Tsavo East National Park: National Park - 11,747 sq km - Kenya Safaris   Tsavo-East is one of Kenya’s oldest and largest National Parks: covering approx. 40 per cent of the total area of all Kenya’s National Parks. Its beautiful landscape and proximity to the coast make it a popular safari destination. It is accredited as one of the world’s leading biodiversity strongholds, bushy grassland and open plains alternate with semi-arid acacia scrub and woodlands. Green swathes cross the park where the river banks give raise to lush vegetation. North of Galana is a true wilderness. A number of leading tour guides offers private safaris across this area, camel safaris are a feature.   Tsavo-East is recommended for photographers with its fabulous light and unbelievable views, in particular the Mudanda Rock and the Yatta Plateau, the world’s largest lava flow. Lugard Fall on the Galana River are remarkable for the shaped water-worn rocks.   Game includes: elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, crocodile, waterbuck, kudu, gerenuk and zebra and Hunter’s Hartebeest can be seen with its lyre-shaped horns. Home to some of the largest herds in Kenya, the elephants glow red after dust baths, blowing the vivid red dust through their trunks over their bodies. Some 500 bird species have been recorded in the area, including ostrich and some migratory kestrels, while buzzards stop at Tsavo-East during their long flight south.   Accommodation: one lodge with 104 beds, four tented camps (total 92 beds), eleven campsites, one self-help banda site with 12 beds. Further lodges and tented camps are planned. For more details click here Climate:  Hot and dry  Facilities: Campsites, Bandas, Lodges Activities: Game viewing, camping Airstrip: Sixteen Tsavo West National Park   Others close Animal Sanctuaries that can easily be combined with Tsavo Safari includes:Shimba Hills: The Taita or Chyulu Hills while Amboseli National Park border the Tsavo West National Park   Find out More about Kenya Beach Extension Safaris