Park at a glance
The sight of dust-red elephant wallowing,
rolling and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of palm-shaded
Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with
the 300 kilometer long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, make
for an adventure unlike any other in the Tsavo East. The park forms the largest
protected area in Kenya and is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds
of dust –red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile,
waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk and the prolific bird life features 500
recorded species.
Key features
- Wildlife:
The Park is home to
most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust–red elephant, Rhino, buffalo,
lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbucks, Lesser Kudu, Gerenuk and
Hirola
- Birds: The prolific bird life features 500 recorded species. Some of these include Two-banded Courser, Somali Courser, Somali Crombec, Somali Sparrow, Red-winged Lark, Three-streaked Tchagra, Black-headed Plover, Spotted Thick-knee, Golden-breasted Starling, Shelley’s Starling, Fischer’s Starling, Tawny Eagle, Martial Eagle, Lesser Spotted Eagle and Eastern Paradise Whydah. Taita White-eye, Taita Thrush and Taita Apalis. Other birds will be likely too including Stripe- cheeked Greenbul, African Paradise Flycatcher, Evergreen Forest warbler, Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler, Crowned Eagle and Great Sparrowhawk.
