Tsavo East & West National Park
Tsavo is made up of two separate parks, Tsavo East National Park and Tsavo West National Park. Located in the Coast Province of Kenya in between Nairobi City and Mombasa.
Tsavo is nearly 22,000km2, being the largest national park in Kenya and one of the largest in the world. The park was split into two due to the railway going from Mombasa to the interior of Kenya.
Tsavo East Features:
The slightly larger Tsavo East is generally flat, with dry plains across which the Galana River flows. Other features include the Yatta Plateau and Lugard Falls.
Tsavo West Features:
Tsavo West National Park is more mountainous and wetter than its counterpart, with swamps, Lake Jipe and the Mzima Springs. It is known for birdlife and its large mammals e.g. black rhino, Cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, hippo and Masai lion. Other smaller animals can be spotted in the park, such as the bushbaby, hartebeest, lesser kudu, and Maasai giraffe.