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Amboseli National Park :
National Park - 392 sq km - Managed
by Kenya Wildlife Service
Amboseli is famous for its big game - elephants, lions and cheetahs are the main attractions - and
for its great scenery beauty.Amboseli embodies five main wildlife habitats, plus a generally dry lake-bed - Lake Amboseli.
These are open plains; extensive stands of yellow-barked acacia woodland; rocky, lava strewn thorn-bush country; swamps and
marshes; and at the western end of the reserve, above Namanga, the massif of Ol Doinyo Orok rising to over 2,760m (8.300ft)
and still for the most part zoologically unexplored.
The landscape is dominated by the glistening majestic snow cap of Mount Kilimanjaro immediately to
the south. One of the most popular national parks in Kenya, Amboseli offers a wide range of accommodation: with four luxurious
lodges inside the park; Amboseli new lodge, Ol Tukai lodge, Serena lodge, Kilimanjaro lodge (total 602 beds) and a further
two campsites. There are a number of small tented lodges just outside the park boundaries (total 72 beds).
Main game viewing lies in the eastern half of the park, in
the vicinity of Ol Tukai lodge and lakes Engoni Naibor and Loginya. Leading here is a network of roads and tracks. Game includes
elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah, Maasai giraffe and buffalo. Also common game such as zebra, eland, coke's hartebeest,
white-bearded Gnu, waterbuck, Thomsons and Grant gazelle and impala. Black rhinos are seen though occasionally as they are
rare due to poaching in the mid-1970s.
In the dry bush country towards Namanga you can find two interesting antelopes; the long -necked gerenuk (giraffe-necked
antelope) and the fringe-eared oryx. In addition are smaller animals such as; black faced vervet monkey and yellow baboon,
black-backed jackals, spotted hyena and bat-eared foxes which are often seen basking in the sun outside their dens.
Bird life is in abundance especially near the lakes and swamps
where you may find water birds. The Madagascar Squacco Heron shows up in intervals and the long toed lapwing is a resident
in small numbers. Yellow-throated, chestnut-bellied and black-faced, water in hundreds during the dry season.Birds of prey
include the six species of vultures, the Taita falcon and the Southern branded Harrier eagle. Birds common around the lodges
and camps are the yellow weaver bird, Taveta golden weaver and superb starling...
Climate: Hot
and dry
Features
Lake Amboseli ,Mt Kilimanjaro ,Hills,Mt
Meru ,Tourist-tolerant elephants ,Maasai culture and, indigenous lifestyle ,Year round springs,Waterholes,Mirages in the dry
season
Facilities
Lodges ,Campsites,Bandas ,Picnic sites ,Observation sites, Nature trails ,Education
centers ,Information centers ,shops
Amboseli Safari Activities:
1. Game Viewing,
2. Bird
watching,
3. Hiking,
4.
Balloon Safaris
5. Camping ,
Picnic,
6. Camel safaris,
7. Lectures on maasai culture,
8. Climbs
on Mt.Kilimanjaro,
9. Interpretative
trails,
10. Observation platforms,
11.
Visit to maasai homesteads
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