Mount Kenya’s snow-capped peaks seem oblivious to the dry grasslands beneath, and Samburu’s desolate, semi-desert scrublands reveal a very different side to this fertile country. The migratory pink flamingos, which lend Lake Nakuru its blush, number close to a million and are an unforgettable sight in the shallows.

This East African country is famous for one of nature’s most spectacular, majestic phenomena, the annual migration of more than a million wildebeest (gnu). Countless wildlife documentaries have captured the spectacle of thundering hooves as they move from the Serengeti in the south to the Masai Mara, in search of fresh grasslands between July and October each year.