Yes you have been to kenya national parks several times but do you know the secret?Do you know masai mara national parks has eleven aistrips serving more than 40 tented camps,lodges and private camps,samburu has three serving more than 10 lodges,tented camps,amboseli has one serving more than ten lodges and tented camps and tsavo has more than than six serving more than 12 lodges and tented camps.
The aistrips are olkiombo serving,mara fig tree,basecamp,mara intrepids,mara explorer,nyumbu camp and just to mention afew.Kichwa tembo airstrip serving,bateleur camp,kichwa tembo camp,little governors and even mara river camp andmain governors camp,mpata safari club when we have heavy rains.Musiara airstrip serving ,main governors,ilimoran,ononana camp,mara river camp,kichwa tembo camp,bateleur camp when kichwa tembo airstrip is under renovation.We have keekorok aistrip which serves siana intrepids,mara sarova ,mara sopa,sekenani camp,cottars 1920,keekorok wilderness lodge,mara hippo andd mara simba.Just next there is siana springs airstrip for siana intrepids but a very tricky airstrip a c-208 caravan can fly in with full board but take off it needs to be half capacity and not any other aircraft with more than 12 seater otherwise to landd at keekorok.The c-172/c-182 3 seater,c-206 5 seater,seneca piper 34 5 seater,baron 55 five seater can land and take off confortably .We have trees sorrounding the airstrip and with high attitude.Mara shikar airstrip serves david livingstone lodge but also tricky like siana springs therefore we recommend light aircraft like the cesssna 172/182,c-206 and with caravan same restrictions as siana springs but we prefer for groups to use ngerende aistrip which is half an hour drive.Ngerende airstrip serves mara safari club and david livingstone,kicheche camp and mara buffalo.Please mara buffalo is a private airstrip owned by african safari club landing is permitted upon formal request or during emergency.Olkurruk aistrip is the longest and it was owned by africa tours & hotels which wound up in 1997 but we have sub-standard lodges there not to the standard and it used to serve africa tours & hotels lodge.There mara serena aistrip which serves mara serena lodge and it is a well maintained aistrip.Once you come to know about this then it is not easier to alight at a wrong airstrip thinking you have reached as some of the scheduled flights are in ahurry dropping and picking passengers in the mara targetting to beat the schedule.Also make sure your bag is marked the aistrip and the hotel you are visiting if not you might reach your destination without it,then the hassle of starting to call each loddge to allocate your lost bag .For private charter you will be confortably relaxing as you have a scenic safari,sight seeing & aerial photography as you head to your destination.It is cheap as a group to charter even if you book yourselves at different hotels in any of the national parks in kenya.
Amboseli national park is on the border of kenya and tanzania andd you can sight see mt kilimanjaro from the kenyan side and even do filming safari and be able to take very clear pictures without the hassle of flying to kilimanjaro incurring clearance charges,visa,landing,parking andd navigation fees.Amboseli national park has one aistrip amboseli airstrp serving several hotel groups foer example,amboseli serena,amboseli sopa,amboseli intrepids,kilimanjaro safari club among others.
Samburu national park has three airstrips,joys camp,shaba,samburu buffallo springs .All the lodges are served by samburu buffalo springs including,samburu lodge ,samburu serena,samburu sopa,samburu larsens,sarova shabe lodge,joys camp shaba.Shaba aistrip is rough but only a c-206 5 seater and 3 seater c-172/182 the same applies to joys camp ,so when making your reservations and you want to use a private charter please consider this precautions not to be dissapppointed on the material day .
Tsavo east & west have airstrips like kilanguli,fitch hattonns,aruba ,taita hills,manyani,satao,muktan,chyullus hills,campi ya kanzi, among others serving various camps andd lodges.When inquirying for a holiday ensure you get to know if especially when using aprivate charter which aircraft can land and take off from the lodge or camp you are going to.
You need to have all this data to be able to guide asafari to kenya national parks in terms of aistrips and lodges or tented camps operating within the vicinity.
Ultimately we hope this information will equip you when you want to plan asafari to kenya or refer afriend and should youm require any other information ,please contact your reliable flying partner.For those with problems with their neck,back ,or old persons and it is always good to have this information to avoid damaging your health through all this hops thus the need to take a private charter than using schedule to incur a cost of a medical evacuation due to lack of insufficient information that could have guided you.Please it is need to have enough information especially of scheduled flights to help you avoid unneccessary costs and dissappointments.
