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Country Facts > Kenya > Visa Info >Travel Basics > Kenya Wildlife > History, Culture & Population > National Parks > Nairobi City Tsavo East & West National Park Are you planning to spend your safari in Kenya? Our travel experts will organise for you a discount Safari to Tsavo East or West National Parks tailormade to your particular requirements. View our special Kenya Safari Itineraries. 14.1 TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK
The Yatta plateau, a long, flat topped lava ridge, runs along the western boundary of the park. Beneath it flows the Athi river which joins the Tsavo river, just above the Lugard falls, to become the Galana river, a permanent river that cuts right across the park. The seasonal Tiva and Voi rivers are important features of the Northern and Southern sectors respectively. There are scattered seasonal pools, swamps and dams, but relatively few sources of permanent water. One of the great spectacles of the park is the Mudanda rock between Voi and Manyani. This 1 1/2 km long outcrop is a water catchment area which supplies a natural dam at its base. In the dry season, hundreds of elephants come to drink and bathe here. MAJOR ATTRACTIONS Visitors can walk along the rock and enjoy a cool breeze as well as view wildlife at the base. Aruba Dam - was built in 1952 across the Voi river. The dam attracts many animals and water birds can be seen at this dam. Tsavo/Athi rivers confluence - when the two rivers join they form the Galana river. MAJOR BIRDLIFE
The Tsavo West national park covers 9,000 km2, approximately 30% of Kenya's area under parks, and contains a diversity of habitats, wildlife and a mountainous scenic landscape. The park is a vast expanse of savanna stretching from the Athi river, North of the Mombasa-Nairobi road and south to the Tanzanian border. The North Eastern boundary along the Athi adjoins Tsavo East National Park, but Tsavo West has a more varied topography and a more diverse array of habitats than its neighbour. The park's habitats include open plains alternating with Savannah bush and semi desert scrub, acacia woodlands; rocky ridges and outcrops and more extensive ranges and isolated hills; belts of riverine vegetation; palm thickets and on the Chyulu hills, mountain forest. There are numerous rocky outcrops and ridges and part of the park, towards the Chyulu Hills, is of recent volcanic origin with lava flows and ash cones including the Shetani lava flow, an example of a recent volacano. In the far south western corner on the Kenya Tanzania border is Lake Jipe, part of which is in the park. This very attractive lake is fed by runoff from Mt. Kilimanjaro and the North Pare mountains. At Mzima Springs, in the North of the park, water that has filtered underground from the Chyulu Hills gushes from below a lava ridge into a series of clear pools. MAJOR ATTRACTIONS |
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The
Tsavo East National Park covers an area of about 12,000 km2, 40%
of Kenya's parks' total area. This vast park lies in low semi arid
country at the eastern edge of the inland plateau, north of the
main Mombasa-Nairobi road and railway. Much of the park is level,
open country with scattered rocky ridges and outcrops. Due to its
size, the park is one of the world's wildlife and biodiversity strongholds.