Parita Masani

I love to end each day soaking in the vibrant colours of the African sunset.

Specialist countries: Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya

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I was born in Nairobi where I spent my childhood. While growing up, we did numerous trips to the various national parks of Kenya, and this is where I caught my travel bug. I have lots of fond memories of travelling around Kenya during this time. The one I always seem to remember is when we used to see the famous Safari Rally – it was a full family day out with a picnic. We used to line up along the roads either along the Athi River, if the route was towards the coast of Kenya or around Thika way, if it was going towards northern Kenya, cheering the cars as they passed.

When I came to UK for further studies, I soon realised I wanted the world to know about Kenya and my travel career began!

I worked for a major tour operator for more than 25 years, booking holidays in Africa, in particular Kenya. In 2012, I moved with my family to Nairobi for a couple of years working in sales and marketing for a hotel chain in Zanzibar. During this time, I explored a lot more of Kenya and, of course, Zanzibar, where my favourite place is Stone Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with its rich Omani influence, intricate Swahili doors and the winding streets. A must-do here is Forodhani Gardens at night, overlooking the harbour, where you can sample local delicacies from the street vendors. In Kenya, two of my more recent highlights were an epic overland truck trip to Lake Turkana (very much off-the beaten track!) and climbing the dramatic Mount Ololokwe.

Although I’m now based back in the UK, I am passionate about conservation and community work. Over the years, I’ve engaged in many local community projects in Kenya, from tree-planting and school feeding programmes to raising financial support for school dormitories and ablution blocks.

I frequently travel home to Kenya to visit my family and friends and love sharing my experiences.

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Parita's most recent Africa trips

Tanzania

Mar 25 12 nights

My first trip to Tanzania and it did not disappoint! After an initial night in Arusha, I visited Tarangire National Park, famous for its baobab trees and elephant herds with lots of amazing birdwatching thrown in. I travelled towards the Ngorongoro Highlands with a quick stop for the village walk experience at Mto Wa Mbu which I can highly recommend. On to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where time was spent exploring the area, and the good thing in this region is you can go off road. I had a wonderful time at the Ngorongoro Crater with awe-inspiring crater views and wildlife-viewing on the crater floor. Finally, I moved on to the Serengeti National Park, and here you can really feel the vastness of the region with its rocky kopjes and thrilling abundance of wildlife.

I visited: Arusha, Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti Migration Area

Kenya

Nov 24 15 nights

It was great to be back in Kenya. My trip started south of the country, where I visited the beautiful Amboseli National Park renowned for the majestic views of Mt Kilimanjaro (weather permitting), the big elephant herds with big tuskers (elephants with magnificently large tusks) and superb birdlife. From here I whizzed north to Samburu Game Reserve. As the rains had been it looked lush, otherwise Samburu is known for its semi-desert environment. I was lucky enough to see four of the five Samburu special species, the Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, oryx and the long-necked antelope - the gerenuk. The Somali ostrich was nowhere to be seen (better luck next time!) From here I spent a few days in Northern Laikipia before heading to the Kenya Coast and to Diani beach. Here I enjoyed being by the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and got to sample a few of our favourite hotels – including the wonderful Kinondo Kwetu, which is in a class of its own.

I visited: Nairobi, Amboseli and the Chyulu Hills, Samburu National Reserve, Laikipia, Kenya Coast

Kenya

Nov 23 14 nights

It was wonderful to be back in Kenya. I spent the first few days in Nairobi with my family and catching up with old friends. It was then great to be out exploring the beauty of Kenya, after the rains, with everything looking so green and lush. My first week was spent in the foothills of Mount Kenya in the vast region of Laikipia, with my time divided between Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Borana Conservancy, Ol Pejeta Conservancy and El Karama Conservancy. The scenery there is breathtaking, and there was so much wildlife around – it was particularly great to see so many rhinos! On my second week I was back in the Maasai Mara conservancies, revisiting the three area I had spent time in during my trip in April. I stayed at several of Kicheche’s camps that I couldn’t see when they were closed for the long rains in April. Once again, the conservancies did not disappoint. I saw big cats in abundance – almost saw a cheetah kill an impala and witnessed the extraordinary sight of a baboon chasing a leopard.