Western Tsavo is part of the National Park, as is its other part - Eastern Tsavo. They are separated by a railway line leading from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to one of the most visited resorts of this country - Mombasa. Tsavo National Park is the country's richest natural treasury.
Natural complexes of this park are represented by savannas, rocky ridges, acacia forests and coastal vegetation, as well as grandiose lava flows. Such a diversity of landscapes has created conditions for life for thousands of animals and birds. In the park live pride lions, a herd of buffaloes, antelope impala, leopards and yellow baboons. 500 species of birds live in this area, which gives ornithologists from around the world a variety of topics and opportunities for research.
Western Tsavo is conditionally divided into segments:
the northern side of the Tsavo River, a popular place for a safari;
a section from the Tsavo River to the Tavetu Highway;
an area in the south-west of the park, where only Taita Hills and Lake Jeep are open to visitors.
In the Western Tsavo National Park is Lake Mzyma - the source from which the city of Mombasa is provided with drinking water, and the neighboring lakes - with food. A large amount of water creates comfortable conditions for river inhabitants, including hippos and crocodiles. In the lake there is a glass mini-observatory, which makes it possible to observe life under water.
Flora in the western part of Tsavo is more lively than in the eastern part. Among the trees of interest are the centuries-old baobabs. However, a large number of elephants that live here, cause baobab harm - they are consumed by the core, from which the tree often dies.
Each traveler will discover here something new, unexplored before. Western Tsavo is the place where you want to come back again and again.
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