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WHEN TO GO TsavoWest National Park is accessible by 2WD vehicle and also by air, all year round

WHAT TO TAKE WITH YOU Drinking water, picnic items and camping equipment if you intend to stay overnight. Also useful are: binoculars, camera, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses and guidebooks.

PLEASE RESPECTTHE WILDLIFE (ODE Respect the privacy of the wildlife, this is their habitat. Beware of the animals, they are wild and can be unpredictable. Don't crowd the animals or make sudden noises or movements. Don't feed the animals, it upsets their diet and leads to human dependence. Keepquiet, noise disturbs the wildlife and may antagonize your fellow visitors. Stay in your vehicle at all times, except at designated picnic or walking areas. Keep below the maximum speed limit (40 kph/25 mph). Never drive off-road, this severely damages the habitat. When viewing wildlife keep to a minimum distance of 20 meters and pull to the side of the road so as to allow others to pass. Leave no litter and never leave fires unattended or discard burning objects. Respect the cultural heritage of , never take pictures of the local PARKS AND RESERVES people or their habitat without asking their permission, respect the cultural • . . ARABUKO SOKOKE NATIONAL RESERVE • traditions of Kenya and always dress with decorum. • CENTRAL & SOUTHERN ISLAND NATIONAL PARK. NATIONAL PARK. Stay over or leave before dusk, visitors must vacate the Park between • HELLS CATE NATIONAL PARK. FOREST NATIONAL RESERVE. KISITE MpUNGUTI MARINE PARK. • SANCTUARY. KIUNGA NATIONAL MARINE RESERVE. . 7.00pm - 6.00am unless they are camping overnight. Night game driving is • LAKE NATIONAL PARK. MARINE NATIONAL PARK.

not allowed. • NATIONAL PARK & RESERVE. . MARINE NATIONAL PARK • • MOMBASA MARINE RESERVE. MOUNT ELGON NATIONAL PARK. HOW TO GETTHERE • MT. KENYA NATIONAL PARK. MT. LONGONOT NATIONAL PARK. • ByRoad: • NATIONAL PARK. NAIROBI SAFARI WALK & ORPHANAGE. NDERE ISLAND NATIONAL PARK. • NATIONAL PARK. . SAIWA SWAMP NATIONAL PARK. The Park ( Gate) is 232 km south of Nairobi and 250 km north of • SHIMBA HILLS NATIONAL RESERVE. . PRIMATE RESERVE. Mombasa on the main Nairobi - Mombasa Road. • EAST NATIONAL PARK. . WATAMU MARINE NATIONAL RESERVE. Gates: The following entry gates exist: Tsavo,, Mtito Andei (Kamboyo HQ), Chyulu, Maktau and Ziwani.

KENYA~ ByAir: WILDLIFE ,. SERVICE n There are 3 airstrips in the Park. Marketing & Business Development Open: P.O.Box40241 - 00100 Nairobi Kenya. Tel:+254 (020) 6000800, 6002345 Fax:+254 (020) 6007024 Daily 6.00am - 7.00pm. Note: No entry is allowed on foot, and visitors will not be ISDN:+254 (020) 399 2000 allowed into the Park after 6.15pm. Current entry charges: TelkomWireless: Obtainable via KWS HQ:Tel: +254(20)6000800, 6002345 Fax:+254(20)6007024 +254 (020) 2379407/8/9, 2379410/1/3/4/5/6 Email: [email protected]. website: www.kws.go.ke Mobile Numbers: +254 (0) 726 610 508/9, 735 663 421, 736 663 400 'Safari Card' required? Email: [email protected] Entry is by SafariCard only. SafariCards may be loaded (but not obtained) www.kws.go.ke at Mtito Andei Gate. The Warden: P.O.Box 71, Mtito Andei. Tel: (Mtito Andei) +254(456)22120, 22483 Crater is an alternative volcanic arena (which can be climbed by those who feel fit enough), as are the imposing Ngulia Hills and the enchanting Chyulu Hills. Finally, the eerie 'Roaring Rocks' are named after the buzz of the cicadas that inhabit them and the howl of the wind as it rushes past the sheer face of the scarp.

