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Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Tsavo East National Park

Tsavo East is Kenya's largest protected area and one of its oldest national parks. The famous Yatta Plateau, the world’s longest lava flow, stretches over 185 miles.

When To GoYear-round
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Tsavo East National Park

The place

Tsavo East is Kenya's largest protected area and one of its oldest national parks. The famous Yatta Plateau, the world’s longest lava flow, stretches over 185 miles.

Culture

The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust aids anti-poaching efforts, maintains fencelines, roads and water plants, and offers bushfire mitigation support.

Flora & fauna

Home to the Big Five as well as a whole host of cheetahs, hyenas, zebras, and Somali ostriches, this area is a wintering ground for migrant species.

When to go

Year-round

Getting here

Take a 50-minute flight from Nairobi's Wilson Airport to the Ithumba Airstrip.

Photograph from ithumba-camp-tsavo, an outpost in this place.

Where to stay

1 outpost here

On the map