TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK – WILDLIFE TOUR

This was my second trip to Tsavo East National Park in Kenya and it was amazing and memorable trip. Here is my first hand experience of Kenya Wildlife Tour of Kenya’s biggest National Park.

We went in a group of 21 members from 11th - 12th Oct 2008. We started our tour 7 am in the morning and reached National Park at 10 am. Target of wildlife tour to one of the best National Park of Kenya was very clear:

Spotting BIG FIVE of Kenya i.e. Elephant, Lion, Wild Buffaloes, Rhino and Leopard.

First game drive itself gave immense opportunity to spot animals such as Lions, Elephants, Giraffe and Zebra. Spotting more than 5 lions in first game drive was the best thing to happen in the tour. Other best moments came during rest of the game drives, when we spot lioness eating buffaloes and cheetah in his aggressive mood.

We spent late evening at Impala Lodge with cultural dance of local tribes called MASAI. They have shown us different types of tribal dances, making fire from wood etc. We celebrated our friend KK’s birthday along with tribal dances and he enjoyed cold dip at swimming pool of lodge.

Right to Left, Rhino calling and Powder coming were interesting slogans of the tour, which were created by our group members and used through out the tour. We had total 3 game drives in 2 days and spotted FOUR biggies out of BIG FIVE of Kenya. For next Wildlife tour, Rhino is the target.

Trip was organized by Impala Nature Trails and Holidays based at Mombasa and they have arranged the accommodation, travel, food and cultural programs perfectly for our group. Impala Nature Club has made our stay and travel very comfortable.

Now, Next tour in pipeline is Wasini Island for spotting Dolphins.

About Tsavo National Park
Tsavo East National Park is one of the oldest and largest parks in Kenya with area of 13,747 Sq. km. Park was opened in 1948 and it is located near the VOI town in the Taita District. The park is divided into east and west sections by Mombasa-Nairobi highway and a railway track. Park is named after Tsavo River which flows west to east through the National park. Park borders the Chyulu Hills National Park and Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania.

Tsavo East National Park is one of the world's largest game reserves, providing undeveloped wilderness homes to vast numbers of animals। A comprehensive list of the animal types found in Tsavo East Park includes the yellow baboon, cape buffalo, african wildcat, cheetah, african hunting dog, blue duiker, bush duiker, african elephant, gazelle, giraffe, african hare, hyaena, impala, black-backed jackal, side-striped jackal, klipspringer, leopard, lion, banded mongoose, dwarf mongoose, black faced vervet monkey, Sykes's monkey, black rhinoceros, waterbuck, common zebra.

Contact Details of Tour Organizer
Impala Nature Trails & Holidays,
P.O Box - 85479 - 80100,
Mombasa. Kenya.
Tel: + 254 351 1920, + 254 20 353 7621,
Cell: + 254 725 225 735, + 254 736 589 789.
int-holidays@africaonline.co.ke
http://www.int-holidays.com/