important cities and attractions starting from its capital and largest city Nairobi, the oldest, first capital and second largest city Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret. Bordered by countries like South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the east, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west and Indian Ocean to the southeast, Kenya is surely one of the best countries to explore during your self-drive excursion. Receive a welcome from the hospitality locals of over 50 cultural tribes and continue to the beautiful cities with amazing buildings for your shopping and then proceed to the natural inhabitants of wildlife species like the national parks, reserves and sanctuaries.

Before commencing with your self-drive safari in the Republic of Kenya, there are several tips you can follow so as to achieve a win in your trip. Among these include;

Proper planning

Before setting off to any Kenya safari destination, a proper planning should be made. Here, find out the proper and strong vehicle suitable for your destination, the costs needed for the safari and miscellaneous, the personal requirements for the safari, plus the necessary documents like medical forms, visas, passports, national identity card, and many others. With all the necessary equipment, the Kenya self-drive trip will surely be a success.

Research about the destination

Before reaching out to a final choice of a safari destination, made thorough research about it and how safe it is for a stay. The research about the destination will help you find out the attractions and the activities done there as you get know about the best vehicle to ease your transport means and the personal belonging to pack.

Choose the suitable accommodation

A comfortable stay and sleep perfects one’s safari since it creates wonderful memories whereas the bad sleep erodes all the amazing adventures. For a successful trip in the mighty Kenya, book an appropriate accommodation and during the process, keep some information of the reserved hotels including the contacts which will help in communication terms in case of any inquiries.

Pack the appropriate requirements

After knowing the safari destinations, you need to find out the suitable requirements to pack for the journey including the appropriate clothes, necessary documents, cameras, binoculars, cables, power banks and many others. These will help you capture all the beautiful moments without missing out.

Obey traffic rules and regulations

While driving on the Kenya roads during your self-drive experience, try to obey the traffic rules and regulations in order to avoid unnecessary charges and fines. Also, avoid driving during night hours for your safety since some roads don’t have street lights and cameras.

Time management

While having your self-drive exercise, time management should be one of the first steps since it will give a chance to enjoy different attractions and features including the morning sunrise in the wild, the early hunter animals like lions, hyenas, tigers, cheetahs and many others during different park activities like game drives.

Drive slowly

For a success of your Kenya self-drive excursion especially when in a national park, try to drive slowly so as to have great wildlife sightings. When the vehicle is on a high speed, it will scare away the animals and make them run way which will make you miss out the spot.

Switch off the lights and engine of the vehicle

For proper sightings of wildlife in the park especially during night hours, lights and sounds of the vehicle should be off since they may disturb the animals and make you lose several sightings.

Move with extra money, water and snacks

During your drive, a day may become hot and moving with extra water and snacks will be the best way to cool the throat and quench the thirst. The snacks will also keep up your morale and prevent any grumpiness among anyone in the vehicle.