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Kenya, East Africa

Tsavo West National Park
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Park Highlights

Tsavo West National Park is a game park situated in southern Kenya, located about 200km south-east of Nairobi. Combined with Tsavo East this park forms the world's largest game sanctuary. The two parks are separated by the Mombasa/Nairobi road.

Tsavo West covers a huge variety of landscapes, from swamps and natural springs to rocky peaks, extinct volcanic cones to rolling plains and sharp reddish outcrops. Wildlife can be difficult to spot because of the dense scrubs. In May 1948, a month after its conception Tsavo National Park was divided into East and West for administrative purposes. At 21 812 square km, Tsavo National Park is the largest park in Kenya.

Named after the Tsavo River which flows from west to east, the park is considered one of the world's biodiversity strongholds. It is the only Kenyan park that permits night drives and also allows off road driving so one can see the wildlife close up.

What Sun Safaris Says

Tsavo West is only a few hours from Mombasa and is quite a popular National Park for many beach-safari tourists. It can get a lot of minibus traffic and is home to a lot of larger motel style accommodation. We recommend heading north to a quieter part of the park and staying in Finch Hatton's Camp. This is a large camp of 30 tents but provides an elegant, personal and the most private safari experience to be got in Tsavo West.

Game Viewing and Activities

Tsavo West National Park offers a variety of wildlife and birdlife. More than 600 species of birds have been recorded. Animals include the leopard, cheetah, buffalo, rhino, elephant, giraffe, zebra, duiker, waterbuck, lion, crocodile, mongoose, warthog, hyrax, dik dik and porcupine.

Another attraction is the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary at the base of Ngulia Hills. The sanctuary is part of the Rhino Ark Programme which protects Tsavo West's 49 black rhinos.

The Shetani flow, a black lave flow of 8km long, 1.6km wide and 5m deep, is the remain of volcanic eruptions. There is a cave located near the centre of the outflow. Although the cave is only a few meters long, the exit is not accessible as the place is too narrow. In the far south western corner of the park is Lake Jipe. This attractive lake is fed by runoff from Mount Kilimanjaro and the northern Pare mountains.