3 Days Amboseli National Park, Tsavo West National Park, Nairobi

3 Days Amboseli National Park and Tsavo West National Park Amboseli National Park is fairly small with an area of 392 sq. km and is amazingly very rich in both flora and fauna. Amboseli is one of Kenya’s most popular parks, mainly due to the magnificent backdrop of snow-capped Kilimanjaro- 5,895 Meters Africa’s highest point, which dominates the sweeping game dotted plains. The mountain is on the boundary of the Amboseli Park and it is certainly one of the finest locations for mountain spotting with Mt. Meru also being seen in the horizon.

Day 1: Amboseli National Park
We depart Nairobi in the morning and drive south through Maasai countryside to the plains at the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Check in the lodge after lunch we experience the picturesque Amboseli National Park for a game viewing drive returning to Amboseli Serena the lodge in the evening for a sun downer.

Despite Amboseli National Park small size (392 sq km), this fragile ecosystem supports a wide range of mammals (well over 50 of the larger species) and birds (over 400 species). The waters from Mt. Kilimanjaro drain down the mountain under lava flows and surface in Amboseli, creating a green belt of swampland amidst dusty plains. Amboseli lacks the profusion of animal species found in the Mara, but the landscape provides limited cover so we have better chances of seeing some of the larger predators. Elephant, buffaloes, lions, gazelles, cheetahs, wildebeest, hyenas, jackals, warthogs, Masai Giraffes, zebra, baboon, and waterbucks are all present in the park.

Day 2: Amboseli - Tsavo West National Park
Experience an early morning Game viewing after breakfast leave Amboseli National park and drive to Tsavo West National Park. Game viewing enroute and a stop-over is made at Mzima Springs, the source of most of Mombasa’s fresh water. You can walk down to an underwater observation chamber where it is literally possible to watch hippo or crocodile swim along the floor of this crystal clear spring. Tsavo is particularly famous for its large herds of elephants. Return at the lodge we enjoy a sun downer, dinner and a good night’s sleep.

The Tsavo West National Park stretches from the main Nairobi - Mombasa highway down to the Tanzania border covers 7,065 km of rolling plains and volcanic hills. Its attractions include extensive plains, intriguing outcrops of lava flows, steep rocky hills and Mzima Springs which forms a ‘natural Jacuzzi’ for hippos and crocodiles. Tsavo West National Park is famous for its past, Tsavo became known worldwide in the late 1890's for the infamous man-eating lions. Those two animals are no longer in Tsavo, but their descendants are, and therefore it is not unusual to see large prides of up to 16 lions lazing under a shady bush.

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3 Days Amboseli National Park, Tsavo West National Park, Nairobi