Tsavo West National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in Kenya
About Tsavo West National Park
The best time to see wildlife in Tsavo East is from August through September, when the vegetation is thinner and the viewing distances longer. Tsavo was the hunting ground of the infamous Tsavo Man-Eaters, two lions that were responsible for the deaths of many construction workers on the Kenya-Uganda Railway during 1898. (This saga was dramatised in the 1997 Hollywood film The Ghost and the Darkness.) The national park was established on 1 April 1948 with an area of 21,812 km2 (8,422 sq mi). It was the largest park in Kenya for just a month, as the park was then divided in two in order to ease its administration. The dividing line for the parks is today's Nairobi–Mombassa railroad. Tsavo West has an arid, hilly landscape, dotted with volcanic cones, dark lava flows and a number of rocky ou
Tsavo West National Park Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 12 sections including: