8 Days Amboseli, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti & Taita Hills Safari
Amboseli · Lake Manyara · Ngorongoro · Serengeti · Taita Hills
Budget nights at Nyati Safari Camp (Amboseli), with camp or lodge stays at the other stops.
Taita Hills
The Taita Hills forests rise as islands of forest above the dry plains of south-eastern Kenya, home to species found nowhere else. A separate place, the Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, shares the name.
- Country
- Kenya
- Location
- Taita Taveta County, south-eastern Kenya
- Recognised as
- A Key Biodiversity Area and an Alliance for Zero Extinction site
- Forests
- Ngangao, Iyale, Susu, Mbololo and Fururu (Kenya Forest Service); Chawia and Vuria (Taita Taveta County)
- Our journeys here
- 1 journey in the catalogue
Our full guide to Taita Hills is in preparation. We publish only facts we have checked against official sources.
Is Taita Hills right for you?
Who it suits.
- Best for
- Naturalists and birdwatchers. A separate place, the Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, shares the name.
- How it connects
- In Taita Taveta County near Tsavo. One cross-border journey, 8 Days Amboseli, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti & Taita Hills Safari, names the Taita Hills.
Taita Hills in our Kenya guide, with the places around it.
Why visit Taita Hills
Forest islands in the sky.
High on a series of ancient hills above the dryland plain of south-eastern Kenya, the Taita Hills forests survive as separate fragments, forest islands that form the northern end of the Eastern Arc Mountains. Nature Kenya describes them as a Key Biodiversity Area and an Alliance for Zero Extinction site, with levels of endemism among the highest anywhere, and some species live here and nowhere else on earth.
Among them are the Taita apalis, the Taita thrush, the Taita Hills warty frog, the Taita Hills purple-glossed snake, the Taita Hills caecilian and the Taita dwarf shrew. Other threatened species include the Taita white-eye, the limbless Sagalla caecilian, which lives in the soil and leaf litter, the Taita Mountain dwarf galago, a small nocturnal primate, and the Taita blade-horned chameleon.
Landscapes & wildlife
Fragile and irreplaceable.
The forests include Ngangao, Iyale, Susu, Mbololo and Fururu, managed by the Kenya Forest Service, while Chawia and Vuria are managed by the county government of Taita Taveta. They face serious threats from fires, many set to clear land, from farming, grazing and fragmentation driven by a growing population, from climate change and from an invasive parasitic dodder vine. National and county government, local groups and Nature Kenya are working to protect and restore them.
- Taita apalis and Taita thrush
- Taita white-eye
- Taita Mountain dwarf galago
- Taita blade-horned chameleon
Wildlife moves freely and sightings are never guaranteed.
Safaris that visit Taita Hills
Filter these journeysOne journey to Taita Hills.
Every journey here includes Taita Hills on its catalogue route.
Often paired with Taita Hills.
Amboseli
Kenya
Combined with Taita Hills on one of our journeys.
Lake Manyara
Tanzania
Combined with Taita Hills on one of our journeys.
Ngorongoro
Tanzania
Combined with Taita Hills on one of our journeys.
Serengeti
Tanzania
Combined with Taita Hills on one of our journeys.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources in October 2026. Park rules, fees and conditions change, so always check the latest before you travel.
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