Tsavo National Park, encompassing Tsavo East and West, is the biggest National Park in Kenya occupying 21,000 square km. Tsavo's open grassland landscape and availability of water assures that one will see plenty of wildlife. Specifically, Tsavo East National Park, located near the town of Voi, is the larger of the two parks.

The vegetation around Tsavo East National Park is savannah grassland with thorny bushes and some swampy marshland near Voi River. The landscape is unique because of the Yatta Plateau formed from the lava that oozed from Ol Doinyo Sabuk Mountain.

Despite Tsavo East National Park being large in size, two-thirds of the park had been closed to the public (but lately the warden has been allowing tourists through) because of heavy poaching over the years. The main river that passes through this park is the River Galana. A variety of animals can be seen: lions, leopard, cheetah, zebras, giraffes, serval, antelopes, kongoni, lesser kudu, oryx, klipspringer, impala, stripped hyena, gazelles, buffalos, and elephants.

A variety of migratory and native birds are seen. The birds are viewed between late October and early January, and come from as far as Eastern and Western Europe. Commonly seen birds are African skimmers, goshawks, red and yellow bishops, palm nut vultures and the white-headed buffalo weavers.

Some places of interest near the park are:


Lugard Falls named after Lord Lugard, who volunteered for the British Diplomatic Services in East Africa.


Crocodile Point on the Galana River.


Mudanda Rock, a 2 mile stretch of an Ayers type of rock, which acts as a water catchment area supplying water to the dam below. Large numbers of Elephants congregate there during the dry season.