TSAVO EAST SAFARI
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DAY 1: NAIROBI/TSAVO EAST: L, D.
Pick up ex Airport/Hotel/Residence after breakfast. Depart for Tsavo East National Park. Enter the the park through Bachuma gate and game drives en-route to the lode. Arrive, check-in and lunch at your camp/lodge. Afternoon game drives. A vast expanse of unremitting flat savannah plains broken up only by the Yatta plateau lava flow, the Galana river and occasional rocky outcrops. Being of lower altitude than the Western park, Tsavo East is hotter and dryer with bushy grassland, Acacia woodland and riverine forest along the water courses. Most game viewing is concentrated South of the Galana river. Here, large herds of "red elephant" can be found, so called because of the red Laterite soil common to this area. In addition, rhino, lion, leopard, waterbuck, kudu, gerenuk and the rare Hunter's Hartebeest can be seen. Aruba dam provides permanent water and interesting game viewing while the views from Mudanda rock and the Yatta Plateau lava flow are well worth the scramble to the top. Spend 2 nights at the lodge on full board.
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DAY 2: TSAVO EAST: B, L, D.
Full day spent with Morning and afternoon game drives. Tsavo is Kenya's largest national park and comprises two halves, West and East, divided by the main road from Mombasa to Nairobi. The park has historical significance beginning with the building of the "Iron Snake" railway from Mombasa to Uganda over 100 years ago. It was here that the man-eating lions of Tsavo preyed upon the railway workers and held up construction until they were eventually hunted down by Colonel Patterson. The remote Southern part of Tsavo West was the site of several World War 1 battles. More recently in the 1960s and 70s, Tsavo contained enormous numbers of elephant and rhino until poaching took its toll and reduced their presence dramatically. Nowadays, while Tsavo West has outstandingly beautiful landscapes with diverse wildlife habitats, Tsavo East has generally better game viewing as the animals are less spread out. All meals and overnight stay will be at your Lodge/camp.
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DAY 3: TSAVO WEST/MOMBASA: B.
Breakfast at the lodge. Depart for Mombasa. Arrive and transferred to your residence.
