Two circuits that make two very different weeks. The southern one is the classic Mara run; the northern one is drier and emptier, and it is the better second visit.

Kenya sits on the equator, but most of it is high ground, so the mornings are cool. The Rift Valley runs down the middle, lakes strung along its floor.

Nairobi has a national park on its edge, with giraffe grazing in front of the city's towers. On the coast, Lamu's old town runs on donkeys and dhows.

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