WTT 808 Maneaters of Tsavo Safari

Day 1 Nairobi/Amboseli
After breakfast depart southwards for Amboseli driving through the dry grassland savanna that i known as the Athi Plains. Lunch will be taken enroute. Arrive Amboseli in the evening with a brief game drive enroute to campsite for dinner and overnight.

Day 2 Amboseli
After breakfast, proceed on a game drive in this park, which lies in a dried-up lakebed. There are swamps and springs fed by underground rivers from the melting snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro, which give permanent water to the wildlife. The animals seen here include lion, elephant, wildlife, cheetah, buffalo, plains game and the rare Taita weaver and the gerenuk. The animals are mainly found around the Ol Kenya swamp. If the weather is clear and there is no low cloud cover, you may see the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, which forms a beautiful backdrop to the park. The observation hill offers a view of the entire park and beyond. An afternoon game drive will follow after lunch. Rest of meals and overnight at the campsite.

Day 3 Amboseli/Tsavo West
After breakfast depart Amboseli for Tsavo West National Park, lunch enroute. You will visit the Shaitani Lava flows as the area where the park lies is of volcanic origin. The Mzima Springs which contain 20 million tonnes of crystal - clear water from the underground streams of the nearby Chyullu Hills are an additional attraction; various aspects of marine life including hippos, crocodile and fish can be seen from the specially constructed underground glass tank. The animal species seen at Tsavo are hippo, crocodiles, elephant, gazelle, zebra, giraffe, various birds, buffalo, and kudu in a thick acacia setting. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

Day 4 Tsavo West/Tsavo East
A morning game drive will follow after breakfast and probably view the rock hyrax, squirrels and mongooses as the park contains a large population of these. Depart for Tsavo East National Park, lunch enroute. Here, only the section south of the Galana River is open to the public for game drives; the rest of the park serves as a wilderness for the animals to retreat into. Here the dried up Aruba dam can be seen plus crocodiles at the crocodile point below the Lugard falls. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

Day 5 Tsavo East/Nairobi
After breakfast, your final game drive will follow during which you may see plains game, zebra, antelope, lesser kudu, ostrich, and large herds of elephant and kudu. Lunch will be taken enroute. Arrive in Nairobi in the evening.