Day 1: Diani Beach- Tsavo West
We pick you up from your hotel in the morning and drive along Nairobi-Mombasa Highway. You will have a stopover for your breakfast and to the washroom. Then enter Tsavo West National Park through Tsavo river gate, a 5 hours drive to the main gate, The park is renowned for its large numbers of elephants and Leopard. Proceed per game drive to Kilaguni Serena lodge for check in and have lunch. Later afternoon game drive in the park searching for the Big Five Elephant,Bufallo,Lion,Leopard and Rhino. Then dinner and overnight at Kilaguni Serena lodge.
Day 2: Tsavo West – Amboseli
Early morning breakfast, after breakfast your breakfast drive to Mzima springs , where you can see hippos and fish in a crystalline clear waters. There are possibilities of seeing crocodiles and monkeys. Then depart tsavo West national park and drive to Amboseli National park, a 3 hours drive to Lodge/Camp. Afternon game viewing in sight of Mt Kilimanjaro. Then Dinner and Overnight Oltukai Lodge
Day 3: Amboseli-Mombasa/Diani Beach
Early morning game viewing insight of Mt Kilimanjaro. After your breakfast check-out of the park and drive through Irimito Gate, having your lunch on the way and drive back to your coastal hotel, a 8 hours drive, arriving in the evening.
Distance approx. 400km, travel time approx. 8h
Highlights:
Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Park is home to the BIG FIVE, elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and rhino.
Tsavo West National Park
Tsavo West National Park covers an area of 9,065 km², which is approximately 30% of the total area of all parks in Kenya. Its savannahs extend from the Tanzanian border in the south, the road between Mombasa and Nairobi and the Athi River in the north. This river and the road (A 109) form the common border to the Tsavo East National Park. In the southern part between both parks there are private estates in the Taita Hills and Sagala Hills as well as in the area of the Tsavo Kasigau Wildlife Corridor. On 1 April 1948 the Tsavo National Park was established with a total area of 21,812 km². In May 1949, for administrative reasons, the park was divided into East and West. The landscape of Tsavo West is very varied and clearly hillier, mountainous and more humid than that of the larger Tsavo East. Numerous volcanic cones rise out of the plain. The northern part of the park is dominated by Acaciaommiphora savannas with individual trees (e.g. baobabs). The landscape is characterised by individual rocks and ridges. In the densely wooded Ngulia area, some rocky hills reach altitudes of about 1,800 m. In a so-called “Rhino sanctuary” some of the last black rhinos of the region are kept in a fenced area under the protection of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). At the foot of the Chyulu Hills lies the Shetani lava field, which was formed about 200 years ago and is still largely vegetation-free. The black lava purifies meltwater from Kilimanjaro, which escapes from the spring “Mzima Springs”. The spring consists of two spring basins from which 250 million litres of crystal-clear water flow daily and in which numerous hippos and Nile crocodiles live. A shelter makes it possible to observe these animals and countless fish under water. The southern sector consists of open grass savannahs. The permanently water-bearing Tsavo is accompanied by gallery forests. In the southwest corner of the park lies Jipe Lake, through which the border to Tanzania runs. It is fed by meltwater from the Kilimanjaro meltwater and rivers from the Pare Mountains. The fauna of Tsavo West is very species-rich, due to the dense vegetation the animals are often difficult to spot. Besides the “Big Five” (elephant, rhino, leopard, African buffalo, lion) there are several other mammals living here.
Highlights:
Amboseli National Park is home to the BIG FIVE, elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and rhino.
The topography of the country is flat with scattered vegetation and swamps, which is to your advantage in terms of locating the animals.
Get the chance to see the red elephants of Tsavo and the lions (man eaters).
Experience the visit of the Masai villages to get to know their culture in Amboseli.
We offer Safaris to Tsavo East, Tsavo West, Amboseli, Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha and Tanzania as group tours or private tours.
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