Kenia safari | Tsavo | Tsavo olifant
Tsavo is the largest safari destination in Kenya and one of the largest game reserves in the world. Tsavo's appeal is also owing to its natural beauty and nearby coast. The landscape is extremely varied: wooded grasslands, expansive plains, savannahs and semi-desert acacia scrub. The expansive plains of Tsavo are bordered by the Taita and Chyulu hills. Don't jump to the conclusion that you're losing the plot however if you see large pink elephants strolling around - they're covered by a layer of red dust that can be found everywhere in Tsavo!
The charming landscape of Tsavo West National Park is more mountainous and wetter than Tsavo East. The west is distinguished by hills, volcanic craters, rocks and lava plains, which are located near to the papyrus-fringed Lake Jipe in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. Tsavo East is one of the oldest and largest (11,747 km2) national parks in Kenya and here you will find an astonishing wealth of animals; simply too many too mention. Tsavo Easy is a more rugged, remote park with expansive arid plains of red sand. You will also see numerous palm trees along the lush banks of the Galana River.
There are plenty of places worth visiting in Tsavo, such as Mudanda Rock, which is a smaller version of its Australian counterpart Ayers Rock. Mudanda Rock forms a natural drainage basin where hundreds of elephants and other game come to drink in the dry season. Along the western border of the park lies the Yatta Plateau, which at a length of 290 kilometres is the longest lava flow in the world. The Athi River converges into the Galana River in the park and the difference in these rivers' heights causes rapids - otherwise known as the Lugard Falls.
