Itinerary Type -Game Drive
Destination - Kenya

Itinerary Summary
Tsavo National Park, encompassing Tsavo East and West, is the biggest national park in Kenya occupying 21,000 square km. Tsavo's open grassland landscape and availability of water assures that one will see plenty of wildlife. Specifically, Tsavo East National park, located near the town of Voi, is the larger of the two parks.

Tsavo East National Park is one of Kenya's oldest and largest parks: covering about 40 per cent of the total area of all national parks.
Its beautiful landscape and proximity to the Coast make it a popular safari destination.

It is one of the world's leading biodiversity strongholds, with bushy grassland and open plains alternating with savannah and semi-arid acacia scrub and woodlands. Green swathes cross the park where riverbanks give rise to lush vegetation.

Tsavo East Facts

• Altitude 500 - 4,000ft.


• Area 11,747 sq. kms


• Distance from Nairobi 333 kms


• 16 airstrips (4 graded)


• Opened April 1948


• Spectacular scenery: Galana river, Lugard Falls Aruba Dam and Mudanda rock


• Unrivalled bird watching: Resident and Migratory flocks


• Game viewing: elephant, rhino, giant crocodile, ostrich


• Camel safaris, river fishing


• Easy access from the coast

Tsavo-West National Park has important historic connections as a major battleground in World War I where British and German troops battled for supremacy.

The park, located off the main Nairobi-Mombassa road is easily accessible. It offers tremendous views with diverse habitats ranging from mountains, river forests, plains, lakes and wooded grassland. It borders the southern Serengeti plains in Tanzania.

Game include: leopard, cheetah, buffalo, rhino, elephant, giraffe, zebra, lion, plains game, crocodile and small mammals including mongoose, hyrax, dik dik and the nocturnal porcupine.

Tsavo West Facts

• Altitude 500 - 6000ft.


• Area 9,065 sq. kms


• Distance from Nairobi 240 kms


• Opened April 1948


• Cave & Geological exploration: shetani lava flow & caves


• Excellent bird watching over 600 species


• Game viewing: elephant, rhino sanctuary


• Mzima springs - Underwater hippo watching


• Excellent views of Mount Kilimanjaro


• Chyulu Hills National Park extension of Tsavo-West National Park