TSAVA EAST NATIONAL PARK

1) SUMMARY

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.

2) PACKAGE NOTES

- The Safaris can be combined with our Beach Holidays Packages and here are some Safari and Beach Holiday Combinations
- These Safaris can depart any day.
- The Safari Game Drives operate daily .

- Balloon Safaris (Early morning balloon safari over the Masai Mara with a Champagne breakfast in the bush when you land (cooked on the balloons burners) available on request at an extra GBP 300 per person
- The itineraries are flexible and can be altered to suit you.
- For precise costs based on your preferred departure dates, please contact us .

Low Season Prices(01/Apr to 24/May) for 6 Days: £960 Per Person

Mid Season Prices(01/Mar to 31/Mar - 01/Nov to 24Dec) for 6 Days: £1060 Per Person

High Season Prices(01/Jan to 29/Feb - 28/May to 31/Oct - 25/Dec to 31/Dec) for 6 Days: £1160 Per Person

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