Poacher's Lookout: The Park abounds in panoramic vantage points from which to monitor the movement of the herds. The finest is Poacher's Lookout, a rush- roofed hut, high on a hill with views to eternity.

Glorious Game Drives: Tsavooffers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world - vast herds of dust-red , fat pods of hippo, giant crocodile, teeming herds of plains game, a fantasia of bird life and some magical flora. You could also take in LAND OF LAVA, SPRINGS AND MAN-EATERS. a visit to the Nguila Rhino Sanctuary where Isavo's growing population of The joint mass of TsavoWest and Tsavo East National Parks forms one of the endangered black rhino are inching their way back from the chasm of extinction Ngulia Safari Lodge. Kenya Safari Lodges and Hotels, largest National Parks in the world and covers a massive 4% of Kenya's total that was forced upon them by rampant poaching in the 1960's. Alternatively you P.O.Box 42, Mtito Andei. Tel: +254 (43) 30091, 30000, 30140 land area. TsavoWest, the more famous of the two, lies to the west of the could explore beautiful Lake Jipe, which lies astride the Kenya - border Email: [email protected] Nairobi - Mombasa road, equidistant between Nairobi and Mombasa, and is and is teeming with aquatic life. (Boat hire is available). Bird watching is also a Safari Serena Lodge. Serena Hotels, P.O.Box 48690, Nairobi. painted on a sprawling canvas of endless skies, emerald hills, liquid lava flows, major activity in the park. Tel: +254(20}711077, 710511 • Email: [email protected] palm fringed rivers, teeming wildlife and sparkling oasis set against the unforgettable backdrop of mile upon mile of cloud shadowed African WHERE TO STAY(LODGESAND TENTED CAMPS). SELFCATERINGACCOMMODATION savannah. Finch Hatton's Tented Lodge. po. Box 24423, Nairobi. Kamboyo Guest House: Formerly the ParkWarden's house, consisting of Tel: (Nairobi) +254(20}310335/6· Email: [email protected] 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms; and a caretaker. Reservations are made through the WHAT TO SEE warden or KWS HO,Nairobi. Voyager Safari (amp. Heritage Hotels, PO.Box 74888, Nairobi. The Magic Mzima Springs Rhino Valley: 6 self catering 'Bandas' or simple cottages. Tel: +254(20}4446651, 4447929· Email: [email protected] The lush, hippo-heaving pools of Mzima Springs, fed daily by 250 million TsavoPark Hotel, P.O.Box 244 , Kenya.Tel: + 254(147}30285 litres of water gushing from the lava flows of the Chyulu Hills provide an oasis E-Mail: [email protected] of green, an underwater hippo viewing chamber, two nature trails and some Kitani Severin Safari (amp. Severin Kenya, P.O.Box 82169, Mombasa. unique picnic spots. Tel: +254(41}485001/5· Email: [email protected] Kitani Safari Lodge: 8 newly renovated self-catering bandas. Severin Kenya, P.O.Box 82169 Mombasa, Tel: +254(41}485001/5 Ancient Lands Of And Lava - -;.--- Email: [email protected] Tsavoachieved notoriety in 1898 when "the man-eaters of Isavo', a pair of Lake Jipe Bandas: (on the shores ofLake Jipe). 3 Self - Catering bandas. rogue man-eating lions, preyed gruesomely on the builders of the Reservations through KWS HQor the warden. Railway. Today the Park is more famous for the numerous prides of maneless lions that patrol the plains and police the herbivore herds. CAMPING There arethree public campsites (offering water and latrines only) asfollows: A Vibrant Volcanic Arena: Kamboyo campsite (8km from Mtito Andei Gate)and LakeJipe campsite (on the Lake The molten lava that forms the Shetani Lava Flow spewed from the earth just Shore) and Chyulu campsite (1km from Chyulu Gate).A wide selection of 'special'or 200 years ago and its fiery fury was thought by the local people to be the private campsites (no facilities) also exist, and these must be booked in advance on an work of the Devil, hence its name which means 'Devil' in Swahili. The Chaimu exclusive use basis.(Reservationsthrough Warden or KWSHQNairobi.)