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 National Park (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 National Park 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.”

More than 50 different kinds of mammals graze, browse, hunt and scavenge in the grasslands and bush country of the Tsavo West National Park. 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 bird life 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

The weather in Tsavo West National Park is pleasant for most of the year.

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.

January to March is hot and dry and July to October is warm and dry.

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, cactus like Euphorbia trees