Kenya is a year-round destination and home to some of the finest wildlife spots in Africa, including Amboseli, famous for its elephant herds and Mount Kilimanjaro backdrop, Samburu, in semi-arid northern Kenya, the Great Rift Valley lakes, with their flamingo flocks, and the Masai Mara, the northern extension to the Serengeti in adjacent Tanzania, location of the annual wildebeest and zebra migration, as well as large numbers of felines, lion, cheetah, and leopard.