Tsavo East National Park is a national park in Kenya with an area of 13,747 km2 (5,308 sq mi). It was established in April 1948 and covers a semi-arid area previously known as the Taru Desert. Together with the Tsavo West National Park, it forms an area of about 22,000 km2 (8,500 sq mi). The Tsavo River flows west to east through the national park, which is located in the Taita-Taveta County of the former Coast Province.
The sight of dust-red elephants wallowing, rolling and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of the palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300-kilometre-long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, makes 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.
Taita Hills is very accommodative to elephants. It’s also strategically located between Tsavo East and Tsavo west National Parks. Visitors can enjoy game drives at Taita hills wild life sanctuary which is a host to Buffalo, leopard, lion, cheetah, Zebra, impala, lesser kudu, hyena, hartebeest and more than 350 species of birds. Retire in a unique Lodge and enjoy various wildlife especially elephants that frequent the water hole that rests right below the lodge.
