Tsavo National Park

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Situated in Kenya’s south-west, Tsavo is an enormous wilderness area that has been divided into Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks. Combined, Tsavo is Kenya’s biggest park and, at 22,000 km² (13,671 miles), one of the world’s largest game sanctuaries.

It is particularly well known for its large herds of elephants and captivating landscapes. Tsavo is also full of rhino, hippos, lions, cheetahs, leopards, buffalos, crocodiles, waterbucks, kudu and gerenuks.

There’s also a diverse plant and bird species including the threatened corncrake and near-threatened Basra Reed Warbler.

At Tsavo East National Park, the sight of dust-red elephant wallowing, rolling and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of the palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300-kilometre-long Yatta Plateau – the longest lava flow in the world – makes for a safari adventure unlike any other.

In the meantime – at the beautiful, rugged wilderness that is Tsavo West National Park – fifty million gallons of crystal-clear water gushes out from the under-parched lava rock that is the Mzima Springs to the Shetani lava flows.

The savannah ecosystem comprises of open grasslands, scrublands, and Acacia woodlands, belts of riverine vegetation and rocky ridges including the Poacher’s Lookout where visitors can see the teeming herds in the plains below.

Tsavo is one of the less populated game areas in Kenya and perfect for those who want to enjoy a pristine wildlife experience.