Tsavo East National Park
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.
The vegetation around Tsavo East National Park is savannah grassland with thorny bushes and some swampy marshland near Voi River.
The landscape is unique because of the Yatta Plateau formed from the lava that oozed from Ol Doinyo Sabuk Mountain.
Despite Tsavo East National Park being large in size, two-thirds of the park had been closed to the public (but lately the warden has been allowing tourists through) because of heavy poaching over the years.
The main river that passes through this park is the River Galana.
A variety of animals can be seen: lions, leopard, cheetah, zebras, giraffes, serval, antelopes, kongoni, lesser kudu, oryx, klipspringer, impala, stripped hyena, gazelles, buffalos, and elephants.
The rhino and elephant population is very small compared to what it was in the last 100 years.
Due to man's selfish activity of poaching, the black rhino is almost extinct, and the situation gets worst as time goes by.
On February 28, 2001, the New York Times reported that 7 rhinos had mysteriously died in the Ngorongoro National Park, probably due to sickness.
This should be of great concern to all humans, if we want to leave our children a living planet.
We request you to support initiatives that invest in the education of people and the protection of wildlife.
A variety of migratory and native birds are seen.
The birds are viewed between late October and early January, and come from as far as Eastern and Western Europe.
Commonly seen birds are African skimmers, goshawks, red and yellow bishops, palm nut vultures and the white-headed buffalo weavers.
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.
The vegetation around Tsavo East National Park is savannah grassland with thorny bushes and some swampy marshland near Voi River.
The landscape is unique because of the Yatta Plateau formed from the lava that oozed from Ol Doinyo Sabuk Mountain.
Despite Tsavo East National Park being large in size, two-thirds of the park had been closed to the public (but lately the warden has been allowing tourists through) because of heavy poaching over the years.
The main river that passes through this park is the River Galana.
A variety of animals can be seen: lions, leopard, cheetah, zebras, giraffes, serval, antelopes, kongoni, lesser kudu, oryx, klipspringer, impala, stripped hyena, gazelles, buffalos, and elephants.
The rhino and elephant population is very small compared to what it was in the last 100 years.
Due to man's selfish activity of poaching, the black rhino is almost extinct, and the situation gets worst as time goes by.
On February 28, 2001, the New York Times reported that 7 rhinos had mysteriously died in the Ngorongoro National Park, probably due to sickness.
This should be of great concern to all humans, if we want to leave our children a living planet.
We request you to support initiatives that invest in the education of people and the protection of wildlife.
A variety of migratory and native birds are seen.
The birds are viewed between late October and early January, and come from as far as Eastern and Western Europe.
Commonly seen birds are African skimmers, goshawks, red and yellow bishops, palm nut vultures and the white-headed buffalo weavers.
