Friday 22 July 2011

A Place of Slaughter

The park is located on south eastern Kenya, 240km from Nairobi along the western side of Mombasa-Nairobi highway with the size of about   9065 Km2. The savannah ecosystem comprises of open grasslands, scrublands, and Acacia woodlands, belts of riverine vegetation and rocky ridges.Major wildlife attractions include elephant, rhino, Hippos, lions, cheetah, leopards, Buffalos, diverse plant and bird species including the threatened corncrake and near threatened Basra Reed Warbler.

The park can be accessed bybRoads with main access routes through Chyulu Gate from Amboseli and Mtito Andei Gate from Nairobi. Tsavo Gate near Manyani from Mombasa and also Voi road through Maktau, Ziwani and Jipe Gates via taveta.The park can also be accessed by air using the 3 airstrips in the park Kamboyo, Kilaguni, Tsavo Gate, Jipe, Kasigau,Finch Hottons, Ziwani, and Maktau airstrips are in good.Major attraction includes recent Volcanoes, lava flows and caves with potential for geological and cave exploration and hiking. 

Mzima Springs & underwater hippo and fish watching, Game viewing,Camping,Cave exploration,Underwater Hippo and fish watchingCaving at the Shetani caves and the park boosts itself with a variety of wildlife which includes Leopard, Cheetah, Wild dogs, Buffalo, Rhino, Elephant, Giraffe, Zebra, Lion,Crocodile, Mongoose, Hyrax, Dik- dik, Lesser Kudu, and Nocturnal Porcupine. Prolific birdlife features 600 species.

Accomodation is in variety with kenya safari  lodges such as Ngulia Safari Lodge, Kilaguni  Serena Lodge, Kitani Severin Safari Camp/ Lodge, Finch Hatton’s Tented Lodge,Voyager Safari Camp .for the people who loves to cook for themselves they can do it at Kamboyo Guest House: Former Warden’s House; 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a caretaker,Lake Jipe Bandas: 3 self-catering Bandas.for the kenya jungle adventure lovers they can set their camp at 3 public campsites (offering water and latrines only) as follows; Kamboyo campsite (8 km from Mtito Andei Gate), Chyulu Campsite (1 km from Chyulu Gate) and Lake Jipe Campsite (on the lake shore).

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