Tsavo East National Park is one of the oldest and largest parks in Kenya, at 11,747 square kilometres it covers approx. 40 per cent of the total area...
...Named after the Tsavo River, which flows West to East through the National Park, it borders the Chyulu Hills National Park and the Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania. Tsavo East can be accessed by three main gates. There are many interesting aspects among which the spine of the Yatta Plateau, one of the world's longest lava flows, and the Athi river which forms the Lugard Falls. Droughts are much more common in Tsavo East than West and Aruba Dam, built in 1952, has dried 
up completely at times although it covers an area of 85.4 hectares. This wildernes is nevertheless inhabited by a wide range of plains' game including zebra, several species of antelope as well as large families of giraffes, gazelles and zebras.It is accredited as one of the world’s leading biodiversity strongholds: bushy grassland and open plains alternate with semi-arid acacia scrubs and woodlands. Green swathes cross the park where the river banks give rise to lush vegetation. Some 500 bird species have been recorded in the area.
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