The Tsavo National Park is the largest protected space in Kenya and one of the vastest parks in Africa.

In total it covers some 20 000 km². Established in 1948, this park has since been divided into two administrative districts: Tsavo East and Tsavo West, separated geographically by the road from Nairobi to Mombasa.

Tsavo East is an immense, arid plateau with hills that are covered in undergrowth and thorns. Formerly a haven for poachers who decimated the elephant and rhinoceros populations in the 1970s, the park receives few tourists.

The animals, fewer in number, can be difficult to find in the park’s immense territory. Tsavo West is less extensive and its savannas, massive forests and bushy vegetation are home to a number of animals.

Around sixty types of mammals can be found there, including the cheetah, the buffalo, the hyena, the masai giraffe, but also the impala, the onyx, the zebra and many others.

The legendary lions with black manes, which earned themselves the reputation of being ‘man-eaters’ after the construction of the railway at the end of the XIXth century, are shielded by the high grasses of the savanna.

The ‘red’ elephant of Tsavo, its hide the ocre colour of the earth in Tsavo, is impressive in height and an unforgettable sight.