Tsavo
West National Park Kenya
(Tsavo
West National Park is located in the Coast Province
of Kenya. The park covers an area of 9,065 square
kilometres. Tsavo West National Park is 240 kilometers
from Nairobi and about 250 kilometers from Mombasa)
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Tsavo
West National Park
is an international wildlife and environmental treasure
chest. It contains a variety of habitat, geological
soil types, animals, birds and plants. Tsavo West
(7000 km2) is divided by the Nairobi - Mombasa road
and railway.
The
park is close to Amboseli National Park, and on a
clear day in Tsavo West, you can see the Kilimanjaro.
Tsavo West in Kenya is hilly, rocky, greener and more
vegetated than Tsavo East but each has its own diversity.
Tsavo
West National Park
offers tremendous views and diverse habitats ranging
from mountains, river forests, plains, lakes and wooded
grassland. It is especially attractive at the end
of the rains when the countryside turns green.
Mzima
Springs is pool of natural spring water that attracts
a lot of game and there is even an underwater hippo-viewing
hide. The park became famous through the notorious
"Man Eaters of Tsavo" incident at the turn
of the century, when man-eating lions were preying
on the workers building the great Uganda Railway.
In
fact, the carriage from which they pulled a traveler
is now on display in the Nairobi Railway Museum. This
incident was also depicted in the popular movie "Ghost
and the Darkness."
Animals
& Birds of Tsavo West National Park
More
than 50 different kinds of mammals graze, browse,
hunt and scavenge in the grasslands and bush country
of the Tsavo West. Zebras are always seen slaking
their thirst near Tsavo West's luxurious game lodges.
Among the more unusual of the animals are the gerenuk,
a long necked antelope that browses on the higher,
sweeter leaves of the acacia thorns.
Carnivores
are also abundant in the park. Tsavo West is known
for its 'Roaring Rocks', which if climbed gives views
usually only seen by the eagles and buzzards that
whirl around these cliffs.There is a quite a variety
of wildlife and birdlife in the park. Over 600 species
of birds have been recorded.
Moreover,
game viewing is fairly easy. Animals include the leopard,
cheetah, buffalo, rhino, elephant, giraffe, zebra,
lion, crocodile, mongoose, hyrax, dik dik and porcupine
Tsavo
West National Park Seasons
The
weather in Tsavo
West National Park
is pleasant for most of the year.
Tsavo
West National Park Rainy Season
There
are two rainy seasons. The long rains are generally
from March through to May and the weather is hot and
humid. The short rains arrive in the warm months of
October to December.
Tsavo
West National Park Dry
Season
January
to March is hot and dry and July to October is warm
and dry.
Tsavo
West National Park
Facts
Climate: Warm to hot and dry
Birds
: Over 150 recorded species
Access
from Nairobi : Road : 275kms
Facilities
: Lodges and camp sites are available
Attractions:
Mzima springs, Big Five, Rhino sanctuary
Animals
: The Big Five, gazelles, over 150 bird species
Area:
9065 sq km Altitude: 200 to 1000 m [656 -
3280 ft]
Location
: In Eastern and Coast Province, South East
of Nairobi
Vegetation
: Open savannah and light patches of bush,
cactuslike euphorbia trees
Highlights
of Tsavo West National Park
The
most famous of Tsavo
West National Park
site is Mzima Springs, where rainfall
collected in the porous volcanic rocks springs forth
at the rate of 225 million liters a day into pools
and streams of crocodile and hippo infested waters.
Tsavo
West offers excellent luxury camp and lodges for your
African Safari. Severin Camp, Kilanguni Lodge and
Finch Hattons Camp are the famous and opted ones.
The
Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary is another safe haven for rhinos.
Finally, the park offers excellent views of Mount
Kilimanjaro.
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Tsavo West National Park - Kenya contact:
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Office Tel: + 254 (0) 20 2437871
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