Trip Summary:
This tour takes you to
visit 2 National parks located in the southern of Kenya, where you will
stay for 2 nights in Tsavo East National Park and 1 night in Tsavo West
National Park with game drives. Accommodation can be either at luxury,
standard lodges or camping as per your choice.
You will enjoy and experience nature, wildlife, habit and habitat of the
fauna and flora in the natural areas, also peoples and culture.
Availability 90%
Minimum Rate Per Adult: US$
Departing From: Mombasa
Duration: 3 Days / 2 Nights Tsavo East - Tsavo West Lodge Safari
Departure Time: 0800 Hrs (possible to leave earlier than)
Departures: Daily
Minimum Persons Required: 2
Accommodations: Luxury lodgeBest Time: All round the year
3 Days Tsavo East and
West Safari Lodge Safari
Day 1: Mombasa - Tsavo East
Leave very early in the morning from your beach hotel towards Mombasa-This
is a 3 days Tsavo East and West Safari - Leopard resting on a
treeNairobi highway to Bachuma Gate, the main gate of Tsavo East
national park (area 13,747 sq km). It’s the biggest park in Kenya. Make
game drive slowly, looking for lions, elephants, cheetahs, leopards,
gazelles, antelopes and different kind of birds. Stop at Aruba Dam (main
water body) for game viewing and photo taking. Later drive around the
Tsavo River watching the animals drinking water and feed. Later drive to
lodge/camp, after checking in take your lunch (buffet) and relax by pool
watching the animals coming by the nearby water to quench their thirst.
At 4 pm go for the evening game drive. Thereafter, come back to
lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Tsavo East - Tsavo West
Leave for the morning game drive, come back for breakfast and later
leave the lodge/camp towards Tsavo West national park. Game drive
en-route to lodge/camp. Check in for lunch, after lunch relax by
swimming pool cooling your body and watching the animals drinking water
by the nearby waterhole. Later go for the evening game drive, visiting
the Rhino Sanctuary until 6pm, come back to lodge/camp for dinner and
overnight.
Day 3: Tsavo West - Mombasa
Very early in the morning take your breakfast and leave the lodge/camp
to Mzima 3 days Tsavo East and West Safari - Rhino at the Tsavo West
Rhino SanctuarySprings for hippos and crocodiles. Take your nature walk
at Mzima spring where all the water from Mt Kilimanjaro come underground
then burst from the volcanic lava rocks therefore making big pool of
water where you will find hippotamus, crocodiles and different kinds of
birds. After walking at Mzima springs come back to your bus and drive
out of Tsavo West National Park to Nairobi–Mombasa highway. Stop for
extra lunch at Voi. Drive back to your coastal hotel.
This is a 3 days road safari from Mombasa to Tsavo East and West
Price on request and may go down depending on number of participants.
Price will include:
Transport from Pick up point to National Park by a safari van
All Game drives
All Park entry fees
Accommodation and meals
Mineral water while on game drives
Exclude:
Soft & alcoholic drinks
Masai village tour costs
Things of personal nature
Tips and other gratitude
Tsavo West National
Park
The Land of Lava, Man-eaters, Springs and much more...
Tsavo West National Park covers 7065 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 Mtito Andei, along
the Mombasa-Nairobi road and south to the Tanzanian border. The North
Eastern boundary along the Highway 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.
Location:
South Eastern Kenya, inland from Mombasa, and the altitude ranges
between 200 - 1000m.
Climate:
Temperature ranges from 20 - 30o C and rainfall from 200mm - 700mm. Two
ran seasons: Long rains - March/April & Short rains - Nov/December.
HOW TO GET THERE
Roads:
The main access routes are through Chyulu Gate from Amboseli and Mtito
Andei Gate from Nairobi (240 km) and Mombasa. Visitors from Mombasa also
use Tsavo Gate near Manyani. The park can also be reached via Taveta-Voi
road through Maktau, Ziwani and Jipe gates.
Airstrips:
Kamboyo, Kilaguni, Tsavo Gate, Jipe, Kasigau, Finch Hottons, Ziwani and
Maktau airstrips are in good condition.
Park Gates:
Chyulu, Mtito Andei, Tsavo, Jipe, Maktau Gate, Kasigau and Ziwani Gates.
MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
Recent volcanoes, lava flows and caves with potential for geological and
cave exploration, and hiking. Mzima Springs & underwater hippo watching,
Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary, Lake Jipe, Mt. Kilimanjaro, elephant, rhino,
diverse bird and plant species. And if lucky - Wild dogs.
FACILITIES
Lodges:
Ngulia Lodge; Kilaguni Serena Lodge; Severin Safari Camp/Lodge; Finch
Hattons.
Campsites:
Lake Jipe (public); Kamboya (public); Royal Little (special); Simba
(special); Kenge (special); Kudu (special).
Others:
Kamboyo guesthouse; Tsavo West Information Visitor Centre.
Bandas:
Lake Jipe; Kitani; Ngulia.
Picnic Sites:
Poachers look out; Chaimu Crater; Shetani Lava Flow; Roaring Rocks;
Mzima Springs; Visitor Information Centre Picnic Site.
COMMON VEGETATION
Most of the northern sector is Acacia commiphora bushland with scattered
trees such as baobabs - Adansonia digitata and Delonix elata. In the
Ngulia area, a range of craggy hills reaches around 1800m and is heavily
wooded. The southern sector consists of open grassy plains. The
permanent tsavo river runs through the northern part of the park with a
fringe of riverine Acacia elatior and Hyphaene compressa woodland. Lake
Jipe is bordered by extensive beds to Typha and has large permanent
swamps at its eastern and western ends. Mzima springs, is fringed by
Raphia farinifera and Phoenix reclinata palms.
Visitor Activities
Boat excursion at lake Jipe; Bird watching at lake Jipe; Annual bird
ringing at Ngulia lodge; Hill and rock climbing at Chaimu and Ngulia
Hills.
Accommodations in Tsavo
Finch Hatton's Finch Hatton's
Found at the foot of the Chyulu Hills rests the friendly luxury tented
lodge of Finch Hattons. From Mombasa or Nairobi Finch Hattons is in the
heart of Tsavo.
Voyager Safari Camp
Voyager Safari Camp offers a tranquil retreat in one of the wildest
places left on Earth. It has excellent view of the overlooking mystical
Mount Kilimanjaro.
Kilaguni
In the heart of the Tsavo National Park lies Kilaguni Lodge, a Tsavo
landmark, where you are assured a memorable experience.
