Tsavo West National Park
Volcanic country, Mzima Springs and the Man Eaters of Tsavo.
About Tsavo West National Park
Tsavo West is easy to reach off the main Nairobi–Mombasa road and offers tremendous views across diverse habitats — mountains, river forest, lakes and wooded grassland — with its plains bordering the southern Serengeti plains in Tanzania. Mzima Springs is the star attraction, a pool of natural spring water with underwater viewing hides for observing hippos. The park carries important history: the notorious Man Eaters of Tsavo preyed on the railway linesmen building the Uganda Railway in 1900, and Tsavo West was a major battleground in World War I. Chyulu Hills National Park is an extension of Tsavo West, a volcanic range whose most interesting flow is Shetani — "Devil" in Swahili.
Highlights
- Mzima Springs underwater hippo hide
- Shetani Lava Flow and the Chaimu volcanic crater
- Nature trails and guided walking
- Leopard, cheetah, buffalo, rhino, elephant and lion
- The Chyulu Hills volcanic range