Positioned between the iconic Maasai Mara National Park, the less-trodden forests of the Mau Forest Reserve and the scintillating freshwaters of Lake Naivasha, the town of Narok is a well-honed tourist stop-off on the regular adventure circuit.

This is the ancestral home of Kenya’s indigenous Maasai people; and while the Narok Museum offers a limited insight into the culture and heritage of this famous tribe, interested travellers can enlist the help of their Narok tour guide to organise cultural encounters with the local tribes people in one of the villages that pepper the Rift Valley around town. Beyond this last pit stop, the Maasai Mara Park awaits, joining the mighty Serengeti over the border in Tanzania and showcasing the much-coveted Big Five beasts along the way!